
K0UO RHOMBIC ANTENNA FARM





The Mighty Rhombic is the "KING of Wire Antennas".
This is Scientific Technical Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM), Blog Site
If you have an big HF wire antenna project, let me know if I can help in anyway
The blog site has design, modeling, and construction information for building large HF Rhombic arrays, V-Beams wire arrays, Curtain antennas, baluns, LPDA Logs, Feed-lines, Beverage receive antennas, BOG, Traveling Wave antennas, Delta loop wire beams, and antenna vibration dampening. Also info on Icom Diversity receive for the IC7610 and IC7760. along with overviews on VOA, W6AM, and W7YRV sites. Also blog topics about the K0UO Rhombic farm and antenna test range, and 4KS Walz Airport at Kiowa, KS.
Steven Walz, known as K0UO which is his amateur ham radio station call, has an antenna testing range site known as "Antenna University", and The Rhombic Antenna Farm which has the use of over a thousand acres around the main antennas for far field measurements, using portable towers and drones, loaded with calibrated RF survey instruments for Commercial, Amateur Radio, STEM, DOD, school or University Research. Decades of building huge arrays, teaching, and performing RF surveys.
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The ARRL, RSGB, Switzerland, and so many other amateur radio organizations use the Diamond Logo, which looks like a Rhombic antenna.
Steve Walz known as K0UO (his FCC Amateur radio call), is working on the "Lost Art of Rhombics" with four of these large wire antennas, at 100 to 160 foot high, and three 1200 foot V-Beams (VEE) antennas at the Kiowa, Kansas QTH. Which are beaming to fourteen DX areas, with phasing padding for more steering. There is also information on large distributed fed curtains arrays, LPDA, and beverage receive antennas. K0UO is home of the Re-entrant Rhombic, which is 90% efficient by re-phasing the power instead of heating up termination resistors. The Rohn 20, 25, 35, 45,55, 65G, Rigid Tube Tower Series 26KD Tower, the J Tower, and the C Tower are reviewed.
I have contacted 200 countries on 160 meters, and it wouldn't have been possible without the beverage antennas.
The K0UO antenna farm is proudly using parts from many legendary stations, to continues the tradition they started with the big arrays, like the VOR (Voice of America), Armed Forces Radio, W6AM Don Wallace, BBC, Art Bell W6OBB, W7YRV Roy Callison, and others. So symbolically those large historic stations are still, "On the Air Daily" by K0UO using an extensive array of towers and antennas.
See my call on QRZ, https://www.qrz.com/db/K0UO, or type in my call K0UO for more information and photos. Each Rhombic antenna uses 1000s of feet of 3/8" cable for the array wire, covering many acres each. They are erected on numerous towers and 100 foot wooden utility poles, also the site has three large V-Beam antennas which are over 1200 foot long each. Miles of wire in the air and on the air, spread out over many acres. "Build Them and the DX will Come"!
The K0UO Rhombic site is the largest and highest gain wire antennas array farm, currently still in use anywhere in the world.
The KØUO Rhombic Antenna Farm in Kansas, consist of many acres, with "Miles of Wire in the Air & On the Air".
A HF Rhombic antenna is an excellent choice for commercial, maritime shore stations, military, broadcasting, frequency agile, requirements, high speed traders, diplomatic, EME, and big gun contest ham amateur radio stations.
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The K0UO and RSI Corp. - Radiofrequency Safety International antenna test range site makes use of the 4KS Walz airport near Kiowa, KS and its surrounding area as a practical learning environment for STEM (Scientific, Technical, Engineering, & Mathematics) antenna projects in a real-world outdoor setting. If your group has a School or University aerospace or antenna research STEM program, please let me know. We are using AI which is now becoming an advanced tool in analyzing, developing, and expanding research in RF and antennas. Efficiency, Flexibility, Reliability at K0UO
Amateur Radio calls, K0UO and V31KW
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K0UO – Kiowa, Kansas, USA
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Owner/Operator: Steve Walz, call sign K0UO

Welcome to K0UO's premier ham radio antenna site farm, spanning hundreds of acres dedicated to innovative design and rigorous testing of antennas. The largest in the world, so join me in advancing the field of ham antennas radio with cutting-edge technology and expert guidance. This station has been very competitive, and has won many major worldwide amateur radio contest.
High-Frequency Stock Trading groups should use the rhombic antenna.
The Defense Technical Information Center is RSI's central facility for the collection and dissemination of scientific and technical training information. RSI supplies training and assessment services to the United States and other governments.Welcome to the K0UO Ham Radio Station, home the world's largest antenna site and test range, spanning impressive 1,200 acres. Featuring miles of antennas and towering structures—including FCC-registered reaching up to 195 feet—our facility is a dream destination for serious contester and big gun operators. With numerous -foot wooden powerline poles, concrete silos, and portable mobile towers, the K0UO Rhombic Farm stands out for its significant height and capabilities. Registered under Antenna Structure Registration number 1216715, our station is recognized in the FCC public file, credibility and verification that sets us apart from other so-called big gun ham stations. The station and antenna farm uses very complex highly engineered arrays.
k0uo uses Re-entrant Rhombic array is one of the highest forward gain HF antennas with its 90% efficiency, the highest forward gain of any HF ham antenna. Also a world-class multiple stations, with many large LPDA yagi type beam antennas, 195 to 300 foot towers, and multiple very large wood power-poles. Antennas from 160 meters up to 2 meters. Using the new Icom IC7760 as the main transceivers.
