These ARRL Pacificon 2011 Antenna Forum Presentation Slides include an overview of three different amateur applications for surface wave line, along with a new model for understanding conventional antennas such as dipoles and monopoles as surface wave devices. The sections are
A Flying Antenna (helium balloon supported very broadband antenna made from paper showing 40+ dB "gain")
A New Antenna Model
A simple surface wave transmission line for amateurs
An All-Band Antenna that can provide operation from 160m
through 3 cm on a single structure
All but the first of these are planned to be published as a three
part series in upcoming issues of ARRL QEX . However, the Flying
Antenna will not be published, due at least in part to the liability
involved in providing construction and fabrication details of a
system which is potentially dangerous or lethal. To not totally lose
the value of that first section, I have made a YouTube video which
broadly describes the antenna and experiment and gives a
demonstration of surface wave transmission line in operation.
Here's the video of the Flying Antenna "A 40+ dB Gain Antenna Made From
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Some older higher speed packet information
What's the Problem with amateur packet radio? Selections from an Introductory Higher Speed Packet presentation I gave at the September 1996 ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference along with some additions detailing ways to improve higher speed amateur networks.
ARRL Conference Papers theoretical basis and practical development of higher speed amateur radio networks.
Old Microwave Link (Other Old Hardware)
Designing a Station for the Microwave Bands A three part series I did for Ham Radio magazine just before it stopped publishing. This information is now out of print and I'm making it available here for those who otherwise would be unable to see it.
Inexpensive Multi-Megabaud Microwave Data Link The original 10 GHz data link from December 1989 Ham Radio Magazine and an Addendum to it.