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Antenna ideas for ARRL Field Day 2026. Views expressed in this Amateur/Ham Radio antenna update are those of the reporters and correspondents.  Accessed on 25 May 2026, 1541 UTC. Content and Source provided by "On All Bands" from DX Engineering and Thomas (K4SWL). https://www.onallbands.com/guide-to-prepping-for-arrl-field-day-2026-part-3-antennas/ Please check URL or scroll down to read your selections.  Thanks for joining us today. Russ (KH6JRM/AL0HA). An Amateur Radio Blog by DX Engineering Tech Products/Product Reviews Galleries Interviews News & Events HAM Radio 101 Events Calendar Antenna Tech Guide to Prepping for ARRL Field Day 2026: Part 3, Antennas Posted by OnAllBands on May 20, 2026 at 2:00 pm In Part 3 of our series on prepping for ARRL Field Day 2026 (June-27-28), we’ll be looking at some of the Field Day antenna options available at DX Engineering, where you’ll find a long list of effective wire and vertical choices (way too many to shout out here) t...

  If you need a high-performance HF antenna for the annual ARRL Field Day (last full weekend of June), please try this BuddiHex Antenna used in the 2022 ARRL Field Day event. In this video, Josh Nass (KI6NAZ) unpacks, sets up, tunes, and uses this fascinating HF antenna at his club's Field Day event in California. According to Josh, the antenna "is a winner" for this high-paced Amateur Radio communications exercise. If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecMC8oIHMYc. Thanks for joining us today. Russ (KH6JRM/AL0HA) Here are some comments from Josh (KI6NAZ): Field Day is a great time to shake out antenna systems and see which ones are worth the time and money. This year, I got to deploy the BuddiHEX with very little prior experience. Going so far that my first assembly was done on the Field Day site. Spoiler Alert: What a fantastic antenna! BuddiHEX - https://www.buddipole.com/buddihe...