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Published: Sept. 13, 2022, 8 a.m.

Today, we welcome Andrew Murphy. Andrew loves to build and work on his own antennas. Whether it's improving or rebuilding a commercial design, something that he has seen in a magazine, or one he has designed himself, Andrew has an antenna for every situation and band.

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What makes today\u2019s conversation with Andrew truly amazing is that Andrew doesn\u2019t have acres of property to play with.\xa0\xa0 Most of his antennas are inside his apartment and they work great!

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What You Need to Know

• Andrew became interested in scanning by listening to storm chasers.
• He was originally from Alabama and every spring he would love to hear storm chasers on the radio.
• 90% Andrew\u2019s antennas are built from 14-gauge wire.
• Many designs are done for little money or investment.
• Andrew has antennas that work well for Shortwave, HF, VHF, and UHF.
• To help him model antennas, Andrew has a few applications and websites that he uses. Those are noted in the session links.
• If you were to start or build one antenna, Andrew recommends a J-Pole antenna.

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(Some of these links may be affiliate links) ==================================== \xb7 EZ-Nec: https://www.eznec.com \xb7 MMANA-GAL Hamsoft: http://gal-ana.de/basicmm/en/ \xb7 M0UKD\u2019s Website https://m0ukd.com \xb7 ARRL Small Antenna Handbook: https://amzn.to/3qua5b6

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