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Coaxial-Cable Trap Dipole - An Attic Coaxial-Cable trap dipole for 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, and 80 meters

Longwire Antenna Instructions - Instructions for Putting up a Long-Wire Antenna

Wire antenna - The $4 Special all band wire antenna

40 thru 10 Meter Zepp Antenna - A modified 20 meter double zepp wire Operating Bands: 40 thru 10 meters (with tuner), basic construction and performance information.

G5RV Antenna - Notes, and considerations about the G5RV antenna

G5RV Antenna - The G5RV antenna, with its special feeder arrangement, is a multiband centre-fed antenna capable of very efficient operation on all hf bands from 3.5 to 28 MHz

AM Antennas - The ultimate AM loop antenna article. It is the only article that includes the calculations and detailed plans

Longwire antenna basics - basic notes on building longwire antennas for medium waves

The FD4 (FD3) Windom Antenna - The 4-band Fritzel model FD4 is a special version of a Windom antenna. It is a half-wave long on the lowest frequency, and is fed from a coax cable through a transformer inserted in the wire at one-third from one end

New Carolina windom antenna - PDF file by QRP Expressions by By N. T. Len Carlson, K4IWL

6-Band Windom antenna - Theory and construction of a novel trapless center-loaded off-center-fed (cl-ocf) dipole or windom antenna for the 80, 40, 30, 20, 15 and 10m hf amateur radio (ham) bands

80 meters wire antenna - A reduced-size 80-meter antenna designed for small lots, portable use, and a fine companion for QRP

Picture of a multiband dipole - Pictures of a multiband dipole, build with simple PVC T and standard electrical wire

Cheap antenna to make from 160m - 6m - The antenna is nothing more than a simple 2.4 metre square loop drawing pinned to the internal brick wall of the spare bedroom. Yep, thats right, the inside wall of the spare bedroom - ideal for flat dwellers, hotel rooms or whinging neighbours, The loop has a simple switched inductance at the top of the square loop and uses a simple coaxial stub to tune the antenna. An additional variable capacitor placed across the feedpoint can be used to fine tune the resonance of the antenna, by Andy G0FTD

Balun Theory - The word balun means balanced-unbalanced: it's used to adapt a balanced device to an unbalanced one

Short Dipoles - Short dipoles and verticals for 160 80 and 40 meters

Rotatable Dipoles - Portable, and shortened with loading coils rotatable dipoles for 6 meters, 20 meters and multibands.

Indoor antenna de F6CYV - Indoor wire antenna project for 7 Mhz band

Double-L For 80/160 - Double-L Antenna For 80/160 by Don Toman, K2KQ

Choosing wire for an antenna - One of the most asked questions when it comes to antennas is what kind of wire should I use

Multiband dipole comparison - A comparison of different multi-band dipole techniques

Folded Dipole - All about folded dipoles, a variation of the dipole is an antenna called a folded dipole. It radiates like a dipole but sort of looks like a squashed quad.

DX Dual Dipole - Two dipoles fed from the same coaxial line by n6bz for 20 and 15 meters

Magnetic Longwire Baluns - Do these things do exactly what they say they do, or are they total hogwash? - Patrick lifts the lid on the MLB

Build a Double Bazooka HF antenna - Build a double bazooka coaxial dipole, broad-band dipole antenna

Inverted L antenna - The ever-popular inverted L antnna, a fast to implement and setup shortwave antenna project by Arnie Coro C02KK

40m Short Antenna - GM4JMU shortened dipole for 40 meters band

Multiband wire antennas and ATUs - DC1YB experience on multiband wire antennas. In particular examine FD4 windom and G5RV antenna, considering noise levels and matching aspects. Author reviews also the usage of Automatic antenna tuners in TS-50 TS-480 and GC-3000

A low cost fishing pole vertical antenna - This antenna is based on a 10 Metre long fibreglass fishing pole, by G4AON

160 metre L antenna - by Greg Weinfurtner AEE BSS

Dipole Height - How High should my Dipole be? Dipole Antennas and the effect of height above ground

Homebrew a W3DZZ antenna - Build your own multiband W3DZZ antenna resonating on 80 40 20 15 and 10 meters band

Switchable Antenna 80/160 meters band - A switchable antenna for 80/160 meters by IK1ZOY. A new version of a 1/4L 80 m. dipole modified for use in 160 m. band. using it's own coaxial cable feeder to wrap a coil.

20m QRP Dipole - Instructions to build a portable dipole for 20 meters

20m mini loaded dipole - It is very simple to build and you can tune it in your shack room

All Band Dipole - Antenna suitable for all the HF amateur bands, including the so called WARC bands by vk6ysf

Build your first dipole - The dipole antenna is an easily designed and made antenna usually used on HF, although can be (and sometimes is) made for VHF and UHF antennas, and in varying forms is also used as part of different designs of antennas – i.e. as the driven element for directional antennas.

A Longwire Aerial for Six Metres - Build a longwire antenna for 50 Mhz

An effective 3 band Wire DX aerial - A 3 band dipole for 10 15 and 20 meters band by Mel G4WYW

80-10 Meters Doublets antennas - All band doublet antenna based on NB6Zep's design and an 88 foot flatop version

A Hexbeam in 3 hours - EI7BA describes a nice selfmade Hexbeam project for a single band version.

A Longwire Aerial for Six Metres - Build a longwire antenna for 50 Mhz

A NoTuner Antenna - SM5JAB anotenna made with a dummy load and a long wire.

A Reduced Half- sloper for 160 meters - A half sloper antenna for 160 meter band Italian translation of a WD8DSB article appeared in a QST issue during 1998.

A Small Garden Antenna - This antenna was described by Bill, G4KIH in Sprat 52 and is actually a G5RV modified to fit into a small space.

