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Broadband 80/160 Meter Dipole - An easy to build single wire antenna for 160 and 80 meters with a better than 2 to 1 swr across the 80 meter band by K5GP

W5VMs Shorty 40 Antenna - A shortened dipole for 40 meters band by Martin E. Meserve

8el 50Mhz / 70Mhz Dualband Yagi - Only just over 6 foot long, a compact 8 element dualband Yagi for 6 and 4 meters band. No traps or coils, no matching required. Simple to build by G0KSC

Dual Band Yagi 28Mhz and 50Mhz Priority listing - NO Traps or coils, NO matching required. Direct 50 Ohm feed. Easy to build and nothing else like it! Enjoy 50/28 with one feedline to a dual band high gain Yagi by G0KSC

Antenna Loading Coil Calculation  ^updated - The calculation refers to either a loaded 1/4 wave or a loaded dipole,

4:1 coax balun design - Online calculator for a 4 to 1 coax cable balun

Inverted V Dipole for 10 15 20 meters - Inverted V Trapped dipole antenna for 14MHz, 21MHz and 28MHz ham radio bands.

Bent Dipole with gain - Bent dipole plan by G8MNY

The Cobra antenna - This article explores the Cobra Junior linear loaded antenna for 80m to 10m bands. This antenna is a linear loaded dipole described by W4JOH in 73 magazine June 1997

Folded dipole antenna by N4SPP - A quarter size cobra dipole antenna, a multiband dipole antenna for 40 to 10 meters basedn on original cobra dipole design but with a limited space by N4SPP

Center feed insulator - A center antenna insulator with feedline strain relief

Dipole Centre Insulator - GM3MCK Central dipole insulator for inverted V dipoles

Broadband Dipole 2MHz o 30MHz with no ATU - A broadband travelling wave dipole for HF bands, whose VSWR is less than 2:1 from 3 to 15 MHz and does not exceed 2.6 to 1 from 2.3 to at least 30 MHz

80-40-20 Meter Dipole antenna - Multiband dipoles capable of operating on 80 through 6 meters band with a tuner by KJ4EX

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

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

OCF 2-Meter Sleeve Dipole Antenna - A 144 MHz dipole antenna made from coax, PVC pipe, and aluminum foil tape

Portable antenna comparison - Common antennas for portable use compared. A vertical antenna, a dipole antenna an inverted V and a fan dipole all at same height.

Antenna maintenance by PA0FRI - PA0FRI article on maintenance or a FRITZEL antenna by cleaning and restoring antenna traps, baluns and elements

The Petlowany Principle - Spipral antenna principle by a concept of Bill Petlowany, K6NO. Tak Antennas are based on this principle, using spirals as dipole linear wires.

Dipoles versus Verticals - One of the classic arguments in amateur radio is whether a dipole or vertical is the best antenna

Antennas 101 - Dipoles, Doublets and Verticals by Rob May NV5E

Cushcraft Trap - Coaxial Capacitor Repair - Repairing coaxial capacitor on cushcraft trap. Parts are no longer available from the manufacturer, home repair is the only option.

Rybakov 806 Multiband Antenna - Multiband no trap no gap antenna. This Antenna is a small wonder, easy to build and allow you to work all HF spectrum with your TRX and it's internal ATU.

Windipoles - Windipoles is a free passive filter simulator. It is a Windows .NET executable, so no software installation is required. It enables design, analysis, optimizations and plots, all graphically.