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A home made J-Pole antenna for 50 MHz. This article describes how to build a J-Pole antenna for the 6-meter amateur radio band. It's a good choice for those who want an antenna with better performance than a simple wire dipole, but at a lower cost than buying a commercial antenna. The project requires soldering copper pipes and some specific materials, but can be built in a day

This article describes a simple but effective wide bandwidth six metre antenna

The antenna is nothing more than a simple 2.4 metre square loop drawing pinned to the internal brick wall of the spare bedroom. Yep, thats right, the inside wall of the spare bedroom - ideal for flat dwellers, hotel rooms or whinging neighbours, The loop has a simple switched inductance at the top of the square loop and uses a simple coaxial stub to tune the antenna. An additional variable capacitor placed across the feedpoint can be used to fine tune the resonance of the antenna, by Andy G0FTD

Yagi plans and notes for 6m, 2m, 70cm and 23cm

Indoor loop antenna for six meters band, project by Colen Harlow, G8BTK

Calculate Double bazooka for Win3/Win95 by W4BEJ

A better way to install PL-259 connectors on RG-8X type coax by Dan Richardson, K6MHE

Homebrew VHF Yagi 50MHz 144MHz 432MHz 1296MHz 2320MHz 6M 2M 70CM 23CM 13CM Yagis

Yagis for homemade with a new match-system, for 6m, 4m, 2m, 70cm and Shortwave

The HB9CV-Beam is a 2-Element-Yagi with two driven elements and was introduced by Rudolf Baumgartner, HB9CV in the 1950ies. This beam antenna is a coax-feeded version of the ZL-Special construction by DK7ZB for 2m, 6m and 10m

The G3JVL 6 Meter ground plane vertical is a compact antenna that is ideal for portable operations. If needed, it can be disassembled into a very small bundle no longer than the longest element.

VHF magnetic loop atenna by ON1DHT

The Jones version of the Lawn Chair 6M Halo

G3PTO antenna drawing plan for a 50MHz 6 Element Yagi beam

ON6MU project for a vhf uhf preamplifier

Build your own delta loop antenna for 6 meters band

A 20 and 40 meter vertical on Autopilot by K6MHE PDF File

A 3 elements long yagi antenna for 6 meters band by ON6MU

G3JVL Six meters ground plane vertical is a compact antenna that is ideal for portable operations on 50 Mhz

A six meters band Quagi antenna project

An easy to build Hexbeam antenna built with bamboo sticks for the six meters band

The cobweb antenna it is basically a 5 band antenna comprising of 5 full half wave dipoles for each band - between 10 meters and 20 meters, the antenna is also resonant on 6M and can be modeled even for VHF frequencies.

Two types of home-brewed 12/20 Ampere 13,8volt power supplies, including detailed part lists by ON6MU

Demonstrates the construction and performance of an updated ZS6BKW multiband dipole, a variant of the _G5RV_ antenna, specifically designed for HF operation. The article details a real-world installation using 13.5m copper wire elements and 12.2m of 450 Ohm ladder line, configured as a sloping inverted-V with the apex at 10m and ends at 4m above ground. It covers the critical aspect of impedance matching, incorporating an 8-turn choke balun at the feedline transition to RG-58U coax to mitigate RF common mode current. Measurements confirm favorable SWR readings below **1.3:1** on 7.1 MHz, 14.11 MHz, 18.06 MHz, and 24.8 MHz, indicating effective resonance across 40m, 20m, 17m, and 12m bands. The installation also shows usable SWR dips on 3.55 MHz (5:1), 29.02 MHz (2:1), and 50.84 MHz (3:1), extending its utility to 80m, 10m, and 6m with an antenna tuning unit. Initial on-air results report clear reception of stations over **5000km** away, validating its DX potential.

A 13,8v/5Amp 78H05 based power supply for portable use. In this example used to power up a Yaesu FT-817

Suitable antenna for owners of an IC706 or FT817, 857 and other HF portable transceivers. You can an be QRV in a few minutes on all ham-bands from 80m to 6m and even on 2m by PA0FBK

This transverter was built in 1994, a discription in three parts (german language) for DOWNLOAD as PDF-files. Circuit, printed-boards and layouts in the files

A full wave 2-meter VHF omnidirectional antenna by ON6MU

Icom IC-706 Cat control program, tested with Icom models 706, 706MKII, 706MKII/G and IC718 transceivers by IZ2BKT, Mauro.

