Simple Ham Radio Antennas

  How would you like to try a new antenna system for your next POTA/SOTA mini-expedition? If you're not afraid to experiment with 450-ohm feedline, then this "Folded Skeleton Dipole Antenna" project from Mike (N2MAK) is for you. This antenna is inexpensive, easy to set up and take down, and provides excellent coverage for the 6 meter and 2 meter Amateur Radio bands.   This antenna can be used both at your home station and "in the field." If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etaBaS_cQ0k. Thanks for joining us today. Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM). Here are a few comments from Mike (N2MAK): I built a Folded Skeleton Sleeve Antenna for 6m and 2m for a Ziggy's $20 Antenna Challenge. Links: Ziggy's YouTube Channel - ‪@75ohmHAM‬ TOADs Discord -    / discord   Reverse Engineering the Folded Skeleton Sleeve Antenna - https://sparc.asn.au/2023/10/31/rev/ A 6m ...

  An exceptionally well-done tutorial on how to build a simple, inexpensive ground plane antenna for the Amateur Radio VHF and UHF bands. In this video, Ron Payne (WA6YOU) reviews everything you have to know about designing building, testing, and using this basic, yet elegant antenna.  Ron focuses on the UHF band (70 cm) for this presentation before the Vienna Wireless Society. Superb, easily understood introduction to ground plane antennas. If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDb_udsgyro. Thanks for joining us today. Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM). Here are some comments from Ron (WA6YOU): Ron Payne, WA6YOU, a nationally recognized expert in building coax interconnects and antennas, demonstrates how to build quick and easy Ground Plane (GP) UHF/VHF antenna. Ron demonstrates how to calculate length of the antenna elements, prepare copper wire for soldering, put the antenna together, and...