Source policy: Historical claims are ranked by provenance. Modern articles and videos can document current practice and questions, but they do not replace an original source or a controlled Chameleon test.
Historical Sources
| Source | Tier | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Mirror of IV3SBE’s historical page | H1 near-primary archive | Canonical radiator, transformer, tuner and support facts |
| Reported 2003 Radio Rivista article | H2 attributed, pending recovery | Possible first-publication and naming evidence |
| G0KYA 2009 description | H3 early secondary | Corroboration of 7.6 m/4:1/tuner practice |
| DK1ZX/DARC workshop | H3 technical secondary | 7.6 m and 4.9 m variants and radial example |
| IZ1DXS implementation | H3 technical secondary | Transformer/build corroboration |
Modern Field and Popularity Sources
- Bob / HOA Ham Rybakov case study—third-party SWR, SSB, WSPR and FT8 context.
- KB9VBR/REZ current-interest article—modern popularity and portable context.
- WB3GCK Rybakov revisit—portable variant discussion.
Vertical and Ground-System Engineering
- ARRL HF Vertical guidance
- ARRL grounding and RF-return guidance
- N6LF ground-system experiment archive
Chameleon-Controlled Sources
- MPAS Lite Operator’s Manual, revision 7/21/2024, controlled evidence record.
- Current SS17/SS25, HYBRID-MINI, HYBRID-MICRO, URT1/URT1-MB, M-COIL, M25-COIL, coax/choke and return-system product records.
- CHA M-COIL product record—standard SS17 loading-coil branch.
- CHA M25-COIL product record—purpose-built SS25 40 m branch.
- Versioned NEC run manifests, processed data and engineering reports.
- Carl’s owner-supplied MPAS history, pending dated internal corroboration for exact public dates.
Interpretation Rules
- Do not convert a secondary repetition into an original fact.
- Do not treat a successful contact as isolated gain or efficiency evidence.
- Do not treat Bob’s screenshots as Chameleon specifications.
- Do not treat guide starting SWR as a guarantee for every deployment.
- Do not state that Rybakov means fisherman or that 806 definitively means 80–6 m until primary evidence resolves the question.
Access date: 7 August 2026. Links and source status will be checked at every public revision.
