Simple Ham Radio Antennas

There are several ways you can shorten a dipole, vertical, or end fed half wave (EFHW) antenna.  According to Mike (M0MSN), the use of coaxial traps can reduce the length of your antenna without sacrificing effectiveness. In this video, Mike show us how to make a 40 meter trap with commonly available materials.  Also, this antenna design will allow you to operate on 80 meters as well. If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjuL3470f4c. Here are some comments from Mike (M0MSN): The Coaxial Trap, great for more than one band on a single antenna. The coax trap will also shorten the length of the wire antenna, making it perfect for the smaller garden. In this video I show and explain how to build a trap for the 40 metre band this can be used on an antenna for 80 metres giving you both 80 and 40 metre on the same antenna.. Needed for this build: 2 metres of RG58 40 mm former (an old mastic gun t...

Some good, practical suggestions on how to tune a dipole, vertical, or loop antenna. Well-done, easily understood presentation by Callum (M0MCX). If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvYp-gf3Rng Here are some comments from Callum (M0MCX): Keeping track of changes when you are tuning ANY antenna is critical. Don't rely on your memory for what you did, write it down. This is how I do it. Callum. More videos: ▶️ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc... Antenna Modelling ▶️ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc... Tips and Tricks ▶️ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc... Antennas ▶️ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc... Live Streams ▶️ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc... My Stuff ▶️ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc... Ham Radio Training ----- Thanks for joining us today. Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM).  

If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCz16I0xlCo. Thanks to Jonathan Charles and his fellow radio amateurs for conducting this "Field Test" of four popular HF antennas, including the classic dipole, End Fed Halfwave (EFHW), the Vertical, and the popular Windom antenna.  This video gives you an excellent idea of what these antennas can do under portable or emergency operations.  Of course, each antenna has its strengths and weaknesses. The thing to remember is to make the best antenna you can with the materials available. For the latest Amateur/Ham Radio news and information, please visit these web sties: http://www.HawaiiARRL.info. http://www.arrl.org. http://www.arrl.org/arrl-audio-news (a weekly podcast which is updated each Friday afternoon). https://oahuarrlnews.wordpress.com. https://hamradiohawaii.wordpress.com. https://bigislandarrlnews.com. https://www.eham.net. htt...