Ham Community | wa8ahz | Activity https://ham.community/members/wa8ahz/activity/ Activity feed for wa8ahz. Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:28:46 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.21.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 98339c3601c1fb970043071bfeb96e96 wa8ahz started the discussion Antenna Theory in the forum Antennas group discussions https://ham.community/groups/antennas-group/forum/discussion/antenna-theory/ Fri, 08 Dec 2023 17:04:05 +0000 Antenna Theory

How does an OCF Antenna work?

Ans: by placing the feed point at about the one-third point along the length of the antenna (eg., about 42 ft along a 136 ft long wire if the antenna is for 80m) you are not only exciting the transducer (eg antenna) with near-maximum current flow for both bands that are fundamental (3.5 MHz in this case) but…

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Joining groups fosters collaboration and, as you know, Ham Community is about collaboration | contribution | camaraderie. Earning the Bronze Group Award should be fairly easy, you just need one!

]]> 0 59040d8d36b67d95f1043fbb719de54d WA8AHZ earned the nominated award Elmer: Becoming a Ham Community Elmer is an achievement in and […] https://ham.community/content-feed/p/195/ Fri, 08 Dec 2023 15:51:35 +0000

Becoming a Ham Community Elmer is an achievement in and of itself. Operators are admitted into The Elmers’ Circle when they demonstrate a thorough understanding of one – or possibly several – aspects of Amateur Radio. Elmer admission and good standing is discussed and decided within The Elmers’ Circle. In addition to the details below,…

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