Simple Ham Radio Antennas

The "classic" doublet antenna is one of the easiest, most efficient antennas available to radio amateurs. In this video from SOTA (Summits On The Air) co-founder Richard Newstead (G3CWI), we learn how to design, build, test, and use this multiband HF antenna. If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak9mJOcyhbs Here are some comments from Richard (G3CWI): The doublet is a very efficient and effective multi-band antenna. In this video I show just how easy it is to make one! This antenna covers 80-10m with a suitable antenna tuner. Ideally, use a tuner with a balanced input or put a suitable 1:1 balun between the antenna and an unbalanced tuner. Questions? Ask them in the commenbts below. Doublet antenna information https://www.electronics-notes.com/art... Items used: heavy duty wire (50m) https://www.sotabeams.co.uk/antenna-w... open wire line spacers https://www.sotabeams.co.uk/open-wire..

The "classic" doublet is an effective, inexpensive, and efficient multiband HF antenna for radio amateurs.   In this excellent presentation from Richard Newstead, we get a step-by-step tutorial on how to design, build, and test this popular antenna. If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak9mJOcyhbs This is post 2381 in a continuing series of simple ham radio antennas. Here are some comment from Richard: The doublet is a very efficient and effective multi-band antenna. In this video I show just how easy it is to make one! This antenna covers 80-10m with a suitable antenna tuner. Ideally, use a tuner with a balanced input or put a suitable 1:1 balun between the antenna and an unbalanced tuner. Questions? Ask them in the commenbts below. Doublet antenna information https://www.electronics-notes.com/art... Items used: heavy duty wire (50m) https://www.sotabeams.co.uk/antenna-w... open wire