Simple Ham Radio Antennas

  Here are two inexpensive HF wire antennas you can build with locally available materials.   In this video, Peter Waters (G3OJV), shows us how to build a basic multiband End Fed Halfwave (EFHW) and a half-sized G5RV antenna.  Both antennas are easy to deploy and can be used in the "field" or at your home station. If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nHyntgaAb4 Thanks for joining us today. Russ (KH6JRM). Here are some comments from Peter (G3OJV): Here are two very simple HF antennas that are simple to build and will give good results. Peter G3OJV describes his choices and gives an account of the results he got. UK Ham Radio Superstore https://www.hamradiostore.co.uk ATLAS 10m SSB Transceiver https://www.hamradiostore.co.uk/moonr... 49:1 UnUn transformer https://www.hamradiostore.co.uk/efhw-... Waters and Stanton explores the practical design and implementation of two s...

  If you don't have the space for full-sized horizonal End Fed Halfwave (EFHW) HF antenna, please try this EFHW Inverted Vee antenna from Dave Casler (KE0OG). The inverted vee will save you some horizontal room and still deliver decent coverage of the lower HF amateur radio bands (80 meters and 40 meters). This antenna will work fairly well, even though the support mast is short (20 feet/6.096 meters).  With careful design, this antenna may be suitable for those living in deed-restricted housing. If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1-fRwvQtsY. Thanks for joining us today. Russ (KH6JRM/AL0HA). Here are some comments from Dave (KE0OG): James, KJ5NAX, asks what Dave would suggest for a horizontal antenna system to cover most of HF. Again, the HOA restricts antennas to 20 feet tall, so what is a good system for this situation? Subscribe:     / davecasler   ...