An Index for Ham Radio Magazine
A Searchable Index of the old "Ham Radio" Magazine
"Ham Radio Magazine" was a periodical that ran for almost 22 years from 1968 to 1990. Use this indexed search to quickly find what you'd like to look at and then go purchase the scanned magazines (On CD, elsewhere, or occasionally from some generous download website) or look for the old paper magazine at used bookstores.
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Results by Category: 1.1 — antennas and transmission lines - general
| Article | Author | Page | Issue | Available to Buy? |
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| Dummy loads, experimental | W8YFB | 36 | Sep 68 | |
| Hook, line 'n sinker (HN) | WA4NED | 76 | Sep 68 | |
| Rf current probe (HN) | W6HPH | 76 | Oct 68 | |
| Antenna switching, solid state | W2EEY | 30 | Nov 68 | |
| Gdo, new uses for | K2ZSQ | 48 | Dec 68 | |
| Cubical quad measurements | W4YM | 42 | Jan 69 | |
| T-R switch | K3KMO | 61 | Apr 69 | |
| Dipole center insulator (HN) | WA1ABP | 69 | May 69 | |
| Antenna gain, measuring | K6JYO | 26 | Jul 69 | |
| Measuring antenna gain | K6JYO | 26 | Jul 69 | |
| Antennas and capture area | K6MIO | 42 | Nov 69 | |
| Reflectometers | K1YZW | 65 | Dec 69 | |
| Dummy load and rf wattmeter, low-power | W2OLU | 56 | Apr 70 | |
| Isotropic source and practical antennas | K6FD | 32 | May 70 | |
| Reflected power, some reflections on | VE3AAZ | 44 | May 70 | |
| Antenna dimension (HN) | WA9JMY | 66 | Jun 70 | |
| Bridge for antenna measurements, simple | W2CTK | 34 | Sep 70 | |
| Voltage-probe antenna | W1DTY | 20 | Oct 70 | |
| Smith chart, how to use | W1DTY | 16 | Nov 70 | |
| Headings, beam antenna | W6FFC | 64 | Apr 71 | |
| Time-domain reflectometry, practical experimenter's approach | WA0PIA | 22 | May 71 | |
| Anti-QRM methods | W3FQJ | 50 | May 71 | |
| Ground rods (letter) | W7FS | 66 | May 71 | |
| Power in reflected waves | Woods | 49 | Oct 71 | |
| Smith chart, how to use | Correction | 76 | Dec 71 | |
| Diversity receiving system | W2EEY | 12 | Dec 71 | |
| Filters, low-pass, for 10 and 15 | W2EEY | 42 | Jan 72 | |
| Grounding, safer (letter) | WA5KTC | 59 | May 72 | |
| Horizontal or vertical (HN) | W7IV | 62 | Jun 72 | |
| RF power meter, low-level | W5WGF | 58 | Oct 72 | |
| Sampling network, rf - the milli-tap | W6QJW | 34 | Jan 73 | |
| Mobile mount, rigid (HN) | VE7ABK | 69 | Jan 73 | |
| Antenna and feedline facts and fallacies | W5JJ | 24 | May 73 | |
| Effective radiated power (HN) | VE7CB | 72 | May 73 | |
| Insulators, homemade antenna (HN) | W7ZC | 70 | May 73 | |
| Standing-wave ratios, importance of | W2HB | 26 | Jul 73 | Issue Available |
| Dummy load, low-power vhf | WB9DNI | 40 | Sep 73 | |
| Gain vs antenna height, calculating | WB8IFM | 54 | Nov 73 | Issue Available |
| Antenna and control-link calculations for repeater licensing | W7PUG | 58 | Nov 73 | Issue Available |
| Antenna and control-link calculations for repeater licensing | Short circuit | 59 | Dec 73 | |
| Feedpoint impedance characteristics of practical antennas | W5JJ | 50 | Dec 73 | |
| Impedance measurements, nonresonant antenna | W7CSD | 46 | Apr 74 | Issue Available |
| Standing-wave ratios, importance of | Correction: letter | 67 | May 74 | Issue Available |
| Ground systems, vertical antenna | W7LR | 30 | May 74 | Issue Available |
| Antenna design, programmable calculator simplifies (HN) | W3DVO | 70 | May 74 | Issue Available |
| Measurement techniques for antennas and transmission lines | W4OQ | 36 | May 74 | Issue Available |
| Antenna control, automatic azimuth/elevation for satellite communications | WA3HLT | 26 | Jan 75 | Issue Available |
