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You are going to need to fill your Ham Shack up with plenty of goodies. Some popular pieces of Ham Radio Equipment are going to be SWR Meters and a good SWR Analyzer. One other important piece of Antenna Gear will be the Antenna Tuner. It can be Automatic or Manual and there are plenty of items to choose from.
One of your biggest choices is what type of Ham Radio Antenna are you going to use. Will it be a Vertical or Beam Antenna. Maybe you will look for a good Wire Dipole Antenna or maybe you will build you own Ham Antennas. The choice is up to you.
Every Ham Shack is going to need plenty of tools and supplies. So stock up on those PL259 Connectors, Coaxial Cable and Lots of Antenna Wire for your Antenna Projects. Yes there are other items such as Antenna Rotors and Antenna Towers, Tripods and Antenna Masts.
I just recently purchased the Daiwa CN - 901HP SWR Power Meter and I love it. It is very easy to read and operate. So far it is performing as stated. I would definitely recommend it for any Ham Shack.
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Frequency: 1.8-200 MHz
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Power Range Forward: 20/200/2kW
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Input / Output Connectors: SO-239
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Dimensions & Weight: 6.25" x 4.3” x 4.8”
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Note: This replaces the previous Model: CN-801HP
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Precisely tuned high-power traps, carefully selected element lengths, and proper spacing combine to make the A4S the preferred antenna for your HF work!
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All U-bolts, clamps and hardware are stainless steel.
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A4S has pinned boom sections and formed aluminum brackets to keep elements straight in all conditions.
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Our solid construction keeps the A4S on the tower!
Cushcraft A-4S description
A4S is the true, high performance tribander. Precisely tuned high-power traps, carefully selected element lengths, and proper spacing combine to make the A4S the preferred antenna for your HF work! This is the premium antenna with all the features that you want. High gain, low SWR, and wide bandwidth keep the contacts coming in. All U-bolts, clamps and hardware are stainless steel. A4S has pinned boom sections and formed aluminum brackets to keep elements straight in all conditions. Our solid construction keeps the A4S on the tower!
GAP Titan DX Multiband HF Vertical Antenna
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Coverage: 10m 12m 15m 17m 20m 30m 40m and 100 KHz on 80m
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Height -- 25 ft
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Weight -- 25 lbs
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Counterpoise : 4 rigid counterpoises 80" long each
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Mount : All hardware supplied except the 1 1/4" O.D. steel mast
Gap Titan description
The Titan is a center fed GAP vertical, that provides a host of benefits in a rugged, yet manageable form. The Titan offers broad, continuous frequency coverage in a no tune, easy to assemble format. Designed to work in a limited space or as the perfect compliment to an antenna farm. One of the primary virtues of the Titan is the GAP center feed. By elevating the feed the earth loss is dramatically decreased, which means the RF is going out to make the contact instead of into the ground to warm the earth. Reducing the earth loss eliminates the need for a radial system. The Titan requires NO RADIALS. Another key benefit the Titan provides is the ability to go virtually anywhere in the HF amateur spectrum, at anytime without having to make any adjustments. The Titan is the ONLY antenna marketed with total continuous coverage under 2:1 on 10m 12m 15m 17m 20m 30m 40m and 100 KHz on 80m. Titan's broad bandwidth and no tune feature make it an ideal antenna for getting those multipliers during contests or switching frequencies as band conditions change. The Titan is a respectable 25' tall and weighs a solid 25 pounds. The Titan is configured to mount easily on a 1-1/4" O.D. mast. This mast can be a length of your choosing and since the feedpoint is elevated this mast can be as short as a foot.
Buying an Antenna Mast - What Should You Focus on?
By Karina Popa | Submitted On April 08, 2014
An antenna pole or mast, more popularly known as an aerial or an antenna, is meant for collecting TV signals. In fact, an antenna can also collect radio signals from formal broadcasting stations, as well as from a 'ham' or amateur radio. Usually, an antenna has a fairly long lifespan, making it worthwhile to spend time looking for a quality product that fulfills your requirements.
The gain of an antenna is among the most important factors needing your consideration. Gain is measured in terms of decibels. It determines the sensitivity of the antenna, meaning it tells you how good it is at picking up the broadcasts. The more distanced you are from the closest broadcasting tower, the more should be the gain of your antenna. Often, the gain is proportional with the antenna size, but that's not always valid.
Another feature needing your consideration is its power density, or directivity. The performance of any antenna is in direct proportion to its directivity. So, if you have tall hills or buildings in between the broadcasting tower and your antenna, you'll need high directivity. Directivity can be measured in terms of the receiving angle, and narrower angles are preferred. It is also measured in terms of front-to-back ratio. The greater this value, the more efficiently the antenna can gather signals from the correct direction with no interference from other directions.
