Simple Ham Radio Antennas

  Thanks to Jon (VU2JO) for this excellent tutorial on the "Half Wave Folded Dipole Antenna." According to Jon, this antenna design was used for television reception many years ago.  As an Amateur Radio antenna, the folded dipole can exhibit a gain of 2 to 3dB, depending on the frequency used by radio amateurs. If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ScJxmf4frU. Thanks for joining us today. Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM). Here are some comments from Jon (VU2JO): Folded dipole antennas were a common site on rooftops as part of Yagi-Uda television antennas in the past. Now with cable television becoming more popular, we seldom see any folded dipole antennas on rooftops in my region. Still folded dipole antennas as part of Yagi-Uda directional beam antennas are popular among Radio Amateurs who operate on VHF and UHF frequencies of the radio spectrum. Viewing from a homebrewer’s aspect, it is ...