Simple Ham Radio Antennas

  How would you like to try a new antenna system for your next POTA/SOTA mini-expedition? If you're not afraid to experiment with 450-ohm feedline, then this "Folded Skeleton Dipole Antenna" project from Mike (N2MAK) is for you. This antenna is inexpensive, easy to set up and take down, and provides excellent coverage for the 6 meter and 2 meter Amateur Radio bands.   This antenna can be used both at your home station and "in the field." If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etaBaS_cQ0k. Thanks for joining us today. Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM). Here are a few comments from Mike (N2MAK): I built a Folded Skeleton Sleeve Antenna for 6m and 2m for a Ziggy's $20 Antenna Challenge. Links: Ziggy's YouTube Channel - ‪@75ohmHAM‬ TOADs Discord -    / discord   Reverse Engineering the Folded Skeleton Sleeve Antenna - https://sparc.asn.au/2023/10/31/rev/ A 6m ...

  Another way to get multiband HF coverage is to build a "linked dipole antenna" covering your favorite bands. In this video from Charlie (NJ7V), we get step-by-step instructions on how to design, build, test, and tune an antenna capable of using the 20, 30, and 40 meter Amateur Radio bands...all this with using a single support (mast) and one feed line. Charlie shows us how to make all the parts of this antenna, including the insulators. This antenna is easy-to-build and offers wide-band coverage at a modest cost. If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEKNmrtXb5Y. Thanks for joining us today. Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM). Here are some comments from Charlie (NJ7V): take you through my steps to build this 20 meter-30 meter-40 meter linked dipole antenna, including construction of the insulators, and a trip into the back yard to tune it up. I've built quite a number of these antennas an...