portable antennas

X-Beam antennas - Two element X-Beam is a high-performance broad-band antenna that is ideal for Ham radio operators with limited space. X-Beams are inexpensive and easy to build. The performance of the simple X-beam is amazingly similar to larger, more conventional antennas by 4S7NR

Magnetic Loop calculator - Windows antenna design program for magnetic loops antennas by DG0KW

Design your Own Super J Pole - Javascript for calculating the lengths of tubing to be used for the construction of a Super J-Pole in a collinear design

Dipole Antenna Radiation Patterns - Much confusion exists about the radiation patterns of antennas. In particular, the horizontal dipole is misunderstood by most who use it.

Dipole antenna - Overview, summary, tutorial about the dipole antenna or dipole aerial that is widely used on its own and as the basis for other antenna designs.

K7MEM - Folded Dipole Design - Design your own folded dipole antenna

K7MEM Center-Fed Half-Wave Dipole ( 3-30 MHz) - A Center-Fed Half-Wave Dipole is probably the simplest of antennas to construct and use. It is usually suspended between two supports, from it's end insulators, and has the feedline hanging from the center.

K7MEM - Inverted V Antenna Design - Inverted V antennas is a dipole with the center raised on a mast and the endpoints near ground. Calculate dimensions online.

Axial-Mode Helical Antennas - Turn Helical Antennas Over Perfect Ground and Modeling Helices in NEC-2

Axial-Mode Helical Antennas - Notes on Axial-Mode Helical Antennas in Amateur Service. Helix Basics, Modeling Issues, and Short Helical Antennas Over Perfect Ground

Home made GPS antennas - A Home made Helical antenna for a GPS

Helical Feed Antennas - Helical antennas have long been popular in applications from VHF to microwaves requiring circular polarization, since they have the unique property of naturally providing circularly polarized radiation. Paul Wade W1GHZ

Exploring the secrets of the Smith chart - If you're a Radio Engineer wannabee, you need to understand transmission lines. It's impossible to really understand transmitters and antennas without understanding lines. Using the Smith chart is far easier than really understanding the math by Chris Scott and associates

Radial System Design - Are the lengths of antenna radials related to the height of a vertical? By N6LF

J-pole double header - An article on J-pole antennas and the zepplin variation, history and construction tips by Richard Morrow, K5CNF

The 3-D Folded Loop Antenna - This article will introduce you to an antenna author call the 3-Dimensional Folded Loop. This antenna is the result of his continuing efforts to compact full-size antennas by folding and bending the elements. A one-wavelength loop that is reduced in height and width by being folded into three dimensions.

Magloop antennas - Article about basic principles of magnetic loop antennas, in portuguese

Magnetic loop for 30-10 M - A light and portable magnetic loop antenna with improved bandwidth and performance by HB9MTN

Loop Antennas and Calculator - The purpose of the calculator is to give you a quick overview of the feasibility of "squeezing" a loop into your available yard or apartment space. The calculator yields a reasonable approximation of dimensions, to within 5% over the amateur bands, using typical wire gauges ranging from 12-18 AWG.

Antentop: Loop Antennas - Article on radiation patterns of small loops, equivalent circuits of loop antenna, small loops as receiving antennas, ferrite loops

Remotely-tuned loop antenna for LW and MW - This article describes how to build a loop antenna for low frequency (LF) and medium wave (MW) reception with remote-controlled tuning. The antenna is extremely sensitive and can be built mostly from parts from old radios and tape recorders. Like all loop antennas, it is highly directional, which allows you to null out unwanted noise sources.

The Octoloop - An LF/VLF Portable Loop Antenna N4YWK

Dave's Loop Antennas - N2DS home made loop page

Gamma match example - A gamma match example

The New N1JOY HAMCOW - HAM Radio Communications On Wheels. Ham radio portable site operations.