Simple Ham Radio Antennas

  Thanks to Fraser, "The Radio Rover", for this ingenious, easily-made HF vertical antenna.   According to Frasier, this antenna is ideal for "camping, tiny summits, (and) Hotel balconies." Radio amateurs living in deed-restricted housing will this project a good solution to their operating restrictions. If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browsers search box:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivipFuCo-g0. Thanks for joining us today. Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM). Here are some comments from Frasier: Build Instructions - build this in 20 minutes! Materials 1. Red banana plug 2. Black banana plug 3. BNC to banana plug adaptor 4. SOTABEAMS Tactical Top Insulator (Part no. TTOP-100) 5. Pre-constructed coax common mode choke 6. Pre-constructed 49:1 transformer (optional for the 40m band) 7. SOTABEAMS yellow lightweight wire (Part No. AWLW-100) Also, various lengths of heatshrink tubing in red and black and blue. Soldering iron and sol

  Thanks to James B. Mannes IV (W4AOX) for this simple, effective way to set up a fiberglass telescoping mast. James based his project on a design by Tracy (VE5TWM). Just follow a few easy steps and you'll have your antenna mast erected easily and safely.  This set up is ideal for inverted V antennas and simple end-fed-halfwave antenna systems. If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box:  https://youtu.be/II5bl1LfUCo?si=ueYICDxo8Op59X7c. Here are a few comments from James (W4AOX): What do you do when you're setup spot has no trees? How do you support your telescoping mast? Well, in this video I show you a quick, easy and effective way to support your telescoping mast. Inspired by a video I saw from Tracy, VE3TWM, I borrowed the idea to make something that would work for me, then show it using a DX Commander mast and TennTennas 49:1 EFHW antenna. Here is the link to Tracy's video where i got this idea:     • The Fastest and Eas

  All you need to know about designing and building a 4:1 Balun for your antenna system. In this video, Kevin Loughin (KB9RLW) shows us the step-by-step method of building this useful antenna accessory. Most of the parts for this project can be found in a well-stocked junk box or  by ordering the parts from an online store. If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5rLI8FpM9g. Here are some comments from Kevin (KB9RLW): I'm working on an antenna project and needed a 4:1 balun. Believe it or not, I've never built one before. Extremely easy to make. This is a link to my video on winding the common mode choke.     • Ham Radio - The back yard vertical pa...   This is the site of M0PZT who's design I followed. http://www.m0pzt.com/blog/4to1-curren... This is a link where you can purchase the cores I used. https://www.amazon.com/AEcreative-T13... This is a link to type 43 cores mentioned