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Active Antennas
Last Updated on: Friday, March 12, 2010 12:07 PM

 

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100MHz ground plane antenna - Here you can find plans for a simple ground plane antenna that works well in the FM Band (88-108MHz). It's built of a small plastic disk…(added 04/05/06)
5 Watt FM Transmitter with Antenna 88-108 MHz - Two stages -- AUDIO AMPLIFIER AND OSCILLATOR and RF POWER AMPLIFIER  (electronic schematic added 04/05/06/06)
6x6 Antenna Loop - (design added 8/03)
A magnetic loop antenna for 160 to 15m - (design added 6/07)
A magnetic loop antenna for 40 to 17m local & DX contacts from tight spaces - (design added 6/07)
A magnetic loop antenna for 80 & 40m an antenna for anywhere, even indoors! - (design added 6/07)
A QRP DX antenna pier + squid pole + wire = QRP DX - (design added 6/07)
Active 3-30 MHz Hula-Loop Antenna for Shortwave - If you have a shortwave or high-frequency receiver or scanner that is struggling to capture signals with a short, whip antenna, and you'd like the kind of performance that a 60-foot 'longwire' antenna can provide but lack the space to put one up, consider ...(electronic design added 7/08)
Active Antenna for AM-FM-SW - This simple little circuit can be used for AM, FM, and Shortwave(SW). On the shortwave band this active antenna is comparable to a 20 to 30 foot wire antenna.  It is further more designed to be used on receivers that use untuned wire antennas, such as inexpensive units and car radios.....(Tony van Roon's electronic schematic / circuit added 08/09)
Active Antenna for HF-VHF-UHF - (Tony van Roon's circuit added 9/04)
Active Antenna, easy to build - When fate or nasty neighbors prevent you from stringing a long-wire receiving antenna, you'll find that this pocket-size antenna will give the same, or even better, reception.  This "Active Antenna"
is cheap to build" and has a range of 1 to 30Mhz at between 14 and 20dB gain....(Tony van Roon's electronic schematic / circuit added 08/09)
Active FM Antenna Amplifier - This amplifier will pull in al distanat FM stations clearly.  The circuits is configured as a common-emmitter tuned RF preamplifier wired around VHF/UHF transistor Q1….(Tony van Roon's schematic added 10/06)
AM Band Antennas - Scroll down to find this circuit design.  A good AM Band antenna can be a simple long-wire strung between two trees or across the top of the roof. Even a modest length wire will give your receiver greatly improved reception with less static….(added 04/04/04)
AM Loop Antennas (Bruce Carter) - (electronic circuit added 1/03)
AM/FM/SW Active Antenna - This circuit shows an active antenna that can be used for AM, FM, and shortwave SW. On  shortwave band this active antenna is comparable to a20 to30 foot wire antenna. This circuit uses receivers that use untuned wire antennas, such as inexpensive units and car radios....(added 4/02)
An end-fed antenna - L-match coupler and resistive bridge for HF one wire, all bands  (design added 6/07)
AN710: Antenna Circuit Design - Microchip Application Note Published 21-Jan-03  (app note added 2/06)
AN831: Matching Small Loop Antennas to RFPIC Tm Devices - Microchip Application Note Published 20-Feb-02  (app note added 2/06)
AN868: Designing Loop Antennas for the RFPIC12f675 - Microchip Application Note Published 18-Jun-03  (app note added 2/06)
Antenna - This Antenna is most widely used all over  world. For example, when you see a police car it has a transmitter with Ground Pole Antenna The body of car serves as ground). It accepts load from 50 ohm source and has larger power output than Half-Wave Dipole Antenna.  (added 11/05)
Antenna Circuit Design - Microchip Application Note Published 21-Jan-03  (app note added 2/06)
Antenna Extension Provides Open Door Policy - 02/16/98 EDN-Design Ideas:   /.....(design idea added 04/03/02)
Antenna Projects - (circuit added 7/02)
Antennas - Ground Pole and Half-Wave Dipole Antennas (circuit added 10/06)
