Simple Ham Radio Antennas

Here's a simple wooden antenna mast that can be made from locally available materials at a modest cost. Australian radio amateur Peter Parker (VK3YE) explains how he built this mast and provides a list of materials to get you started. If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWq4tgLH-yI Here are a few comments from Peter (VK3YE): Timber mast suitable for supporting lightweight wire antennas. The mast is 6 metres tall plus a 2 metre top extension. It tilts over for easy work on antennas. The antenna supports dipoles for 40, 20 and 10 metres, coming off the one feedpoint. 15 metre operation is provided by the 40m dipole. 80 metres is covered by adding loading coils to the 40 metre dipole. The antenna is similar to VK5AH's dipole except there is a dipole for 10 metres instead of 15 metres. VK5AH: http://users.picknowl.com.au/~wavetel... Being timber the mast is suitable as the centre support f...

If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWq4tgLH-yI .  This is post 2180 in a continuing series of simple ham radio antennas. Thanks to Australian radio amateur Peter Parker (VK3YE) for this simple antenna mast project.  Rather than using metal or PVC pipe for his HF antenna mast, Peter finds pine wood a good substitute for more expensive mast materials. The original mast was 6 meters (19.68 feet) long with a 2 meter (6.56 feet) top section added later. Here's how Peter describes his mast: "Timber mast suitable for supporting lightweight wire antennas. The mast is 6 metres tall plus a 2 metre top extension. It tilts over for easy work on antennas. The antenna supports dipoles for 40, 20 and 10 metres, coming off the one feedpoint. 15 metre operation is provided by the 40m dipole. 80 metres is covered by adding loading coils to the 40 metre dipole. The antenna is similar to...