K0UO has years of expertise in contesting, DXing, using cutting-edge engineering and technology.
K0OU uses many very high-gain directional LPDA-Yagis beamed at all continents, large 160 -40 meters four square verticals, stacked systems of rhombics, V-beams, and curtain arrays, The achieved goal has been met to have a world class station with multiple antennas combined (stacked) for increased gain and better performance on all the amateur bands, that are optimized for maximum gain. All utilizing optimum take off angles.
With 1200 acres near by to test and build all types of antennas and tower pole supports, also the largest ham radio station in the world with milrd of wire arrays and many towers, Antenna Test Facility ATF, electromagnetically-quiet area.(since OH8X in Finland, tall tower and 160 meters beam in Finland. was destroyed by a storm in 2013).
Miles of antennas for ham radio
dozens of tall antenna support structures, like FCC registered towers up to 195, to 300 foot on a near by Gypsum hills site, numerous 100 foot wood power-line poles, concrete silos, and portable mobile towers. K0UO near Kiowa, KS has High-Performance Antennas: Using large stacked LPDA-Yagi beams, Rhombics, Curtain arrays, Four-square phased verticals on specific bands, optimized for low noise and very efficient and high gain K0UO Rhombic antenna farm which is the highest forward gain array and largest area on 1200 acres in use by any amateur ham station DX, remote, or contest station in current use any where in the world
The K0UO Rhombic farm and antenna test range is one of the very few ham radio stations that has a tower which is tall enough and required by the FCC to have a registration. The Antenna Structure Registration or ASR tower number is 1216715. So the K0UO site, station, and antenna is in the FCC public file. used in conjunction with RSI Corp of Kiowa KS seehttps://www.rsicorp.com/dtic. Use for DOD and commercial wireless telecommunications groups.
RSI Corp is a Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services company that can Handle technical management, RF testing logistics, and integration of measurement instrumentation in collaboration with the facility. The K0UO antenna test range site is a
highly technical facility used to precisely measure an antenna's performance characteristics, such as its radiation pattern and gain. The K0UO and RSI test and measurement facilities feature state-of-the-art equipment/software in RF performance, supported by continuous in-house calibrations. Mechanical positioners are designed to precisely orient antennas.
The K0UO antenna test range site has significant outdoor real estate, and over 2500 feet by the 4KS Walz airport, so anechoic test chambers are not needed. and testing site has the use of over a thousand acres around the main antennas for far field measurements. the K0UO Electromagnetic Test and Evaluation Facility is a multi-purpose, wideband, antenna test facility.
The RSI Superior Survey Techniques™ RF training course, by Steven Walz is a University based program developed over a quarter of a century ago by RSI
RSI Corp: Superior Survey Techniques
And is now taught at the K0UO RSI antenna outdoor antenna test range site near Kiowa, KS and is a controlled testing environment used to measure and evaluate the performance of antennas.
What exactly does RSI do? Steve Walz says, “RSI is the leader in the field of radiofrequency emissions safety.”RSI Corp. - Radiofrequency Safety International
Radiofrequency Safety International's Technical group has performed technical, safety, RF EME and general hazard inspection assessments at thousands of sites throughout the country, including many major broadcast sites, tower antenna farms, major buildings, and DOD installations. Radiofrequency Safety International and Steve Walz is using AI which is now becoming an advanced tool in analyzing, developing, and expanding research.
General Steven Walz, Overview: Trying to be retired: Civil Air Patrol (CAP), 35 year member of MARS Military Auxiliary Radio System serving in both U.S. ARMY and later the U.S. Air Force program, Security Clearance, Founder of RSI Corp, Borderline Economic Development, RSI Wind, RSI Two-way radio (Kenwood & Icom), Borderline Electric, KPAK FM, Walz Farms, proudly serves on a number of Boards over the years, Technical advisor for Concrete Walz Fencing, Published in various trade journals and author of a number of white papers. FCC Commercial License Examiner from ETA, Life ARRL member, ARRL Volunteer Consulting Engineer for the Midwest Division, ARRL Emergency Coordinator, ARRL Technical Specialist, American Legion Amateur Radio Club, Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, Radio Society of Great Britain, Society of Broadcast Engineers, Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Emergency Management Institute contract instructor, The Radio Club of America, Association of Former Intelligence Officers, American Society of Safety Professionals, Life member Central States VHF Society, Royal Order of Wouff Hong, The Rag Chewers' Club, a founding member of the Great Salt Plains Amateur Radio Club, past Director for the Kansas Oklahoma Repeater Link System
The KØUO Rhombic Antenna Farm in Kansas, consisting of many acres, with "Miles of Wire in the Air & On the Air". Best known as an antenna Experimenter, Ragchewer 1st and DXer for fun! "It takes years of Passion, Hard work, and Commitment to build a great station".
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