Simple Ham Radio Antennas

  The ARRL holds is annual Field Day on the last full weekend of June.  The worldwide event draws over 30,000 participants for this combination contest and emergency communications exercise. In this video, HQ ARRL staffer Becky and ARRL Education Specialist Wayne Greene (KB4DSF) discuss simple antennas for the 10 and 15 meter amateur radio bands. These frequencies are perfect for new technician class licensees as well as experienced ham radio operators. If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lh1-xw_PZA. Thanks for joining us today. Russ (KH6JRM/AL0HA). Here are some comments from Becky and Wayne: ARRL Education Specialist Wayne Greene, KB4DSF, returns to the podcast to walk readers through his May/June 2025 On the Air article, "Building Simple Antennas for 10 and 15 Meters." More About On the Air LIVE: https://learn.arrl.org/ -Check out the audio version: https://blubrry.com/arrlonth...

  Radio amateurs have made antennas from a variety of materials, including, as this video points out, old aluminum camping stools from a discount store. In this video, "Dude Tested" shows how he converted scrap aluminum into a 2 meter band Moxon Antenna. The antenna is compact, lightweight, and perfect for field or home station use. If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpb4dM41_8Q. Thanks for joining us today. Russ (KH6JRM/AL0HA). Here are some comments from "Dude Tested": I had the opportunity to find some old Camping stools from SAVERS, a local thrift store, so I destroyed them and made a Moxon antenna! I have heard the stories of a Lawn chair dipole and Yagi - (Check out     • The Lawn Chair Dipole - Will It Antenna?   for Ham Radio Crash Course's Lawn Chair Dipole) or https://qsysociety.org/2009/01/04/6-m... for a 6 met...