Chapter 5

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GETTING ON THE AIR

– DECIDING WHAT TO DO FIRST

  • How to earn a license
  • The rules of the homebuilding game – Whatever makes you happy!
  • Picking an HF band

Getting acquainted with the HF ham bands, 160 – 10 meters + 6 meters

  • Instant high quality HF communications
  • VHF/ UHF handheld transceivers
  • Building an antenna

Dipoles, regular and folded
Multi-band dipoles
80 meters when you don’t have room for a dipole
The curtain rod vertical
A multi-band vertical antenna
Lightning protection