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Co-authored-by: Foster Irwin <foster@jfirwin.com>
Co-authored-by: Sacha Weatherstone <sachaw100@hotmail..om>
2022-04-02 00:34:49 +11:00

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---
id: resources
title: Antenna resources
sidebar_label: Resources
slug: /hardware/resources
---
### More antenna information
- [Hackaday's Introduction to Antenna Basics](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_tws4AXg7authztKFg5ZN5qWGtq3N_nI)
- An excellent series of presentations on the basics of antenna design and function, presented by spacecraft radio engineer Karen Rucker.
### Coverage prediction
- [Tower Coverage.com](https://www.towercoverage.com)
- Commercial, but has free options
- [HeyWhat'sThat](http://www.heywhatsthat.com)
- Free with path profiling options
- [Radio Mobile Online](https://www.ve2dbe.com/rmonline_s.asp)
- Radio Mobile Online is a radio wave propagation prediction tool dedicated to amateur radio
### RF Tools
- [Times Microwave Systems](https://www.timesmicrowave.com/calculator/?Product=RG-6&RunLength=10&Frequency=868)
- Coaxial Cable Attenuation & Power Handling Calculator
- [Solwise Link Budget Calculator](https://www.solwise.co.uk/link-budget.htm)
- Predict the received signal strength
- [Amateur Radio Toolkit](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.daveyhollenberg.amateurradiotoolkit)
- Android app with lots of antenna information
### Antenna designs
- [1/4 Wave Ground Plane Antenna Calculator](https://m0ukd.com/calculators/quarter-wave-ground-plane-antenna-calculator)
- [Quadrifilar helicoidal antenna calculator](https://jcoppens.com/ant/qfh/calc.en.php)
- [Building an 868/915 MHz co-linear antenna tutorial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_1LxuOngHs)
- [868 MHz antenna schematic PDF](https://github.com/IRNAS/ttn-irnas-gw/blob/master/Collinear868MHzLoRaantenna.PDF)
- [915 MHz antenna schematic PDF](https://github.com/IRNAS/ttn-irnas-gw/blob/master/CollinearLoRaantenna915MHzIRNAS.PDF)
- [NEC based antenna modeler and optimizer](https://www.qsl.net/4nec2)