Antennas for HAM Transmitters - Describes how to construct various type of antenna for Ham Radio Transmitters. (added 9/04).
ATL3 Loop Antenna - All ATL-3 loop windings are centre tapped and balanced w.r.t. their amplifier/receiver chassis ground, and therefore electric field interference pick up tends to self cancel. Magnetic noise fields,e.g. televisions and the electric meter box, or ....(design added 8/03)
Build a Yagi-Uda Antenna - (circuit design added 10/06)
Designing Loop Antennas for the RFPIC12f675 - Microchip Application Note Published 18-Jun-03  (app note added 2/06)
External Antenna for the GPS-38 Magellan 2000 or Eagle Explorer GPS Receivers - (electronic circuit added 4/05)
General Purpose RF Amplifier - (electronic circuit added 1/03)
Long Loopstick AM Radio Antenna - Wound on a 3 foot length of PVC pipe, the long loopstick antenna was an experiment to try to improve AM radio reception without using a long wire or ground. It works fairly well and greatly improved reception of a weak station 130 miles away. A longer rod antenna will probably work better if space allows.... (circuit added 4/02)
Magnetic loop antenna for 160 to 15m - (electronic circuit added 10/05)
Magnetic loop antenna for 40 to 17m local & DX contacts from tight spaces - (electronic circuit added 10/05)
Magnetic loop antenna for 80 & 40m an antenna for anywhere, even indoors! - (design added 6/07)
Matching Small Loop Antennas to RFPICTm Devices - Microchip Application Note Published 20-Feb-02  (app note added 2/06)
Medium Wave Active Antenna - This circuit is designed to amplify the input from a telescopic whip antenna. The preamplifier is designed to cover the medium waveband from about 550Khz to 1650Khz. The tuning voltage is supplieb via RV2, a 10k potentiometer connected to the 12 Volt power supply....(electronic design added 6/07)
OA-26: OA-26 Designing Active High Speed Filters - National Semiconductor Application Note  (app note added 3/06)
Pedestrian mobile HF antenna - (design added 6/07)
Pi Section Coupler - (electronic circuit added 1/03)
Q Multiplying Loop Antenna - (schematic added 9/02)
QRP Antenna Tuner - (diagram added 6/03)
QRP DX antenna pier  - (design added 6/07)
RF Amplifier for Ferrite Bar Antennas - (electronic circuit added 1/03)
Shorty Forty Antenna - Do you have space limitation to put a 40 meter dipole. Try this Compact 40 meter antenna. . (added 9/04)
Small 915 MHz Antenna Beats Monopole - 05/15/03 EDN-Design Ideas: (design idea added 1/05)
Tesla Power Receiver - (circuit added 7/02)
The ATL-3 Loop Antenna - All ATL-3 loop windings are centre tapped and balanced w.r.t. their amplifier/receiver chassis ground, and therefore electric field interference pick up tends to self cancel. Magnetic noise fields,e.g. televisions and the electric meter box, or ....(electronic design added 6/07)
The versatile end-fed wire - A piece of wire of almost any length can be used as an antenna on the HF bands. However, just because an antenna can be made to work is no guarantee that it will perform efficiently. This article will initially concentrate on the half wavelength of wire and its use ....(electronic Schematic added  03/05)
TV/Radio Antenna Cable galvanic isolator - (design added 8/03)
Unamplified Four Foot Box Loop - (electronic circuit added 1/03)
WIFI CAN Antenna - Got no dough for a commercial WiFi antenna? Looking for an inexpensive way to increase the range of your wireless network? A tin can waveguide antenna, or Cantenna, may be just the ticket. This design can be built for under $5 U.S. and reuses a food, juice, or other tin can....   (added 10/05)
Wireless Phono Oscillator - A "phono oscillator" is a simple, short-range AM band transmitter that was typically used to send the signal from a phonograph to a nearby radio, eliminating the need for an amplifier and speaker. This version uses only one transistor and... (electronic design added 6/07)
YAGI UDA Antenna - (circuit added 7/02)

 
 
 
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