Ham Radio Outside the Box
"A linear-loaded monopole antenna for hiking." Views expressed in this antenna project are those of John (VA3KOT). Content and Source: John (VA3KOT). Accessed on 15 April 2026, 1451 UTC. https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzQgLPPkrbWRVkvXqFcrSPjCSXfl Please check email link or scroll down to read about this fascinating antenna. Russ Roberts (KH6JRM/AL0HA). ------------------------------- Ham Radio Outside the Box Read on blog or Reader A Linear-Loaded Monopole antenna for hiking By John VA3KOT on April 15, 2026 There is a lot of information online about Linear-Loaded Dipoles, but I haven’t found anything at all about cutting a Linear-Loaded Dipole in half to create a Linear-Loaded Monopole worked against ground. The legendary L.B. Cebik (W4RNL, SK) published a design philosophy for an 80m Linear-Loaded Monopole, but it didn’t match what I had in mind. So I decided to build one for the purpose of experimentation. Maybe I could make it into a co...