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Around 1995 I began documenting my experiences with antennas and other technical matters in amateur radio. As a result, formal papers were prepared that have been published in journals, periodicals, and conference proceedings as well as invitations to formally present at international, national, and local events. I wanted to archive these somewhere other than my computer hard drive so I have uploaded most of them here. I will, over time, expand this offering. Hopefully some of these will be of value to others.


General

What’s In Your Station
Presentation to Bella Vista Radio Club
February 2024

Shunt Feed Your Tower!
Arkansas DX Association
2022 Annual Conference

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of DX
North Alabama DX Club Banquet
Huntsville, AL – August 2019

Contesting 2.0
Presentation & Panel Discussion
with N0AX and Others
2018 International DX Convention
Visalia, CA

Noise! The Grim Reaper of Weak Signal Reception
Arkansas DX Association Presentation

DX’ing 101 Antennas, Propagation, & Equipment for Effective DX’ing
Arkansas DX Association Presentation

What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
2015 Central States VHF Conference
Luncheon Keynote Address
Denver, CO
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Contest University
Presentations
Dayton, OH

Simple & Effective Low Band Antennas for Contesting
2023

Field Measurements and Comparison of Low Band Receive Arrays
2022

FT8 and the WSJT-X 2.0 Software Suite for 6 Meter Contesting
2019

Utilizing Digital Modes FT8 and MSK144 for Competitive Advantage in VHF Contests
2018

Optimizing VHF Contest Scores Utilizing JT Digital Modes
2017

It’s a Fun Game – Let’s Operate the Right Way
Opening Plenary Session 2017

Techniques to Optimize 6-Meter Contest Performance
2016

Getting the Most Our of Your VHF Contesting Experience
2015

VHF Contesting
2014

VHF Contesting
2013

VHF Contesting
2012

160 Meters

Comparison of Vertical Arrays for Low Band Receiving
Invited Paper for 2025 Dayton Hamvention Antenna Forum

Field Measurements and Comparison of Low Band Receive Arrays
Contest University Dayton 2022

Short Verticals for Low Band Receiving Options
Arkansas DX Association Presentation

A 5 Element Switchable Vertical Parasitic Array for 160 Meters
Published in National Contest Journal Sept/Oct 2018 Edition

Presented at Dayton Antenna Forum
May 2018
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Design, Construction, & Evaluation of the 8 Circle Vertical Array for Low Band DX’ing – W5ZN, N4HY, & W3LPL

Published in QEX
A Forum for Communications Experimenters
March/April 2010 Edition

Presented at Dayton Antenna Forum
May 2010

EME-VHF-UHF–uWave

6 Meter EME
Arkansas DX Association March 2024

Defending the Amateur Service Allocation at 23 cm
2023 Central States VHF
Conference Proceedings
Little Rock, AR

The Quest for 222 MHz WAS
2022 Central States VHF
Conference Proceedings
La Crosse, WI

Effective Utilization of FT8 & MSK144 for 6 Meter DX & Contesting
6-Meter BBQ October 2018
Austin, TX

Meteor Scatter Utilizing JT Digital Modes
6-Meter BBQ October 2017
Austin, TX

Utilizing Effective SO2R Techniques for 6 Meter Contesting
2017 Central States VHF
Conference Proceedings
Albuquerque, NM

W1GHZ Microwave Antenna Book
Co-Author Chapter 6
Feeds for Parabolic Dish Antennas Section 6.9 Multi-Band Feeds

Further Evaluation of the W5LUA & W5ZN Dual Band Feeds
Microwave Update 1999 Conference
Dallas, TX

The W5ZN Dual Band 10 GHz/24 GHz Feedhorn
Microwave Update 1998
Conference Proceedings
Estes Park, CO

Dual Band 10 GHz/24 GHZ Transverter
Design Considerations

Microwave Update 1998
Conference Proceedings
Estes Park, CO

A Shoe for 5760 MHz
Microwave Update 1998 Conference
Estes Park, CO

Horns for the Holidays
Microwave Update 1997
Conference Proceedings
Sandusky, OH

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