This project uses a widely available IRF510 MOSFET, work on HF 80, 40, 30, 20 and 17 meter bands

This antenna is based on a design for a portable 2 element 6m Quad by VE7CA, which is featured in the 19th Edition of the ARRL Antenna Handbook

A homemade antenna plan for a portable yagi beam antenna for the Six meters. Consist of a 3 elements yagi beam design include antenna dimensions, with elements lenght and spacing.

UHF 3 element portable antenna with gamma match by ON6MU

The AZIMUTH program plots a world map in either azimuth (beam heading) or Mercator projections. If you specify your home location in latitude and longitude, the azimuth projection is centred on your location. The Azimuth map program can display Maidenhead grids - this is useful for 6m, 2m, and UHF DX communication display. Various features of the map are: Azimuth or Mercator projections , Maidenhead grid display, Simple map zooming, Print maps with adequate resolution up to one meter sized map

The ZS6BKW multiband HF antenna, a design by ZS6BKW (G0GSF), functions effectively on multiple HF bands without requiring an Antenna Tuning Unit (ATU) for 40, 20, 17, 12, 10, and 6 meters. This antenna, approximately **27.51 meters** (90 feet) long with a 12.2-meter (40-foot) open-wire feeder, is a direct descendant of the _G5RV_ but offers superior multi-band resonance. It can be deployed as a horizontal dipole or an inverted-vee, with the latter requiring only a single support and maintaining an apex angle of at least 90 degrees to prevent signal cancellation. Performance data, recorded with an MFJ Antenna Analyser, indicates SWR values of 1:1 on 7.00 MHz (40m) and 14.06 MHz (20m), with SWR below 1.3:1 on 17m, 10m, and 6m. While primarily designed for these bands, the antenna can be adapted for 80m, 30m, and 15m with an ATU, preferably at the balanced feeder's base. The use of 450-ohm twin-lead for the feeder is recommended over 300-ohm for improved strength and reduced losses, especially in adverse weather conditions. This design, originally published in _RadCom_ in 1993 and featured in Pat Hawker’s "Antenna Topics," provides a compact and efficient solution for HF operation, particularly for those with limited space or resources.

A 40 meter band two elements yagi beam with a 6mt boom with pictures and drawings

Stacking and phasing HF and 6m arrays antenna switches and contesting devices. Custom low band antenna arrays, bandpass filters,commercial/Mil STd filters,microwave components, commercial broadcast filters.

This wire-beam has one radiator-element, feeded with 450-Ohm-Wireman-twinlead and needs an antenna-tuner. For the bands 6m, 10m, 12m, 15m, 17m and 20m bended reflector-elements are used. The support is a cross of 4 fibreglass-fishing-rods

A dead easy 50 mhz preamp by VK3CJS

X-Beam antenna by K0EMT for 50 Mhz and VHF UHF bands

Quad and Yagi portable antennas for 50 mhz by VE7CA

HF/6M antenna tuner preselector and antenna switcher project by ON6MU

AM/FM/CW QRP RF Power Amplifier for the HF 10 or 11 meterband (28MHz/27MHz)

The page contains the recommended Operating Code of Practice for 6 meters band as issued by UKSMG in collaboration with other organizations. It aims to improve productivity and enjoyment for all radio amateurs using the band. The code covers topics such as inter-regional calling frequency, local band plans, DX operations, and proper operating practices. It encourages adoption by other Amateur Radio Societies to promote responsible and respectful use of the 6m band.

A 1:4 balun suitable for folded dipole antennas

This article describes a simple, inexpensive, dipole antenna that will rival the performance of a ten-meter beam.

VE7CA reprint an interesting article taken from arrl antenna compendium. Two elegant practical and portable 6-meter gain antennas, a two-element quad and a tree-element Yagi antenna for 50 Mhz-6 meter band

the European equivalent of the Family Radio Service (FRS) in the U.S. and Canada, FRS/PMR? Why 2 standards?, What PMR radios exist? And how much do they cost?

A new homebrew arial with +- 2.30 m lengt for tuner use only ,6m to 80m made by hans dg7pe

Magnetic longwire baluns 1:9 combined with ground, a 1:2 and 1:1 balun connections by ON6MU