Your First Antenna--The Inverted V Dipole


Your first Amateur Radio HF antenna should be simple, efficient, and inexpensive.  Those requirements are met with the easily-made inverted v dipole.

In this video from the "Ham Radio DX" channel, we see how to design, build, test, and use this versatile HF antenna.

Multiband HF performance can be attained if you use a balanced feedline with a wide-range antenna "tuner".

If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsSq7AWr_c0

Here are some comments from the "Ham Radio DX" video channel:

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