5/8th Wave 10 M Vertical Antenna Build youtube
Thanks to Ian ("ianxfs") for this inexpensive, easy-to-build 5/8 wave 10 meter antenna. If you have access to an old 5/8 wave CB (11 meter) antenna, your work will be reduced substantially. If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eboJV6rY4a4 This is post 2811 in a continuing series of simple ham radio antennas. Here are some comments from Ian: Further development of a design from the website below where a commercial 5/8ths wave CB antenna is reverse engineered. This enhanced model is tuned specifically for the 10m amateur band and also adopts a ferrite choke, which is an improved option over the air-wound choke which is also shown in the build. The parts for this simple DIY build probably already exist in your shack? If not, they come to about £5 for the air-wound choke model, or about £10 if you go for the ferrite choke model. A list of parts: Main Antenna = 3.5m RG58 coax + 3.25m of insula