Dipoles
The most popular HF antenna for hams with trees to use as antenna supports is the dipole.
- Five Bands, No Tuner by G0FAH
QST June 1995, p. 59
A multiband dipole for 40, 20, 17, 12 and 10M.
94 ft of wire center fed with 41 ft of ladder-line,
a balun and coax back to the shack. - The Off-Center-Fed Dipole Revisited: A Broadband, Multiband Antenna
QST August 1990, pp. 28-34
A discussion of the Windom and the off-center-fed dipole as multiband antennas. - Broad-Band 80-Meter Antenna
QST December 1980, pp. 36-37. Feedback, QST February 1981, p. 46.
Construction and theory of operation of the "cage" broadband 80-meter antenna popular in the 1920s.
Note: ARRLWeb: The "Cage" is Back! W1AW Installs New/Old Antenna. - A Simple Broadband Dipole For 80 Meters
QST September 1993 p. 27-30, 76. A simple broadbanding technique using alternating 50 and 75 ohm coax. - The G5RV Multiband Antenna ... Up-to-Date
ARRL Antenna Compendium Volume 1, pp. 86-90
A short center-loaded 40-meter dipole for portable QRP - K8SYL’s 75 and 10-Meter Dipole
QST July 2002, pp. 32-34 - The K4VX Linear-Loaded Dipole for 7 MHz
QST July 2002, pp. 40-42
A short but efficient 40-meter dipole - A Triband Dipole for 30, 17, and 12 meters
QEX March 2015 - "This Old Dipole"or Dipole 101 An antenna construction workshop conducted at Marshall N1FN's QTH on Sunday, 8/2/98 (An EXCELLENT step-by-step with color photos on constructing a dipole. - Ed.)
Wire Antennas
- Broadband Transmitting Wire Antennas for 160 through 10 Meters
QST November 1995, pp.22-24
A traveling-wave antenna offers some attractive qualities for your station: 50 ohm feedpoint at ground level, no tuner required, horizontal and vertical radiation components, no radials, nothing in the air but wire, and flexible size and height requirements. - Zip-Cord Antennas - Do They Work?
QST March 1979, pp. 31-32
Parallel power cord is readily available and is easy to work with. How efficient is it when used at radio frequencies? Well, that depends. - The N4GG Array
QST July 2002, pp. 35-39
A simple, nearly invisible, multiband wire antenna with reasonable gain, low angle of radiation. - A High Gain Single Wire Beam by Robert Wilson, AL7KK
QST July 2009, pp 38-39
The author now recommends feeding this antenna directly with a 4:1 balun instead of the shunt inductor arrangement suggested in the article.
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