You may have come across ads for digital TV masts. You should know that, in fact, there are no especially designed masts for digital TVs, and these are no different from the usual mast. That term is used to convey that the antenna being advertised is of good quality and can collect digital signals. It is important to understand that, in case of digital reception, either you get the entire signal, or you get nothing at all, which is quite unlike analog reception, wherein you may get a blurred picture that can yet be seen.
The quality of cable used for connecting the antenna mast to your TV plays an important role. Even good antennas would give bad results if connected with cable of doubtful quality. It is recommended to use coaxial cable instead of the traditional cable containing two distinct wires. An inherent characteristic of the coaxial cable is its shielding, meaning it is significantly less vulnerable to any interference. Moreover, it is not easily damaged by rain. You'll realize that the quality difference between low-priced and average priced cables is substantial, whereas the difference in case of average priced and costly cable is not so noticeable.
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Now if your a ham radio operator like myself, then you most likely love to design and build your own Ham Antennas. What you will find is that there will be a lot of questions that will come up.
First you have to survey your area and determine what obstacles are in the way. You will be looking for power lines, play areas, trees and houses.
Second you will have to decide on what type of antenna you would like to build. Also how many different ham bands do you want to cover. Wire Dipole Antennas can be the easiest ham antenna to build. If it's a Vertical Antenna, you will have to make sure you have the space for plenty of ground wires. If it is a Beam Antenna, you will have to decide on the number of ham bands to cover. Some Beam Antennas like the moxon antenna can take up a smaller area and be fairly easy to design. If you are interested in a Yagi Beam Antenna, you will need Aluminum Tubing for the various parts of the antenna. That's not to mention a way to turn it and a way to mount it.
There are plenty of free programs and antenna calculators on the internet to use. So start your planning and have fun.
Amateur Ham Radio Antennas
By Steven J Deines | Submitted On December 18, 2011
There are many types of amateur radio antennas because licensed ham radio operators (Hams) have many bands and many thousands of possible frequencies they can use for two way radio communication.
Most Hams today pass a simple examination which allows them to start in the hobby with a VHF portable radio which works in the two meter band. These 2m transceivers transmit at around 146 MHz, so a small antenna works well for them.
Other amateur radio operators enjoy the excitement of long range radio, talking over the shortwaves to other hams around town, in other cities or in other countries. They need an amateur radio antenna that is much larger, because the radio signals there vibrate at a lower (and longer) frequency. And a transmitting antenna always needs to resonate (or match) the frequency of the signal it is sending.
So ham radio antennas for the shortwave bands vary from wire aerials that are more than 200 feet long to maybe 66 feet or so. And vertical antennas or towers can go up forty feet or more straight up in the air. All these different two way radio aerials have different strengths and weaknesses in store.
Certain amateur radio antennas are excellent for long range work, others for short range or for mobile or portable use. Then there are beam antennas, which concentrate their power in one direction and suppress signals at their back and sides. These beam antennas need to be mounted on a mast or a tower so they can be rotated and aimed in whatever direction is needed that day.
There are three main designs for beam antennas. These are yagi antennas, quad antennas and broadband log-periodic dipole antennas. Yagi antennas may be single band or multi-band designs, and can he HF, VHF or UHF. The 14 MHz (20m band) is usually the lowest ham band they cover, especially in 3 or 4 band yagi antenna designs.
Quad antennas on the HF bands usually have just two elements and can be multi-banded. There are cubical quads and spider quad designs. (On the vhf bands, a quad antenna smaller than HF, so it might have four elements. But yagis are more common for vhf and uhf bands.) On the HF bands, log-periodic antennas are really large - so they are more common with government embassies and the military. Few hams have the money or the real estate for such large shortwave antennas.
The simplest form of amateur radio antenna is the wire half-wave dipole. This is fed in the middle with coaxial cable that runs back to your radio transceiver. If a wire antenna is fed in the middle with twinlead instead of coax, it is known as a doublet antenna. A doublet can be fed with home-made 600-ohm spaced wires, commercially-made 450 Ohm ladder-line or common 300 Ohm TV twinlead. Feed this into a good antenna tuning unit, and you have an antenna which can be used to work on several different ham bands...a simple multi-band ham antenna.
In the early days of amateur radio, many hams hand-built a lot of their radio equipment including the receivers, transmitters and always their antennas. Today its a lot easier to go into a radio store and buy your radio transceiver (two way radio) and a range of amateur radio antennas from different manufacturers.
Visit http://www.amateurradiostore.com for the source of many parts and turn-key systems of Amateur Ham Radio Antennas.
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