Simple Ham Radio Antennas

If you have trouble seeing this video, please insert this URL into your browser search box: https://youtu.be/T10k1NIJO2A. In this quickly produced video made under windy conditions, "Coolest Moon " shows how easy it is to erect a portable mast for ham radio antennas using only 3 guy lines and a telescoping fiberglass pole.  This would make an excellent emergency or portable antenna.  For the latest Amateur Radio news and events, please check out the blog sidebars.  These news feeds are updated daily.  You can follow our blog community with a free e-mail subscription or by tapping into the blog RSS feed .  Thanks for joining us today!  Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM). Related articles ARRL "Clarity on Amateur Radio Parity" Statement Separates Fact from Fiction 4×1 WiFi Wireless Antenna Switch Reflectorless Yagi designs, models and plots Prepping 101: Ten Bucks - Worldwide All Band Radio Scanner Prepping 101: TEN BUCKS - Worldwide All Band Radio Scanner

If you have trouble seeing this video, please insert this URL into your browser search box: https://youtu.be/OqzofoHDu-U.  Those of us living in deed- restricted homes or apartments (HOA and CC&R controlled) face some difficult antenna choices.  One of the ways to escape the watchful eyes of compliance committees is to design, build, and install a "stealth" or hidden antenna.  In this video, Stan Gibilisco (W1GV) describes a simple attic antenna that can keep you on the air.  This antenna won't match the performance of a yagi-type beam antenna, but it will get you contacts and help you continue your interest in amateur radio.  A compromise antenna is better than no antenna at all.  Best of all, this antenna is invisible to your neighbors.  With these kind of antennas, low power and digital modes will create the least RFI.  Good Luck!  For the latest Amateur Radio news and events, please check out the blog sidebars.  These news feeds are updated daily.  You can foll

If you have trouble seeing this video, please insert this URL into your browser search box: https://youtu.be/2bMNm57YUbA.  Nice, useful video tutorial from Daniel Devine on how to make a simple, effective 2 meter antenna for apartment use.  According to Daniel, this basic design will get you on the air in less than 20 minutes.  You could also make a J-pole antenna or use an old "rabbit ears" TV antenna for a 2 meter dipole.  For the latest Amateur Radio news and events, please check out the blog sidebars.  These news feeds are updated daily.  You can follow our blog community with a free e-mail subscription or by tapping into the blog RSS feed. Thanks for joining us today!.  Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM).

If you're having trouble seeing this video, please insert this URL into your browser search box: https://youtu.be/6QwBiz_LB9M.  In this video, Stan Gibilisco (W1GV) show us how to build a simple line "tuner" for feeding random wire antennas, especially half-wave end-fed wires.  Used with this simple tuner and a counterpoise system, a random wire antenna can be used effectively and efficiently on amateur radio bands from 80 meters to 10 meters.  You can also buy commercial versions of this design from several manufacturers of amateur radio equipment.  For the latest Amateur Radio news and events, please check out the blog sidebars.  These news feeds are updated daily.  You can follow our blog community with a free e-mail subscription or by tapping into the blog RSS feed.  Thanks for joining us today!  Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM).

If you're having trouble seeing this video, please insert the following URL into your blog search box: https://youtu.be/uxDijG9g0dM.  If you're " antenna challenged" by restrictive HOAs and CC &Rs and you need to keep a low-profile, then a thin, small gauge wire strung to a nearby support or tree, combined with an antenna tuner and a counterpoise system may be what you need to get on the air.  In this video by "stancoyote", we learn how to string up a stealth antenna that is largely invisible to neighbors.  Stan has been using this antenna for some time without being noticed by the neighborhood.  Stan's random wire is 53-feet/16.15 meters long with a 58-foot/17.68 meter counterpoise.  Stan also shows us how to void RFI in the shack with good grounding and counterpoise wires.  This antenna may work for you.  Try it out.  For the latest Amateur Radio news and events, please check out the blog sidebars.  These news feeds are updated daily.  You