A stealth HF antenna - A wire antenna matched with a 4:1 balun that can operate with the help of a tuner on all hf bands. By IW2EVK in italian

A Wire Beam Design for 80 meters - by Dave Robbins, KY1H

Adding top band to inverted L - GM0ONX extends the coverage of his inverted-L antenna to 160 meters band

Aerials for the Terrified - Summary of common dipole and wire antenna models, from the basic dipole to sloopers, inverted v and multiband wire aerials

All Band Dipole - Antenna suitable for all the HF amateur bands, including the so called WARC bands by vk6ysf

All Band HF Doublet - All Band HF Doublet for operation over all HF bands including 160m.

An effective 3 band Wire DX aerial - A 3 band dipole for 10 15 and 20 meters band by Mel G4WYW

An End Fed Half Wave Antenna - This end fed type of antenna was marketted in the UK and is a useful system for the portable set-up. Being a half wave, no radials or counterpose wires are needed.

Antena Bazuca - Drawings and short descriptio in spanish for dipoles and bazooka antenna.

Antenna here is a Dipole - What is a dipole antenna and why are they so popular ? Arrl PDF file

Antenna Ramblings - AD7DB discussion about HF wire antennas

Antennas for SW Broadcasters - All antennas for shortwave broadcasting, Log-periodic, Dipole Arrays, Curtains antennas, rhombics, broadband dipoles with photos and details.

Bobtail dipole - Bobtails are vertical arrays that look like the letter "E" turned 90° clockwise onto its tails. They have 3 quarter wave vertical elements and are one wavelength long. The Half Square is a shortened Bobtail- it has 2 quarter wave vertical elements and is a half wave long.

Bruce arrays for 80 and 160m - Antennas with gain and bandwidth for 80 and 160 meters band. Simple wire antenna capable of considerable gain

Build your first dipole - The dipole antenna is an easily designed and made antenna usually used on HF, although can be (and sometimes is) made for VHF and UHF antennas, and in varying forms is also used as part of different designs of antennas – i.e. as the driven element for directional antennas.

Cebik antennas and limited space dipoles - An analysis of the cebik dipole and other small limited space dipoles fed with open wire ladder line.

CO2KK Wire antenna for 50 Mhz - 6m (50Mhz) Long wire antenna There is another form of long wire antenna which provides uni-directional coverage and is easy to build. Description by Arnie Coro CO2KK

Cobra Ultralite Antenna - A multi-band wire-dipole using multi-conductor cable on each leg.

Codan C463 multiband antenna - This article describes the design and simulation of a Codan C463 multiwire broadband dipole, using the software MMANA-GAL.

Constructing simple wire antennas - Simple wire antennas like dipoles and verticals are dead easy to make: here’s how

CQ amateur radio - W5GI Mystery antenna - Review of the W5GI Multiband Mystery Antenna by July 2003 Issue of CQ Amateur Radio

Crappie Antenna - A NorCal Project A Crappie, not crappy, portable antenna

Crossed-Wire HF Antenna - This Crossed-Wire Electrically-Steerable HF Antenna, capable of transmitting signals over the entire 1.8 to 30MHz HF range, and capable of receiving signals at much lower frequencies is basically a crossed centre-fed wire system, consisting of four thin wires brought to a central mast by G3YNH

Curtain Antennas - Lazy H Antenna, Bi-Square, Sterba Curtain, HR, HRS, and USIA Curtain Antenna Arrays at W8JI

D3 Antenna for Field Day - D3+ High Performance Antennas for Field Day. This article describes versatile broadband wire antennas. These antennas will double your effective radiated power over a dipole, will be easy and inexpensive to build and install, and will be simple to match.

Dipole / Inverted Vee Antenna Design - Formulas To Design Your Own Dipoles And Inverted Vees

Dipole Height - Dipole Antennas, the effect of height above ground

Dipole/Yagi Antenna - DX dual dipoles by nb6z for 20 and 15 meters

DL8NCR AllBand Dipole - A multiband wire dipole cover 80 to 10 meters.

Doube Zepp extended antenna - An extended double zepp antenna by F5ZV in french

Double Extended Zepp Antenna - Building a Double Extended Zepp Antenna

Doublet Antenna for 80-10m - Doublet multiband antenna for 80 to 10 meters band by G3RWF

Dummy Load Special Antenna - The wire antenna described in this page provides much stronger signal strength while staying within the concept of a dummy load antenna.

Easy wire antenna for 40-20-10 meters - PE3HMP project of a triband wire antenna for 40 20 10 meters band, made using home made coils

EC2APU multiband wire antenna - Wire antenna for 10-15-20-40-80 meters band, with many drawings and description in spanish

End-fed Inverted V for 17-20-30-40 Meters - Four band lightweight antenna, that rolls up into an small Grundig antenna case by N0LX

Fixed inverted vee antenna for 80m - Infos and plans for an Inverted V wire antenna for 80 meters band

Flag Antenna - Flag Antenna construction and test results by WA1ION

Fold, Bend, and Mutilate - Fold, bend, and mutilate or kaking a dipole fit the space available

Four Band Antenna - This 4 band up and outer antenna covers 21 to 10 Mhz and can work on 28 Mhz as well by W9SCH

G4RV Antenna - An 80 to 10 meters multibad wire antenna plan by Maidstone Amateur Radio Society

G6RV Antenna - A 35 mt. long wire antenna by Maidstone Amateur Radio Society

G7FEK Limited space antenna - A small antenna for all amateur bands, including 80 meters, and in a small garden without the compromise. An ideal replacement for those half size antennas such as the 1/2 size G5RV and Windom 40

G8RV Antenna - Antenna system resonant on 28.9, 24.9 21 and 1.8 Mhz by midstone amateur radio society