Multi-Band Antenna Optimization Presentation

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At the November 2024 meeting of the Chelsea Amateur Radio Club, Wesley Cardone (N8QM) will briefly and superficially present the theory behind the optimization and calibration of a multi-band antenna. Wes will be taking his example information from measurements he made together with Jim Grissom (KD8RFW) on Jim’s own HF antenna installation. This will be basic stuff, folks. There will… Read more »

Feed Two 50 Ohm Antennas from One Transmitter

Wes Cardone presented at the July 2024 meeting of the Chelsea Amateur Radio Club the principles of directed energy by means of multiple antennas. The principle is that you rob from the rich and give to the poor. We decide on a pattern that we want our dual-antenna configuration to produce and then place the two antennas a defined distance… Read more »

Who is Hiram Percy Maxim?

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Hiram Percy Maxim (September 2, 1869 – February 17, 1936) was an American radio pioneer and inventor, and co-founder (with Clarence D. Tuska) of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL). Hiram Percy Maxim is credited with inventing and selling the first commercially successful firearm silencer, and also with developing mufflers for internal combustion engines. He created the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) in 1914 as… Read more »