Simple Ham Radio Antennas

Antennas for portable operation (http://www.dxzone.com/cgi-bin/dir/jump2.cgiID=32473). Accessed on 24 January 2017, 00:45 hrs, UTC. Author:  MyHyEndFed Antennas. Please click link or insert title URL into your search box to read the complete article. Comment: A short, basic tutorial on the types of antennas best suited for portable operations.  The author does a good job of explaining the pros and cons of portable antennas ranging from verticals to half-wavelength dipoles. Although there is no "perfect" antenna for portable or emergency use, this post recommends the classic end-fed half-wavelength antenna with a matching unit as the most cost effective and simple to erect antenna for field operations. The original concept of the end-fed half-wavelength antenna goes back as far as 1928 when "QST" ran a series of articles on this multiband HF antenna. According to the MyHyEndFed Antenna manufacturer, the easily assembled end-fed half-wavelength antenna is