Tag: antennas

Milling Capacitor Plates

Back to my loop antenna project. Nearly there with milling capacitor plates.

My first attempt to cut thin aluminum almost worked. But not quite.

Here is my first attempt to hold thin aluminum in place so I could mill plates for my butterfly capacitor.

Estlcam is the software I chose to prepare for milling my butterfly capacitor.

My objective is to build a butterfly capacitor for a magnetic loop antenna.

My next project is to build a magnetic loop antenna.

Your location produces terrain effect on antenna performance. With a bit of planning or luck, you can take on the “big guns”.

High frequency communication between my location and Europe is great.

My radio antenna location is great for HF communication with Europe, and now I know why.

My friend Don “Skip” Trueman, VE4AY, sent along this article about his home brew G5RV antenna. Read more