Build Your Own Field Day Antenna

The ARRL End-Fed HF Antenna Kit.

If you need a good, efficience antenna for the upcoming ARRL Field Day Event (25-26 June 2022), then this end-fed antenna kit from The ARRL may be what you need.

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Accessed on 07 May 2022, 1430 UTC.

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Thanks for joining us today. Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM).


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May 6, 2022, 9:17 AM (19 hours ago)
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Build Your Field Day Antenna

 

If you're searching for an easy-to-build, four-band antenna kit for ARRL Field Day, look no further than an end-fed half-wave (EFHW) antenna. This kit is popular with portable operators because of it's ease of construction and mechanical simplicity in a variety of installation configurations (sloping, horizontal, L, etc.)

 

Unlike the dipole antenna, the EFHW is a half-wavelength antenna with the coaxial cable for your transceiver attached at one end. The antenna works on 10, 15, 20, and 40 meters. Every Field Day site in June needs this antenna!

End-Fed Half-Wave Antenna Kit – $69.95 – Buy Now!

Check out ARRL's YouTube EFHW antenna 3-part series where we build the kit with step-by-step instruction, set it up, test it outside, and get on the air with a POTA activation:

 

 

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