swiss shortwave radio station
HB9AWJ
qth :   Zurich               locator : JN47GH   operator : Giorgio     licensed since 1973     ITU Zone : 28        CQ zone : 14
qth locator Italy (temporarily) : JN53HH

Special interests: low loss transmission by choosing the optimal antenna coupler and the optimal feed line. End fed wire antennas.
Planning and pre-calculations for optimized antenna systems regarding hf-energy losses.
To see examples click buttoms on the right: <balanced antenna tuner>   <end fed half-wave antenna>  <air core balun>


technical data / working conditions (Zurich) :

transmitting / antenna systems :

tx/rx : Yaesu FTDX-10 ;  SSB 100 W , CW qrp 10 W

ant / coupler: 1.81 MHz : T-antenna (dipole 2x17m short-outed at the beginning end of the ladder-line, excited against ground); low loss unbalanced Cs-Lp-network

ant / coupler:  3.5 MHz / 5.3515 MHz / 7.1 MHz / 10.1 MHz: NVIS-dipole 2 x 17m, height 4.5 to 8 meters  / 600 Ω symmetric feed line  /  coupler at 6m over ground:
                                                                                                                                                                                     low loss symmetric Cs-Lp- (high-pass) -network  

ant / coupler: 14.0 MHz / 18.1 MHz / 21.0 MHz / 24.9 MHz / 28.0 MHz  for each band: monoband ground plane, feed point 6m over ground with coupler at the feed point:
                                                                                                                                        LC-network (C serial and L parallel to discharge electrostatic charge)
 

technical data / working conditions (Italy) :

tx/rx:  Xiegu G90:  20 W  /  optionally Hardrock-50 power amplifier : 50 W

ant : 3.5 MHz  -  29.7 MHz   :   dipole  2 x 20 m, about 10m above ground /  600 Ω symmetric feed line  /  coupler :  low loss symmetric Ls-Cp- (low-pass) -network



qrv (Zurich) :
1.81 - 2.0 MHz: 20 W
5.3515 - 5.3665 MHz :  15 W  EIRP
3.5 - 3.8 MHz, 7.0 - 7.2 MHz: 100 W

20m, 17m, 15m, 10m : 100 W

operating modes:      CW / SSB                                                                                     HF-Propagation analysis with:   Reverse Beacon Network (RBN), websdr/kiwisdr, WSPR

qsl : electronic qsl (if requested) via : www.eqsl.cc
contact : hb9awj [at] de-suisse.ch

balanced
antenna tuner
end fed
half-wave antenna
monopole -
groundplane
air core balun
cw decoder
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