Simple Ham Radio Antennas

  If you need a new HF antenna, please consider some of the suggestions from Michael (K5MJP).  According to Michael, a good source of new antennas is the mass of wire you've collected over the years and stored in your garage or junk box. In this video, we learn how to turn that supply of extra wire into a variety of cheap, effective HF antennas, from verticals to common end-fed halfwaves (EFHW). If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box:  https://youtu.be/Ry1QNFpcVXE?si=5n-qE9asYzZtaoRa. Thanks for joining us today. Russ (KH6JRM/AL0HA). Here are some comments from Michael (K5MJP): In this video, I’m breaking down the easiest wire ham radio antennas you can build today—whether you want a rock-solid single-band performer or one wire that covers every band from 160m to 10m with a tuner. Dual Banana Plug - https://amzn.to/4s9z7u5 Speaker Wire - https://amzn.to/3OUBbrf #HamRadio #HamWireAntennas #BuildHamAntennas #How to...

"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...

  If you need a new antenna for POTA/SOTA field operations, please consider this intriguing, somewhat pricey system called the "UltraLite Shooting Star Package" from Horizontal Antennas. The antenna is similar to the old Force Sigma 5 Series, which gained some attention several years ago. In this video, KM4ACK provides a nice review of this "odd" antenna for portable operations.  The antenna system is easy to setup and deploy-ideal for parks and other away from home situations. If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WukGE_fExuk. Thanks for joining us today. Russ (KH6JRM/AL0HA). Here are some comments from KM4ACK: In this video, I take a deep dive into the Horizon Antennas UltraLite Shooting Star Package, a lightweight and portable HF antenna system perfect for POTA (Parks on the Air), field ops, and portable ham radio setups. I head out to my local park to walk through the full ante...