Simple Antennas for the Amateur Radio Operator
KH6JRM's Amateur Radio Blog A simple 40 and 15 meter antenna you can build in just a few minutes Sometimes it is possible to operate two or more bands with one antenna and a short run of good quality coaxial cable. A simple 40 and 15 meter antenna, used either as a dipole or as an inverted vee, will provide hours of enjoyable contacts at modest power levels. I've built several variants of this antenna, with the inverted vee configuration preferred because of my limited backyard space. An antenna cut for 40 meter operation can be used on 15 meters because dipoles have harmonic resonances at odd multiples of their resonant frequencies. Because 21 MHz is the third harmonic of 7 MHz, a simple 40 meter antenna (approximately 33 feet on each side of a center connector) can be used for both 15 and 40 meters. There is one drawback to this wonderful plan. The idea works if you cut the 40 meter dipole for use in the cw portion of the band, for example ar...