Simple Ham Radio Antennas

W0BTU Beverage Receiving Antennas (http://www.w0btu.com/Beverage_ antennas .html). Author:  W0BTU. Accessed on 13 January 2017, 20:25 hrs, UTC . Please click link or enter title URL into your browser search box to read the full article. Comment: Now that propagation is favoring the lower HF bands (160, 80, and 40 meters), you may want to consider building a Beverage antenna for receiving those often faint signals on "The Gentlemen's Band" (160 meters).  The major drawback of this exceptional receiving antenna is its length, averaging more than 500-feet/152.43 meters for the 160 meter band .  But if you do have some space, try one of these antennas.  You may be surprised just how great it is in making noisy, faint signals listenable. In this post, W0BTU describes the theory, construction, and use of this antenna, which was designed and patented in the early 1920s by RCA engineer Harold H. Beverage .  According to W0BTU, the Beverage antenna is usually a stra

If you're having trouble viewing this video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8EVAzMICAM. Eighty meter amateur radio antennas tend to be large, with a half wavelength dipole approximately 135-feet/41.15 meters long.  A shortened 80 meter sloper antenna may be what you need for a small urban lot or for portable operations. This video from "AmericanRadioSupplies" features an 80 meter sloper antenna designed and built by W8AMZ. This is a well-constructed, sturdy antenna that should get you on the air without much trouble.  For the most efficient operation, please have the feed point between 25 to 30-feet/7.62 to 9.14 meters above ground. The antenna slopes for 34-feet/10.36 meters away from the feed point. --------------------------------------------------- For the latest Amateur Radio news and events, please visit these websites: http://www.HawaiiARRL.info. https://oahuarrlnews.wordpress.com. https://big

PVC Antenna Launcher (http://www.dxzone.com/qsy31250-pvc-antenna-launcher). Download pdf at:  http://www.qsl.net/k8blo/launcher.pdf. Accessed on 12 January 2017, 04:10 hrs, UTC. Author:  Charles Burgstahler (K8BLO). Please click title link or anyone of the title URLs to read the full article. Comment: If you have tall trees on your property, you may be thinking of ways to get that 40 meter dipole antenna up a full half-wavelength or more to get a lower angle of radiation.  The basic problem is getting that antenna up into the trees without getting your wire tangled up or stuck on some lower or higher branch. There are various ways to get your antenna over obstacles and into a good position among the trees.  I've always preferred a bow and arrow or slingshot to launch my antenna lead lines.  Since I'm not a great marksman, I've often lost the lead line and sinker before the end of the antenna is where I want it. In this article, Charles Burgstahler (K8BLO) show

If you're having trouble viewing this video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhZ0ziI2a50. This is post #1008 in a continuing series on "Simple Ham Radio Antennas." In this video, Stan Gibilisco (W1GV) shows us four basic HF antenna tuner designs that will prove useful in your radio shack. Most of the tuners are simple, inexpensive, and easy to build. Of course, you could always buy an antenna transmatch (i.e. "tuner" or "coupler") from most Amateur Radio stores, but, you'll probably get more satisfaction out of building a tuner you designed and assembled yourself. This would make an excellent weekend project. For the latest Amateur Radio news and information, please visit these websites: http://www.HawaiiARRL.info. https://oahuarrlnews.wordpress.com. https://bigislandarrlnews.wordpress.com. http://www.kh6jrm.info ( breaking news for radio amateurs ). http://hawaiiscience

If you're having difficulty viewing this video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wRihrdrqNI. This is post #1007 in a continuing series of "Simple Ham Radio Antennas." For radio amateurs living in deed-controlled neighborhoods (HOAs and CC&Rs), a magnetic loop antenna may be the way to get on the air without the "housing police" getting suspicious. Magnetic Loops are fairly simple to build, "stealthy", and portable. In this video from George Becht (N2SQ), we learn how to build an effective magnetic loop antenna with readily available parts. According to George, the outer loop is made from RG-8 with teflon dielectric, using only the coax shield. The inner loop is made from the same type of RG-8, but is only 1/5 the size of the outer loop. George says the 25-100 pf air variable capacitor was "bought at (the) Orlando HamCation in 2014 for $2.00." While a magnetic loop won