| Antenna control, automatic azimuth/elevation for satellite communications | Correction | 58 | Dec 75 | Issue Available |
| Antenna gain (letter) | W3AFM | 62 | May 76 | |
| Lightning protection (C&T) | W1DTY | 50 | Jun 76 | Issue Available |
| Line-of-sight distance, calculating | WB5CBC | 56 | Nov 76 | |
| Antenna wire, low-cost copper (HN) | W2EUQ | 73 | Feb 77 | |
| Gin pole, simple lever for raising masts | WA2ANU | 72 | May 77 | Issue Available |
| Ground screen, alternative to radials | WB0JGP | 22 | May 77 | Issue Available |
| Smith chart, numerical | W8MQW | 104 | Mar 78 | Issue Available |
| Gain calculations, simplified | W1DTV | 78 | May 78 | Issue Available |
| Lightning protection | K9MM | 18 | Dec 78 | Issue Available |
| Ground current measuring on 160-meters | W0KUS | 46 | Jun 79 | Issue Available |
| Scaling antenna elements | W7ITB | 58 | Jul 79 | Issue Available |
| Lightning protection | Comments, W6RTK | 6 | Jul 79 | Issue Available |
| Lightning protection | Comments, W2FBL | 6 | Jul 79 | Issue Available |
| Antenna gain and directivity | W2PV | 12 | Aug 79 | |
| Lightning protection | Letter, K9MM | 12 | Dec 79 | Issue Available |
| Wattmeter, low power (letter) | W0DLQ | 6 | Jan 80 | Issue Available |
| Coaxial connections, sealing (HN) | W5XW | 64 | Mar 80 | |
| Earth anchors for guyed towers | W5QJR | 60 | May 80 | Issue Available |
| VSWR and power meter, automatic | W0INK | 34 | May 80 | Issue Available |
| Solid-state T-R switch for tube transmitters | K1MC | 58 | Jun 80 | |
| Antenna restrictions: another solution | N4AQD | 46 | Jun 80 | |
| De-icing the quad (HN) | W5TRS | 75 | Aug 80 | Issue Available |
| Coaxial connections, sealing (HN) | Letter, K7ZFG | 6 | Oct 80 | Issue Available |
| Radials, installing, for vertical antennas | K3ZAP | 56 | Oct 80 | Issue Available |
| Ground systems (letter) | ZL2BJR | 6 | Nov 80 | Issue Available |
| Best way to get an antenna into a tree (HN) | WA5VLX | 84 | Mar 81 | Issue Available |
| Beam antenna mast lock | W4KV | 68 | Jun 81 | Issue Available |
| Light-bulb dummy loads (HN) | W6HPH | 74 | Oct 81 | Issue Available |
| Dipole antenna length reference chart (HN) | W6XM | 75 | Oct 81 | Issue Available |
| Antenna restrictions (letter) | K3SRO | 6 | Nov 81 | Issue Available |
| Neglected antenna for 40 and 80 meters | W0WL | 44 | Jan 82 | Issue Available |
| Antenna parameters, equations for determining | KG6B | 40 | Mar 82 | Issue Available |
| Neglected antenna for 40 and 80 meters | Comments, W0WL | 8 | May 82 | Issue Available |
| Antenna geometry for optimum performance | N4HI | 60 | May 82 | Issue Available |
| Half-delta loop | VE2CV | 37 | May 82 | Issue Available |
| The Zepp (letter) | W2RHQ | 63 | Aug 82 | Issue Available |
| Vertical-vee, converting (letter) | KA5KWV | 8 | Sep 82 | Issue Available |
| Vertical antenna, folded umbrella, top-loaded | VE2CV | 12 | Sep 82 | Issue Available |
| Static mystery | HB9FU | 85 | Jul 83 | Issue Available |
| Rain static resolved | W1FYX | 83 | Sep 83 | Issue Available |
| Ground systems, installing effective | KR7L | 67 | Sep 83 | Issue Available |
| VHF/UHF world | W1JR | 110 | May 84 | Issue Available |
| Wire plow, build a simple | W7IV | 107 | May 84 | Issue Available |
| Applied Yagi antenna design, part 2: 220 MHz and the Greenblum design data | WB3BGU | 33 | Jun 84 | |
| Antenna support (HN) | W6XM | 64 | Jun 84 | |
| Ground rod resistance | K4MT | 95 | Jul 84 | Issue Available |
| Ground rod resistance | Comments | 8 | Sep 84 | Issue Available |
