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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

H-Pole Multiband Antenna - The H-Pole is a vertical multiband wire antenna for 80-10 m

Half square antenna - The elevated half square antenna is a very simple antenna that can be constructed from common materials yet gives significant improvement over a dipole at the same elevation. Ground mounted versions of this antenna are commonly used in amateur radio for 75/80 and 160 meter bands

HF antenna for high rise dwellers - If you have ever tried transmitting on HF from a tall block of apartments, where it's just not possible to erect a substantial aerial system, then this article is for you by Mel G4WYW

HF Wire antennas - About HF Wire Antennas for field day or any day a basic wire antenna article by VE3NXB

High Performance Wire Antennas - Popularity doesn't guarantee high antenna performance, disadvantages of trap antennas

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

How create simple dipoles - How to create a simple but effective half wave dipole, illustrated instrucions on how to build wire antennas

How to Construct a Dipole - Basic and illustrated article on building wire dipole antennas. This page is about "how to build a dipole antenna"

How to Put up a Portable Antenna - Putting up wire antennas is always a fun proposition. Sometimes it is fun for the participants and often fun for on-lookers. There are at least as many methods as there are folks putting up antennas.

HyLaunch - Antenna Launching System - The HyLaunch, Build a Compact, Integrated Antenna Launching System by Bill Jones, KD7S, Getting a portable antenna into the top of a high tree can be a real challenge without the right tools.

Indoor Antenna for 7 Mhz - Indoor wire antenna for 7 mhz from F6CYV

Installing a balun - The correct way to install a lowngwire antenna with a balun

Installing Wire Antennas - Before selecting an antenna system, you must first find a place to put it. A selection of techniques to setup antennas upon trees using pulleys or other tools

Inverted L Antenna by VK1OD - This article describes a simple Inverted L antenna for the HF bands designed to work on 80m, 40m, 30m and 20m

Inverted L antenna for 160 and 80 meters - KN4LF article about a 1/4 wave fan inverted L antenna for 80 and 160 meters band

Inverted L antenna for 5 bands - GM0ONX describes his five band inverted L antenna for small gardens

Inverted L Antennas for low bands - 160 to 40 meters inverted L antennas projects

Inverted L Portable Antenna - An 87ft inverted L portable antenna working on 80 40 30 20 15 meters band by N5ESE

Inverted V - Described is a simple inverted-V antenna which, when used with a balanced ATU, can be used on all the main Radio Amateur HF bands (80, 40, 20, 15 and 10m). The cental support is made in such a way that the wire can be coiled up for storage when the antenna is taken down.

K0RWU Multiband dipole 6-17 meters - This antenna consists of 4 resonate dipoles made from 12 insulated copper electrical wire. The dipoles are resonate on the following bands: 6 meters, 10 meters, 12 meters and 17 meters.

K3MT's Grasswire antenna - Another approach to hidden HF antennas

LA1IC Coax-Fed slooping longwire - Simple, inexpensive and easy to erect, this antenna provides directivity, low angle radiation and a small gain on a number of HF bands.

Levy F9HJ Antenna - A small multiband antenna for vacation in french

LF/VLF Portable Loop Antenna - The octoloop antenna is a length of 25 pair telephone wire inside an octagonal loop shield of 3/4 hard copper pipe

Line Launcher - The line launcher is a handy tool which is a must-have for anyone who uses wire antennas. It provides an easy way to mount the end of a wire antenna up into a tree. It basically consists of a fishing reel mounted to a slingshot, which is a tried & true design.

Long wire and Un-Un - Testing log wire antennas and a unun by G0KYA

Long wire antenna random wire - About longwire antennas, technically to be a true longwire an antenna needs to be at least one wavelength long, but common use of the term by Hams is for any random wire length that is end fed.

Longwire Horizontal Antenna - An SWL longwire horizontal antenna

LU9DPD Windom dipole - A multiband windom dipole antenna for 80 40 20 10 meters, feeded with a home made 4:1 balun, in spanish.

Maria Maluca Antenna - F5AD Maria Maluca wire antenna for 40 to 10 band coverage

Morgain antenna by I1CRA - A dual band wire antenna project in Italian

Multi Band Wire HF Antennas - Notes on multi band HF antennas by G8JNJ

Multi-band Inverted-Vee Antenna - A multi-band inverted-V dipole for portable operation by GM3VLB

Multi-band Wire Antennas - Presentation by Al Peter to compare several popular center-fed wire antennas that cover multiple bands.

Multiband HF antenna - A multiband hf antenna for restricted spaces covering 80 40 20 15 meters Based on the VK2ERG shortened 80M dipole

Multiband Open Wire Antennas - Why Multi-band Dipoles Need HEAVY Open Wire Line by Tom, K1JJ

N9ZRT Kite-Lifted Antennas - Kite-lifted wire winch consists of 1/4 mile of 15 gauge, bare, solid, aluminum wire, spooled onto a wide pneumatic hose reel. The base pivot-platform locks into place for changing wind direction.

NB6Zep Antenna and more - A modified EDZep for 20 meters, Yagi, Zepp Beam, Dual Dipole, Space Restricted 80 meter wires. Operating Bands: 40 thru 10 meters with tuner

NorCal Doublet Antenna - A simple antenna that can be erected very fast, only need one center support, and do not take up much storage room. Works from 40 to 10 meters band

Off Center Fed Dipole - A K2GXT project documentation of how to homebrew and setup an off-center fed dipole

PA0NHC 80/40mtrs dipole antenna - Dipole antenna for 80 to 20 mtrs with END-coax feed by PA0NHC

Phone line as a SW antenna - This article describes how to use a phone line as a shortwave receiving antenna, but be carefull telephone lines present a potential shock hazard, use at your own risk

Portable Wire Antenna - W4ZT used this antenna for Field Day and other portable applications. He built them for all bands between 160 meters and 6 meters. You can make them easily using whatever wire you have available and make the insulators from scrap plastic

QRP Antenna 80-40-20-15 End Fed Antenna - A long wire antenna that will load up on 80, 40, 20 & 15 meters without an antenna tuner and without balun coils

Random length wire antennas - Random Length Wire Antennas by WØIPL

Random Wires revisited - Article on random wire antennas by KH6JRM

Reflected M beam for 20 meters - The Reflected M beam is made from a pair of wires formed in the letter M that are back to back. One M serves as a driven element and the other can be either a director or a reflector

Rotary trapped-dipole for HF - How to build a trapped rotary dipole with many photos ecc.

Shortened dipole for 10 & 40m bands - A shorten Dual-Band Dipole with overall length of about 11 m. For this antenna traps are substituted by inductors, in order to cover the 10 & 40 m. Bands.

Simple dipole for your scanner - Construction of a simple dipole antenna suitable for use with a handheld scanner such as the AOR AR8000, and describes some of the benefits of using such an antenna