vertical array

10 Meter Vertical Dipole - Homebrew a vertical dipole for 28 Mhz by N2UHC

Petlowany Three-Band Burner Antenna - The Petlowany Three-Band Burner is a simple, low-cost, trapless short vertical antenna which amazingly works on three HF bands (20, 15 and 10 meters). This web page contains pictures, performance data, and enough construction details so you can homebrew your own.

Monster Quads - N6LF tells us about his monster two-element 40-meter quad, with bonus three elements on 20 and 15 meters.

Your First 160-Meter Antenna - Notes on building a basic wire vertical or horizontal antenna for 160 meters band by L. B. Cebik, W4RNL

A Potpourri of 160-Meter Verticals - A potpourri of 160-Meter vertical antennas and modeling issues, inverted-L, 3-element parasitic array, 1/4-wavelength monopole

VE6FI 160 Meter Antenna - This is a 160 meter antenna which is a shunt fed vertical. A 72 foot Trylon tower with a 6 element 15 meter mono bander mounted on the top is used as the radiating element.

Single support gain antennas for 80-160 meters - On 80 and 160 meters an antenna with modest gain and good front-to-back (F/B) ratio, along with a steerable pattern, can be very effective for contesting.

The Lazy-H vertical antenna - A versatile antenna for dx work

160 Meter Vertical - This is a 90 foot tall top loaded vertical for 160 meters. It is constructed from aluminum irrigation tubing and has four sets of four guys each by w7iuv

Slim Jim 2m Vertical  ^updated - This VHF 145 MHz antenna is easy to build and with no radials. It shows equal gain of 5/8 lambda. It is light weight, you can hang it somewhere (on a tree may be) and work.

The Hudson antenna - A vertical antenna for 80 and 40 meters project with lots of assembling pictures and plan by LU9DPD in spanish

Using the half-square antenna for low bands - Can’t put up a really high horizontal antenna for 80-meter DXing? Maybe the vertically polarized Half-Square might be the antenna for you.

80 meters Short Dipole - The best antenna is the simple Dipole. If you have height, you even can put up a quarter wave vertical or an inverted, but sometimes you may need shorten version by 4S7NR

Top Loaded Portable Vertical - A 3.5 Mhz top loaded vertical antenna built using 2 elevated radials by DJ9RB

Loaded Vertical for 80 Meters - Another version of the DJ8RB loaded vertical antenna

Bruce arrays for 80 and 160m - Antennas with gain and bandwidth for 80 and 160 meters band. Simple wire antenna capable of considerable gain

Directional arrays - About collinear array antennas

Build a hanging dipole for 2 metres - Described here is a simple omni-directional, vertically-polarized dipole for two meters. Made from coaxial cable, it can be rolled up and stored in a small container

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

Optimizing half-wave sloper arrays for 160 meters - This article presents a 160-meter variation of this family of antennas and, more importantly, a discussion of the details of how to get such a beast working really well.

Another way to look at vertical antennas - What iss the difference between a dipole and a vertical? Maybe not as much as you think. Come along and try another point of view.

Verticals. Ground systems and some history - Article gives a good overview of the basics and reflects the accepted wisdom from BC antenna work.

Effects of Very Large Ground Screens - A theoretical and experimental study of the effects of very large ground screens on 20 meter verticals

Short radials for ground-plane antennas - Think your elevated radials always have to be full size? N6LF lets you in on some great ideas to lessen the “wingspan” of radials, especially near the beach.

Cushcraft R5 maintenance - Maintenance and repair of a Cushcraft R5 vertical antenna