short dipoles

Vertical antenna for 160 meter - This high antenna require a large ground composed by 40 radials. It's not very handy expecially in windy situations but is very powerfull in pile-ups. In italian

2-Element-Yagis for HF  ^{updated  pop} - 2-Element parasitic Yagis for the Shortwave-Bands 10-12-15-17-20-30m. The antennas are feeded with the DK7ZB-match. A quarter-wave choke of coax is grounded at the socket.

Shorty Forty Antenna - Short dipole antenna for 40 meter ham band. Can be put up in the space required for a 20 meter dipole.

40 meter shortened dipole - M0MCX - Interesting little project with a couple of loading coils by M0MCX

Morgain Antenna for 40/80 - Simple and cheap antenna for 40/80 meter band

Dipole for 40 meters - Shortened dipole with traps for 40 meters band in portuguese

Bazooka antennas compared to dipoles - Article and comparison between bazooka antennas and dipole, taking care of effieciency and bandwidth

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

Shortened Center-Fed Half-Wave Dipole - Design your owm HF shiortened dipole

Whip antenna for Yaesu FT-817 - Picture collection of a whip antenna similar to the Whip Miracle, in italian

Fundamentals of Off-Center-Fed Dipoles - Off-center-fed dipoles (OCFs) are 1/2-wavelength wire antennas fed at neither the center nor the end, but somewhere between--off-center

SWL Receiving Antenna Ideas - Shortwave radio receiving antenna experiments, on 30 and 40 meters band with pictures, schematics and descriptions.

AMANDX Dipole - The longwire antenna is a very effective antenna for the listener who wants to cover all of the shortwave bands from 530 KHZ to 30 MHZ.a

Receiving Antenna Design - Learn basic theory on antennas, and notes on homebrewing efficient shortwave antennas

2.4GHz Short Backfire Antenna  ^pop - My short backfire antenna for 2.45ghz by carl rabe - g6nlc

DirectionalBiQuad - Seattle Wireless - A biquad is a fairly powerful antenna which is relatively easy to construct, with impressive performance for their size. A link greater than 5 miles can be made with a pair of these as a stand-alone antenna and a Prism2 100mW card, provided you keep coax short, and your line-of-sight is clear.

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

Bermuda Contest Rules - Rules for contestants

RSGB GB2RS News casts - Every week the RSGB produces a News Bulletin for Radio Amateurs and Short Wave listeners. They are read live on Sundays (usually) by a team of readers throughout the UK on HF, VHF and above. Listen To The Main News MP3 (G4NJH) or to GB2RS on your iPod

Hy Power Antenna Company - Full size or shortened dipoles, Single band or Multi band, Half Square Antennas, Fan Dipole Antennas, Delta Loop Antennas, Antennas completely assembled Loading coil packages, delta loops

K4TR Antennas - K4TR Manufacture and sell simple dipoles, half square 2 wire phased vertical arrays, end fed zepp antennas, G5RV antennas. 1:1 baluns

OptiBeam - optimum short-wave antennas, developed by hams for hams

Local Area Communications - Communications for short distances can be done in VHF or in HF mode, here is explained the differences.

WBCQ The Planet - This summer, WBCQ is running The Voice of the M/S Katie, live radio broadcasts originating from our radio ship the M/S Katie in Boston, Massachusetts. WBCQ broadcasts 50,000 watts on each of its four international shortwave transmitters on 5.110, 7.415, 9.330 and 18.910 MHz

Propagation Wizard - Freeware windows application that help in determine the availability of a shortwave link, by Rohde & Schwarz