N6LYU

                                                                                                                                40m Antenna Pattern
                                                                                                                               4nec2 model of my center fed long-wire antenna at 40m

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Licensed since the mid 1980's

I grew up in central California, and for a long time I was a member of the Paso Robles Amateur Radio Club.

I was most active in HF SSB. I had plenty of space in the country, and used a very long galvanized wire antenna fed by 300 Ohm twin lead. I had a beautiful Johnson Viking Match Box which I foolishly sold after college. I was inactive in Ham radio for about a decade. Fortunately, I kept my Swan 270 and my Kenwood TS-530S. Now my job includes antenna and communication work, so I have restarted my hobby as well.

Currently, I am involved with the Amateur Radio Research and Development Corporation (AMRAD) in McLean, VA. I have given lectures to the club on the topics of L-Networks,  RF Particle Accelerators, LASERS, RF Skywave Propagation, and an Automatic Z-Match antenna tuner (PDF sildes and PowerPoint with Video Links - longer download).

I also built an Ionospheric Sounder.

My latest project is an Automatic Z-Match antenna tuner.

Here are a few pictures of my Ham Shack.

DX Zone listed my Automatic Z-Match project on their web site

DX Zone