Dipole antenna

Your first Amateur radio antenna. The all time favorite Ham Radio wire antenna is the half-wavelength, center-fed, dipole. It is easy to build and it performs adequately. The dipole is the reference used to measure the performance of the other antennas. It's the base line. The dipole is a great reference point for amateur radio because you can actually build one (yes you can). And on some of the lower bands, most amateur radio operators will be using these. So you don't have to worry about…

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MULTIBAND TRAP DIPOLE ANTENNA - (40,20,15,10M BANDS) * Simple and Low Cost* Resonant Antenna, no tuning required while changing bands* Short in length as compared to half-wave DipoleRequires careful fabrication & tuning of TRAPS( Only a few inches of RG58

Simple, cheap DIY radio scanner antenna (receive only, for police scanners)

My Experiment in Building a Vertical Dipole Antenna: This project came about when I decided to pull out an old Corba 148 GTL cb I have had in storage for many years. I dont really use it much except for projects like this because CB bands have went to toilet talk and I really dont want to listen to …

The dipole is a common antenna for the amateur radio operator; and with good reason- dipoles are easy to build and are proven performers. Recently I wanted t...

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HB9MTN INDOOR MULTIBAND DIPOLE FOR 40M - 10M

Another common place one can see dipoles is as antennas for the FM band - these are folded dipoles. The tips of the antenna are folded back until they