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ECLECTIC AETHER - Adventures with Amateur Radio

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WEB SDR's


I run the WEB SDR IO group which is primarily aimed at WEB SDR admin's and owners with the aim of sharing experiences and technical expertise relating to operation and running of WEB SDR's


https://groups.io/g/websdr


I also operate a number of public KiWi and other WEB SDR's, which cover various ranges of frequencies,  which are located in the South West of the UK.



0-30MHz - Very good performance and low noise floor, probably one of the best in the world. 


http://wessex.zapto.org:8073



0-65MHz - Very good performance and low noise floor, which also covers the VHF Low bands


http://wessex.zapto.org:8075



Websdr covering 40, 50, 70, 144, 432, 434MHz & 10GHz Amateur Bands


http://wessex.hopto.org:8070



OpenWebRX with a mixture of VHF and UHF Bands


http://wessex.hopto.org:8060



0-30MHz - Very good performance and low noise floor, at another site in the South West UK


http://websdr.uk:8060/


 

0-30MHz - Currently using a temporary antenna and its performance is not too good, however it can be useful for monitoring the VLF bands


http://kernow.hopto.org:8073/




Unfortunately our popular SW, VHF, UHF & Microwave WEB SDR at Farnham had to close down due to a change of site ownership.


Most of this has now been reactivated at the other sites.



Antennas

Active Antennas - Updated Nov 2022


Loop on the Ground Receive Antenna - First draught added June 2021


Broadband Receive Loop Inductance - Updated Jan 2023


Mobeus Receive Loop Antenna - First draught added June 2021


Balun Loss & Experimental method of measurement - First draught added June 2021


50MHz Mixed Mode Omni Antenna


Mixed Mode Helical Antennas

Broadband Vertical antennas Comet CHA-250B & Diamond BB6W & BB7V


G8JNJ Broadband HF Vertical Antenna - Requires no tuner


HF loop antennas


1m HF loop antenna - Uses a novel tuning capacitor - RADCOM antennas column Sept / Oct 2010


G8JNJ ‘Fat-Max ® ’ HF Antenna - 6m to 40m - the poor man's Steppir


HF Variable Pitch Helical antennas DG7PE & Chameleon V1


Loft and Attic antennas for restricted places


33ft Verticals and Ununs


G7FEK Multiband compact garden antenna


M3KXZ no-counterpoise antenna - Does it actually work ?


Slinky antennas - Compact antennas made from Slinky toys are likely to be poor performers


Solarcon / Antron A99 - How well does it work on other bands ?


Portable Vee Dipole - Uses fishing poles and a lighting tripod


Broadband Terminated Vee antenna - A travelling wave antenna using 9:1 Ununs & a 50 ohm terminating load


Rotary Washing line antenna - Various antennas using hardware from scrap rotary washing lines


Washing line wire reel antenna - A cheap portable antenna


Low Band Wire Antennas - Which is the best ?


HF Antenna Switches - Remotely select a Doublet, Tee or Vertical - for use with a 100w tranceiver


Multiband Wire HF antennas - Thoughts on the G5RV and similar designs


Better than a G5RV - the ZS6BK / G0GSV multiband HF antenna  - External site


More information relating to ZS6BK antenna and matching section - External site


Baluns, Tuners & Matching

Audio & Processing

FM on the LF Bands  - How much spectrum does a Narrow Band FM transmission occupy


SSB TX audio equaliser - Published in Radcom February and March 2009


Build an audio Processor and clipper


Boom microphone for Yaesu FT-857 / FT-897 & Icom IC-7000 - modify a cheap PC headset


Modifying Clansman Military Headsets - use with Yaesu FT-857 FT-897 Icom IC-7000


FT-897D - Audio processing and ALC operation



EMC

Other Stuff


Older projects


All other miscellaneous projects can be found by clicking on this page link


Including:-

  • ‘Manhattan’ or 'New Amsterdam' Style construction
  • 40m Antenna Shootout
  • Switched X dipole / Vee Beam
  • Christmas Light - Vertical Antenna


Other items have now been moved to separate pages