Simple Ham Radio Antennas

If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your search box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWfe3powlvY. An utterly fascinating and somewhat cryptic demonstration of a 160 meter ferrite rod antenna from Russian ham Yuri (RN3RBH). It isn't clear whether this antenna is transmit capable.  Most likely, this homebrew 160 meter antenna is designed for reception purposes only.  It probably nulls out noise very well.  If you live in an RFI-rich environment, then you may want to consider building something similar to Yuri's ferrite rod antenna. For the latest Amateur/Ham Radio news and information, please visit these websites: http://www.HawaiiARRL.info. http://www.arrl.org. http://www.arrl.org/arrl-audio-news (a weekly podcast which is updated each Friday afternoon). https://oahuarrlnews.wordpress.com. https://hamradiohawaii.wordpress.com. https://bigislandarrlnews.com. https://www.eham.net. http://www.southgatearc.org. Thanks for joining us

If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek14ax7pCfo. Getting on the 160-Meter Amateur Radio Band from a small urban lot can be a difficult challenge. You may find this curious top-loaded vertical from Stan Gibilisco (W1GV) a possible answer to your 160-Meter operating issues.  In Stan's design, a capacitance hat forms part of four guy wires supporting the vertical section of this antenna.  Try out this antenna and see if it works. For the latest Amateur/Ham Radio news and information, please visit these websites: http://www.HawaiiARRL.info. http://www.arrl.org. http://www.arrl.org/arrl-audio-news (a weekly podcast which is updated each Friday afternoon). https://oahuarrlnews.wordpress.com. https://hamradiohawaii.com. https://bigislandarrlnews.com. https://www.eham.net. http://www.southgatearc.org. Thanks for joining us today. Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM).

If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lO_h1bqmmY. Here's another fascinating antenna video from Denis (VE3BF). In this video, Denis shows us how to make an efficient, inexpensive, and simple HF long wire antenna for both home and portable use. The key to Denis's long wire antenna is a 9:1 UnUn which solves much of the antenna-feed line mismatch found in such antennas.  A good antenna transmatch (i.e. "tuner") and a simple ground radial or counterpoise system will improve the performance of this antenna. Denis does a good job of explaining the concept, construction techniques, and tuning of this antenna. If you want more information on HF long wire antennas, check out this website: http://udel.edu/~mm/ham/randomWire. For the latest Amateur/Ham Radio news and information, please visit these websites: http://www.HawaiiARRL.info. http://www.arrl.org. http://www.arrl.

If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl9H3CC0PAE. If you want a good performing 160 meter antenna for a limited urban lot, please try this Inverted U antenna from Edy Karsano (YC2YIZ). The horizontal wire is 17 meters/55.76 feet long, while the two side elements are 9 meters/29.52 feet each. Edy says the antenna works well in a restricted space. For the latest Amateur/Ham Radio news and information, please visit these websites: http://www.HawaiiARRL.info. http://www.arrl.org. http://www.arrl.org/arrl-audio-news (a weekly podcast which is updated each Friday afternoon). https://oahuarrlnews.wordpress.com. https://hamradiohawaii.wordpress.com. https://bigislandarrlnews.com. https://www.eham.net. http://www.southgatearc.org. Thanks for joining us today. Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM).

If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCq_fOwCLT4. Now that HF propagation is favoring the lower amateur/ham radio bands (160m, 80m, and 40m), you may want to design, build, and test an inverted L antenna. In this video, Callum (M0MCX) shows us how to build a simple antenna for the lower HF bands--in this case an inverted L for 80 meters.  The antenna has a small footprint, is easy to build and tune, and remains fairly inexpensive.  As Callum points out, the basic 80 meter inverted L provides decent DX and local coverage, too.   Used with an antenna transmatch (i.e. "tuner"), this antenna can also be used on 40 meters through 10 meters.  For the latest Amateur/Ham Radio news and information, please visit these websites: http://www.HawaiiARRL.info. http://www.arrl.org. http://www.arrl.org/arrl-audio-news (a weekly podcast which is updated each Friday afternoon). https://oahuar