A good friend of mine, Mike VK5ZC, put the information below together and asked me to put it on my web site. He has spent a lot of time putting it together with pictures and videos, so I encourage you to have a good read.
Topics include:
- What is an antenna
- Antennas types and general usage
- Video of Antenna Propagation
- The Antenna Mechanism
- Antenna Resonance & Bandwidth
- “Q” factor
- Directional patterns of antennas
- Video of Antenna Directivity
- Gain of Antennas
- Impedance matching
- Vertical & Horizontal Polarization
- Balun basics, Unun & Ugly Balun
- SWR and Video
- Coaxial cables and feed lines
- The Velocity factor
- Plugs and Connectors
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