| Leyden's magic jar: the derivation of the Hertzian and Marconi antennas | KR6A | 24 | Oct 84 | |
| Ham radio techniques | W6SAI | 75 | Nov 84 | |
| Ham radio techniques | W6SAI | 67 | Dec 84 | Issue Available |
| Bulkhead connector (HN) | K9CZB | 78 | Apr 85 | Issue Available |
| Balun chop suey | K4KJ | 113 | May 85 | Issue Available |
| Bulkhead connector (HN) | Short circuit | 74 | Jul 85 | Issue Available |
| Direction-finding tool, the fox box | K1ZJH | 25 | Oct 85 | |
| Antenna insulators, PTFE VHF | W5JTL | 98 | Oct 85 | |
| Practically speaking: using antenna noise bridge | K4IPV | 69 | May 86 | Issue Available |
| Secrets of successful low-band operation: part1 | K2RR | 16 | May 86 | Issue Available |
| Preamplifiers, Active antenna | R W. Burhans | 47 | May 86 | Issue Available |
| Secrets of successful low-band operation: part2 | K2RR | 17 | Jun 86 | Issue Available |
| VHF/UHF world | W1JR | 77 | Sep 86 | Issue Available |
| Homebrew antenna mount | W6QIR | 35 | May 87 | Issue Available |
| Ham radio techniques: antenna systems | W6SAI | 55 | May 87 | Issue Available |
| Yagi design program | W6NBI | 6 | May 87 | Issue Available |
| Compact travel antenna | K1BQT | 29 | Jun 87 | Issue Available |
| Groundplane antenna | Comments: DJ0TR/OE8AK | 6 | Jun 87 | Issue Available |
| Groundplane antenna | Comments: W6BCX | 6 | Oct 87 | |
| Antenna relay sequencing | KN5S | 17 | Oct 87 | |
| Elmer's notebook: Standing wave ratio - what does it mean? | W1SL | 98 | Feb 88 | |
| Yagi vs Quad-part 1 | K2SS | 68 | May 88 | |
| Yagis, stacking is a science | K1FO | 18 | May 88 | |
| Yagi vs Quad-part 2 | K2SS | 78 | Jun 88 | |
| Construction techniques using PVC pipe to make antennas | W2OQI | 98 | Sep 88 | Issue Available |
| 7/8-inch hardline coax connectors- construct at your own low cost | WA5FAC | 95 | Sep 88 | Issue Available |
| Easy measurement of antenna currents (HN) | KO1F | 39 | Sep 88 | Issue Available |
| Ham Radio techniques: A look at the groundplane antenna | W6SAI | 38 | Oct 88 | Issue Available |
| Antenna Array Patterns with a Personal Computer | KC7MT | 59 | Feb 89 | |
| Practically Speaking: Antenna System Instruments | K4IPV | 82 | Feb 89 | |
| Practically Speaking: RF Wattmeters and Antenna VSWR Meters | K4IPV | 75 | Mar 89 | |
| Ham Radio Techniques: Antenna Projects for Spring | W6SAI | 55 | Apr 89 | |
| Ferrite Beads as Antenna and Tower Guy lsolators(HN) | W4MB | 72 | Apr 89 | |
| Remote Driver/Controller for a Two-antenna System | NH6N | 79 | Apr 89 | |
| Mobile Antenna Anti-rotate Device | W1OLP | 40 | May 89 | Issue Available |
| Ham Radio Techniques: Antenna Time | W6SAI | 74 | May 89 | Issue Available |
| Battle of the Beams-pt 1 | G4GVO | 29 | Jun 89 | Issue Available |
| Design Data for Pipe Masts | W4MB | 38 | Jul 89 | Issue Available |
| Common-point Grounding: Lightning Protection for Repeaters | K1ZJH | 24 | Jul 89 | Issue Available |
| Battle of the Beams-pt 2 | G4GVO | 20 | Aug 89 | |
| Computerizing Smith Chart Network Analysis | N1AYW | 10 | Oct 89 | |
| Battle of the Beams-pt 3 | G4GVO | 53 | Oct 89 | |
| Remote Control Switching System | VK2WD | 62 | Oct 89 | |
| Antennas, GFI, Capacitors, and Fundamentals | W6SAI | 57 | Dec 89 | |
| Ham Radio Techniques: antenna gain | W6SAI | 30 | Jan 90 | |
| Computerizing Smith Chart Network Analysis | Short circuit | 10 | Jan 90 | |
| Ham Radio Techniques: The MN analysis program, (that was then, this is now) | W6SAI | 34 | Feb 90 | |
| The bi-square array | N4LBJ | 42 | May 90 | |
| More on elevated radials: HH Beverage's 1921 Counterpoise System (HN) | W6VX | 57 | Jun 90 |
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