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Swiss Quad for 10 and 6 meters  ^pop - Based on HB9CV, F6ITV decribes how build a swiss quand antenna for 28 and 50 Mhz.

Mobile Antennas for 10 Meters - Interesting article on mobile antennas by Cebik, W4RNL

DK7ZB-5-Band-Quad - 2 element Quand antenna for 10 - 12 - 15 -17 - 20 meters band

W3FF Portable Dipole  ^pop - This is the antenna w3ff designed for his walking portable station. It is a dipole constructed out of the plastic plumbing pipe CPVC. There are telescoping whips at the ends of each side of the dipole, and these whips are adjusted to bring the antenna into resonance on each of five HF Bands 10, 12, 15, 17, and 20 Meters

20m T-Monopole - 20m T-Monopole short vertical antenna for 20 meters by AA5TB

2 Elements HB9CV  ^pop - 2 meters band HB9CV antenna

80M Vertical antenna with capacitance hat  ^pop - Simple wire antenna cheap to make, using readily available materials, Low angle radiation, with rejection of high angle signals Wide bandwidth, with resonance at the 80M DX window (3.790-3.800 MHz); and Maximum height is 40 feet

How to make an end-fed antenna work  ^pop - Here is a sure fire way to make end-fed halfwave antennas fed with a 50 ohm coupler work - without long radials, grounds, chokes, voodoo.

End-Fed Halfwave Antenna  ^pop - The end-fed halfwave antenna is a resonant half wavelength long antenna like a dipole antenna except for it is fed at its end rather then in the center. This antenna is as old as radio and is probably best known as the Zepp Antenna

QFH antenna for weather satellite band - This article describes how to make a quadrifilar helix (QFH) antenna easily, from inexpensive materials: uPVC plumbing pipe and RG-58U co-axial cable

Antenna Modelling - Antenna modelling notes, including wich antenna modelling software choose and where to find useful resources for antenna planning and home-brewing.

Home Brew VHF UHF dual band antenna  ^pop - Contructing precedure and tune up of a dual band mobile antenna. This antenna is just a 1/4 wavelength resonator for both UHF and VHF band. It provides no GAIN as compared to other multi-section design.

ARRLWeb: The HF Mobile Antenna - Members only articles on HF mobile antennas, includes an interesting RV antenna with a 5 bands coverage, and another similar antenna for camper.

A $20 HF mobile antenna - A few hours of fun with PVC and wire and you’ve got yourself a respectable road radiator. The antenna consists of little more than some PVC pipe topped by a RadioShack replacement whip antenna and a couple of coils made from a small roll of #14 house wire.

Amateur Radio Antennas: Ground Theory - Perfect ground vs. poor ground. What is the difference? How does the ground influence the DX-gain?

All HF Band Antennas - F6ITV consideration on HF Antennas, from trap wired anternnas, to center feed antennas.

Antenna Height Theory - Antenna mounting height, the higher the better? Learn how radiation pattern change, and decide if you need an higher or a lower angle for your dx needs.

802.11b Antenna on the Cheap - Build a 802.11b antenna using PVC, some cheap copper tubing, a Pringles can, and some scrap cardboard, in a few hours. Tests state a 12db gain on 2.4 Ghz

The Copper Duckie Antenna - A super easy VHF antenna for apartment dwellers

Add 60 meters to butternut vertical antenna - The Butternut vertical is a great antenna in that it covers all HF bands from 160- though 10-meters (or 160-30 meters for the HF-2V) except 60-meters. This article describes three methods to add 60 meters to your Butternut vertical without losing any other bands.

IK-STIC 2 vertical multiband antenna - The IK-STIC 2 is a vertical, all band, antenna that is over 25 feet tall yet weighs under 5 pounds. Based on a telescopic pipe or a fiberglass fishing pole, using a tuner it can easily cover the amateur radio HF bands from 40 - 10 Meters

Star Antenna  ^updated - Communication Electronic designs, manufactures and markets antennas for fixed wireless and mobile wireless applications in a wide range of frequency bands.

The Gallery of the EME Arrays. - A Collection of EME Reflector Antennas and YAGI Arrays.

Bicycle-Mobile antenna - WA5FRF VHF mobile antenna for bicycle installation

XLZIZL by AC6LA - XLZIZL is an Excel application that analyzes the components of an antenna feed system, including transmission lines, stubs, baluns, and tuners. Calculations include impedance transforms, SWR and reflection coefficient, power loss, voltage and current standing waves, stress on tuner components, network attenuation (S21), and return loss Analysis results are available in worksheet format and in five different chart formats, including Smith charts.