A Multi-Band horizontal dipole. Post #237
How would you like to build a simple, inexpensive multiband antenna that will give you hours of enjoyment chasing DX or "ragchewing" with your local amateur radio friends? Sometimes, when it comes to "homebrew" antennas, you can't beat a 40 through 10 meter dipole or doublet fed by ladder line into a suitable antenna transmatch. One antenna can perform well on a variety of amateur radio bands if it is designed and built carefully. Ideally, we could all use a 50-foot (15.24 meter) tower with a 4-element monobander on 20 meters, plus separate antennas for 160, 80, 40, 15, 10, and whatever other bands you can squeeze in. However, most of the amateur radio operators I know can manage only one or perhaps two HF antennas on their small properties. Add to this mix the growing trend of antenna restrictions found in many housing areas these days and you've got the one antenna scenario. And that antenna must be hidden in many cases. Enter the horizontal fla