Background: In the solar maximum years 28 MHz is full of DX stations, that can be worked with very simple equipment. However the fun will be even greater with a proper antenna. So I decided to build a 3 elm. yagi and took the design from ARRL’s: “Yagi Antenna Design” by W2PV. But I also…
Category: HF Antennas
Endfed 20/30 Mtr Antenna
I’ve had good luck with an endfed antenna on 20 and 30 meters. Depending on available trees/supports I can arrange this antenna as an inverted vee, a sloper or a horizontal 1/2 wave. It functions an endfed zepp on 20 meters consisting of a 1/2 wave 20 meter wire (33′ 3″ long) endfed with a…
Levy F9HJ Antenna
A multiband antenna based on the Levy antenna model Multi-band on 40 m, 30 m, 17 m, 15 m, 12 m, 10 m Easy and rapid build and install Minimum QSJ
Half Sloper for 160 meters
A Reduced-Size Half Sloper For 160 Meters in Italian By Bob Kirk, WD8DSB English version Un Half- sloper per i 160 m di dimensioni ridotte.Traduzione di IK2PTR, rivisto e corretto da IW5EDI Avete mai pensato di provare i 160 m ? L’inverno è il periodo perfetto per esplorare la “top band “.L’atmosfera è relativamente quieta…
Apartament Antennas
Low profile operating APARTMENT ANTENNAS Successful apartment operating starts with an evaluation of the location. Are you lucky enough to be on a upper floor? Is there trees outside? How about a deck? Maybe even access to the roof. Any of these situations can be advantageous. One thing to remember with apartments is to try…
10 meter dipole
I was in need of an antenna for my 10 meter beacon, so I decided to build a design I remembered seeing in an issue of QST several years ago. A friend of mine built one at the time and it worked great. It is a simple rigid dipole made from two lengths of 1/2″…
The flower pot antenna
About the project It’s a portable dual-band antenna working principally on 10 meters but also close to the 30 meter band. It’s compact, light, economical and doesn’t need any radial.If you would like to repeat my experiment you will first need a big plastic flower pot (around 70cm high, 60 top diameter and 30 cm…
How antenna traps work
Article by VE3GK I was assembling a HY/GAIN, TH6DXX, a 10 – 15 and 20 meter beam the other day and thought there might be some interest in the function of the traps. I have also included some practical information on howto build traps for a multi-band, 10-15-20 meter antenna. RESONATE PARALLEL NETWORKS REVIEWED: When…
K9FD Receiving Loop
RECEIVING ANTENNAS The K9FD Receiving Loop The Answer To Suburban DXing On the Low Bands – by K9FD Editor’s note: Merv Schweigert, K9FD, has been working jusl about everything on the 40, 80 and 160 meter band” this season. In this article he shares some of his experiences with receiving antennas. lf you live on…
Make a magnetic loop antenna for 7-21 MHz
This antenna has several advantages, not least being only 1 metre diameter! This loop relies on being horizontally polarised and receives only the magnetic wave, thus as most noise in the domestic environment is vertically polarised and electrical wave, it delivers low noise to your transeiver/receiver, which makes for nice clean listening. In addition any…