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Turn your patio umbrella into a 20 meter antenna for ham radio.

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  Here's another great antenna idea for radio amateurs living in deed-restricted housing. In this video, Gregg (WB6MPH) shows us how to convert an ordinary patio umbrella into usable 20 meter antenna. Gregg takes us step-by-step through the entire design, construction, testing, and use process for this unusual antenna. Thanks for joining us today. Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM). Here are some comments from Gregg (WB6MPH): Greg and I had a QSO during my participation in the 2022 Maine QSO Party. I found out the next day that he had been operating from his backyard in Southern California with an Xiegu 90 and his 20-meter home brew UMBRELLA antenna. In this episode, Greg takes us through the step-by-step process of building his antenna. Follow W1DED Worldwide Ham Radio on these platforms: Substack ………….. https://w1dedworldwidehamradio.substa... Apple………………… https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify……………… https://open.spotify.com/show/6AWd34c... Instagram………….    / w1dedworld
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Dipole and Inverted V Antenna Basics

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Dipole and Inverted V antennas are some of the most popular tools for radio amateurs, be they newly licensed novices or experienced ham radio operators. These antennas are efficient, easy-to-make, and modest in cost. In this video, Dave Tadlock (KG0ZZ) explains and demonstrates both the theory and practical applications of these "classic" antenna designs. Dave also discusses construction, mounting, and tuning of these simple antennas. Thanks for joining us today. Russ Roberts (KH6JRM). Here are some comments from Dave (KG0ZZ): Learn how dipole and inverted V antennas work and how to build an hf antenna. Includes tips for construction, mounting and tuning. Key moments View all Zed Zed's Workbench 0:19 Dipole and Inverted V Antenna Basics 0:34 Total Length for 1/2 Wave Dipole 7:48 Dave Tadlock 27.6K subscribers Videos About Facebook
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HF Portable Antenna using tape measure.

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  If you're looking for simple, inexpensive ways to improve the performance of your HF antenna, please consider the lowly tape measure. This common household item can be used as antenna elements to get a "perfect match made to measure." You can even use metal tape measures to make a ground radial or counterpoise system for your HF vertical antenna. Peter Waters does an excellent job of describing the antenna experiments you can do with an ordinary metal tape measure. If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZjeeLhBjLo. Thanks for joining us today. Russ Roberts (KH6JRM). Here are some comments from Peter (G3OJV): A great Ham Radio Portable antenna idea. We have covered the Yaesu ATAS-25 portable antenna already in a recent video. But here is a great idea that makes this antenna even more adaptable and it can even be used on a fibre glass motorhome roof. The idea can also be used with other
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