Antennas for Amateur Radio
Antenna Sources
- N9SAB on eBay: wire dipole antennas (QRP, 100w)
- TN07 makes vertical antennas, stealth “HOA” antennas,
- K6ARK kits for antenna matching units and build instructions. Also provides 3D printable radio accessories
- Diamond Antenna
- Chameleon Antenna known for durable antenna systems
- Coffee and Ham Radio
- K4QCD makes The Dually
- KM4ACK
DIY antennas
See also Antenna Design for Amateur Radio
- 3D model for 49:1 antenna winder (another)
- Flower pot 10m antenna
- DX Commander -
- Antenna with screen radials might be good for confined space with 1/4 wave antenna
- Random Wire Antenna (Wikipedia) - and lengths not to use
- Pool noodle Dipole which is a variation of the slinky dipole
- Speaker Wire Antenna
- tape measure antennas:
HF Antennas
End Fed Half Wave
- PackTenna EFHW 20-10 $100
- PackTenna 40m Addon for EFHW 20-10
- SOTA POTA 150 $300
- Chameleon Emcomm II V2 $159
- Chameleon Emcomm III $190, 73' wire antenna, 25' counterpoise, 6M - 160M, 100W SSB PHONE
- Chameleon Hybrid Mini 60 $275 - 100w
- Chameleon Hybrid Micro 60 $249 - 250w
- Chameleon Hybrid Mini 130 ft $304,
- Chameleon MPAS 2 Mini $624
- Chameleon MPAS 2 Micro $600, 160m-6m
- Amazon End Fed Antenna $32, add 78' wire
- Amazon EFHW $99, with rope, no counterpoise
- Tufteln EFHW 49:1 Transformer $10, 100w rated
- Chameleon MPAS - 73ft long, 23ft counterpoise, video
- Cahrtenna Apollo $80 kit, 10m, 15m, 20m, 40m
- ARRL EFHW (kit) $80
- K6ark EFHW antennas (kits) - sold out at the moment?
- KM4ACK EFHW (kit) 10M, 15M, 20M & 40M
- Thingiverse EFHW/dipole winder
QRP EFHW
- Tindie Portable QRP EFHW $20 wire antenna, 80-10m, up to 10watts
- QRP Guys Portable No Tune EFHW $30, sold as a kit, 20w rated
- PackTenna Mini Random Wire Antennan 9:1 UnUn $95, 100w
- End fed from DX Engineering $90, QRP, bands: 40/20/10m, length: 41ft, 25w. Good trail QRP antenna, video
Whip
- Elecraft AX1 - $120 - 20m, 17m, 15m, optional 40m extender coil ($60)
- Elecraft AX2
Vertical Wire
- CaHRTenna Poseidon Vertical, 40m-6m,
- CaHRTenna Kronos Vertical, 40m-6m, needs a tuner, and a CMC choke
Vertical with coil
- Yaesu ATAS-120A Auto Active Tuning Antenna $389, multi-band HF/VHF/UHF (7, 14, 21, 28, 50, 144 and 430 MHz)
- Wolf River Coil Silver Bullet 1000
- ATAS-25 40m, 20m, 10m, 6m, 2m, 70cm, manually tuned, mounts on 1/4" camera tripod
- 100W SSB/CQ 50% dduty cycle, 50W AM/FM, 50W on VHF/UHF
- $209 at HRO
- Make a choke, mix 31 or 43 ferrite toroid (best for HF 1-30MHz)
- Yaesu ATAS 120A $390,
- 40m-70cm, active tuning, 5.25ft height
- Slidewinder DX
- DX Commander Venture POTA antenna €199 - 22ft
- Chelegance JNCRadio MC-750 $179
- Chelegance JPC-12 GP Portable Shortwave Antenna $145, 40m to 6m, 100w, vertical mast
Half Vertical
Dipole
- Tindie Gipsy 5-50MHz Horizontal Dipole $89, 100w PEP
- building a dipole with speaker wire, balun,
- I-pro traveler antenna dipole, UK based antenna mfgr
- CaHRTenna Mercury Linked Dipole, three bands (eg 10, 20, 40), 100w
- Aetherwave 100w Linked EFHW $120, 40m-10m
QRP and Portable HF Antennas
Mobile HF
- Buddipole Buddistick - $199 - portable antenna for 40m - 6m, up to 250w, elevated 31' wire radial
Rybakov antenna
Great DX antenna
Random Wire
- Coffee and Ham Radio Ares $80, 9:1 End Fed Random Wire, requires tuner
Quarter Wave Vertical
No balun or choke needed.
Use a banana clip, 100’ spool of Monster Speaker wire
Off-Center Fed Dipole
Aka Wyndom, aka Carolina Wyndom
Ham Stick
- Transel HF Stick 6,15,20,40,75, 250w
Mag Loop
- AlexLoop Ham Pack $600
Stealth Antennas
See Stealth Antennas
Lifting Kite
- e.g. Power Sled 24 $100, for lifting an things into the air
- Use 250 lb test kite line
- A great Video demonstrating how to use kites to lift antennas
- Blog about using a Power Sled kite to lift an antenna
Antenna Masts
- SOTAbeams
- Sotabeams Carbon-6 - $86, compact, ultra-light telescopic mast, 17in collapsed, 16.4 ft extended
- TN07 Green Mast 32' - $160
- TN07 Heavy Duty Fiberglass Push-up Mast + Drive-On Mount $424
- eBay Military masts
- Intellitron AM-2306K 34' Telescopic Mast (Gigaparts) $230
- Spiderbeam fiberglass telescopic poles
- Jackite fiberglass 20' pole $53
Mast Mount
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MFJ Mast Mount $140
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HamStop Sky Hook plates for guylines and mounting