Simple Ham Radio Antennas

Here are three easy-to-make HF antennas you can build from locally available materials:  Loops, Verticals, and Dipoles. Callum McCormick (M0MCX) discusses each type of antenna and offers suggestions on how to maximize performance of each antenna chosen for your project. If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGctGaY0Cbk This is post 2778 in a continuing series of simple ham radio antennas. Here are some general comments from Callum: Loops, Verticals and Dipoles for Ham Radio. Let's build them - then discuss how to multi-band them. Callum. #dxcommander #hfAntennas #hamradio ----- Thanks for joining us today. Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM).  

Now that Solar Cycle 25 is here, it may be time to improve your antenna system. In this video, Kevin Loughin (KB9RLW) explains what radio amateurs can expect from the upper HF bands over the coming months. If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2mU8gwrTLQ This is post 2777 in a continuing series of simple ham radio antennas. Here are some comments from Kevin: Showing a bit of what's happening on the upper frequency bands with the solar cycle finally ramping up. Spaceweather page link: https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/communities... If you like my videos, please subscribe here: http://www.youtube.com/user/loughkb?s... If you want me to keep making more videos like this, consider becoming my patron at Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/kb9rlw/ Discuss this and other videos on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kb9rlw/ ----- Thanks for joining us today. Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM).  

Thanks to Tim (G5TM) and Hayden (VK7HH) for this in-depth discussion of simple coax antennas. If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCubZoD25tc This is post 2776 in a continuing series of simple ham radio antennas. Here are some general comments from Tim and Hayden: Do you want to make a simple HF antenna using nothing but coax? Well today at the 2021 YouTubers Hamfest, I speak with Tim G5TM as he shares his experiences on building HF antennas, running portable, mobile and the fun to be had during the Sporadic E season. These HF antennas are simple to build and an easy way to get on the air! Check out Tim's YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZSa... Half-Wave Flowerpot Antenna by VK2ZOI: https://vk2zoi.com/articles/half-wave... Steve G3TXQ - Coax Common Mode Chokes http://www.karinya.net/g3txq/chokes/ Please Subscribe to Ham Radio DX! http://youtube.com/c/HamRadioDX?sub

Another way to reduce the size of a dipole antenna is to use loading coils for your chosen frequency.   In this video from Callum McCormick (M0MCX), we get a good introduction to loading coils, how to design them, and how to calculate inductance for the coils. If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm2-iEv7dvw This is post 2776 in a continuing series of simple ham radio antennas. Here are some comments from Callum: Brief discussion about loading coils, how to model them, how to use an inductance calculator and discuss narrowing your SWR bandwidth due to too high an Inductance. Here's the link: http://www.66pacific.com/calculators/... . Cheers, Callum. ----- Thanks for joining us today. Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM).  

ARRL End-Fed Antenna Kit is back in stock. Views expressed in this Amateur Radio News update are those of the reporters and correspondents. Accessed on 12 October 2021, 1524 UTC. Content supplied by HQ ARRL, Newington, CT, 06111, USA. Source:   https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzGlkPTsMdvJPZrLLTFTwZNTXljt Please click link or scroll down to read the announcement. Thanks for joining us today. Russ Roberts https://www.simplehamradioantennas.com This antenna kit perfect for HF and portable operating   Build Your End-Fed Half-Wave Antenna Kit!   To help hams prepare for the exciting world of HF opening up during Cycle 25, we partnered with HF Kits to bring you this easy-to-build  four-band antenna kit : an end-fed half-wave (EFHW) antenna. It has become popular with portable operators because it’s very simple in its construction and deployment. This antenna, which works on 10, 15, 20, and 40 meters, has a very high impedance of around 2,500 Ohms   Building  the kit is easy. You’