Ham Goodies

Welcome to Ham Goodies

We offer a variety of Amateur Radio bits 'n' pieces for not only the Shack, but also a range of outdoor portable kit. Our Baluns are made in our workshop and therefore pride is taken in using not only the best quality materials - but also the right materials. See About Us for more details.

We ship to the UK, Ireland and Europe (if your Country is in the drop-down box on the Register page, we can ship to you). UK orders are sent Royal Mail "Tracked" at £3.75 (48hr) or £4.75 (24hr) for up to 2kg with a small increase for heavier/bulky orders. Click here for postage/shipping rates. Outside the UK? You can easily calculate the cost of shipping by adding items to the shopping cart and entering your location.

Some items, particularly ferrites, attract a quantity discount making them ideal for club or group buys.

XMAS POST The last "get it before Xmas" posting date for UK items is Friday 20th December. Some EU destinations require posting as early as 10th December. See this page on Royal Mail's website for full details. Orders placed *after* 1pm on Friday 20th will be shipped on Friday 27th December, then normal service from 3rd January.

2x FT240-31 Choke/Isolator with 12-turns of RG142 Baluns are our thing - and you'll find various Balun and Choke solutions here. We believe that using the right ferrite size (and material) is important. We keep a good stock all kinds of ferrites for your own projects. Shown here is a QRO Choke featuring 2x FT240 toroids wound using RG142 coax.

With the UK licence now permitting 1000-watts by Full licence holders on Primary bands, consider your next Balun/Choke wisely. Several of our products can be specified for QRO power. Whether you run a Dipole, Doublet/G5RV or End-Fed - we have something for you! For most Dipole/Doublet/G5RV installations up to 100w, we suggest this lightweight 1:1 Choke/Balun.

Balun/Ferrite Hints/Tips - Our handy reference page includes all you need to know about your next Balun or Ferrite purchase.

Got a New Radio? : Grab our (updated 27th Nov) FREE UK Repeater (and EchoLink) CSV file for CHIRP which you can use as a starting block to load memories into your radio. The current list offers over 1000 gateways/repeaters. An Anytone DMR "starter" CodePlug (updated 6th Dec) with the latest repeaters and *all* UK/Ireland DMR users, is also available on the same page.

Cheeky wire down the garden to keep the neighbours happy? An End-Fed is a good solution to multi-band (and low-profile) operating. A 20m wire will present a low SWR on 7/14/21/28MHz and 42m of wire gets you 3.5MHz and most higher bands.

Coax Offcuts - There's a small stock of Mini8 Coax pieces in 5 assorted lengths per batch.

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