Simple Ham Radio Antennas

A beautiful, simple 2 meter dipole antenna made from an indoor "bunny" (rabbit) ears TV antenna .  Nicely done video from VK3YE.  Just adjust the telescoping antenna elements to the proper length for your chosen 2 meter frequency, attach a short length of 50-ohm coaxial cable , and hook up your 2 meter HT with a simple adapter. This modified antenna would be perfect for portable or emergency use.  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 Inexpensive and Simple Mono- or Multi-Band HF Ham Radio Antennas, by PrepperDoc Comcast To Begin Testing Super-Fast Cable Broadband This Year Substitute for an antenna 300 ohm to 75 ohm connector? Man Electrocuted Over TV Antenna

If you have trouble viewing this video, please enter this URL into your browser's search box: https://youtu.be/CQfj9879K_c. Excellent tutorial on building a Multi-Band Dipole using the "Fan Dipole" pattern from Bob Plank.  As constructed, this dipole will cover the 40, 20, 17, and 10 Meter Amateur Radio Bands.  The 40 meter elements can also be used as a 3/2 wavelength dipole on 15 meters.  An antenna transmatch ("tuner") would be helpful if you choose to use the 40 meter elements on 15 meters.  Construction is fairly simple, requiring some PVC pipe , a homemade balun , antenna wire, a few insulators, and suitable feed line .  You could probably design, build, erect, and use this type of antenna after a few hours work over the weekend. I've built a few "Fan Dipoles" in the past and they work very well.  If space is a problem, you can always erect the antenna as a sloper or as an inverted vee antenna .  You can use the basic 1/2 wavelength f

HF Active Loop Antenna | Southgate Amateur Radio News : This page is brought to you in association with The Southgate Amateur Radio Club News and AMSAT - UK . Source:  http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2015/july/hr_active_loop_antenna.htm. Page last updated on: Thursday, July 30, 2015 HF Active Loop Antenna. Cross Country Wireless have released a HF Active Loop Antenna with a frequency range of 200 kHz to 70 MHz with extended coverage up to 148 MHz. The antenna can be for all LF, MW and HF professional monitoring and short wave listening. It can also be used for VHF FM reception and will give useful VHF airband reception when mounted outdoors. The antenna is a triangular loop antenna 1.3m (51") wide with a built-in low noise high dynamic range RF amplifier. A base unit allows 12V power to be fed up an ethernet cable feeder to the antenna. The antenna current consumption is 150 mA . The base unit also has a two way splitter to provide two separate RF outputs. Lo

Excellent tutorial on how to use an antenna analyzer by Randy Hall (K7AGE). If you have trouble viewing this video, please insert the following URL into your browser search box: https://youtu.be/jOCG6bFGfuE.  In this well produced video, Randy shows us how to check your antenna for resonance and SWR with the popular MFJ-259/269 Antenna Analyzer.  This device makes antenna design and construction much easier.  Nice, basic instructional video.  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 Inexpensive and Simple Mono- or Multi-Band HF Ham Radio Antennas, by PrepperDoc How to tune a 10 meter dipole Re: wideband uniform gain horn antenna design/plans? *double ridged* "Molded Electronic Structures in Body-Mountable

A nice quick weekend project from "tmarinos". Tape measure yagi antennas for 2 meters are easy to build, test, and use. These antennas perform remarkably well, considering the material used--some coax, a few connectors, some PVC pipe , and some steel tape measures from the nearest home improvement or neighborhood hardware store . These antennas can be be used for Radio Direction Finding ("foxhunts") or for emergency and portable use.  The antenna described in this video works very well and didn't cost a lot of money.  You may have most of the antenna materials in your shack. 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 New Project: Skill Builder: The Best Ways to Cut, Drill, and Glue PVC Pipe Inexpe