Antenna Information

 

ANTENNAS, COAX, TOWERS, TUNERS & ROTOR MFG  

 

Antenna Tuners

Alinco Electronics  
Alpha Delta
  Ameritron
Elecraft
 
ICOM

Kenwood 
LDG Electronics
MFJ Enterprises, Inc. 
PalStar
SGC, Inc. 
Ten-Tec  
Vectronics

Yaesu 

 

 

 

Mobile Antenna Manufacturers

COMMERCIAL ANTENNAS USED FOR STEALTH

ABOUT CC&R's AND RESTRICTIONS
BuddiPole -- W3FF Products
B&W Balcony/Window Antenna - AP-10A
CliffDweller II antenna 
End-Fedz -- full length half wave dipoles, but with an important difference. The coax connector is at one end of the dipole, where it is most needed. From Universal Radio
EZ HANG -- SlingShot & Reel Device for installing wire antennas
Force 12- 9 Foot Vertical
Force 12 Aluminum Flag Poles & Antennas
HamSticks 
High Sierra Antennas - Mobile HF antennas,  New El Dorado for Restricted Locations
MFJ Apartment Antenna 40 Meters  to 2 Meters MFJ-1622
MFJ Super Loop Antennas
Outbacker Antennas
-- Terlin
Quicksilver Radio Products MinuteMan™ HF Portable Antennas
The ScrewDriver.Com -- High quality full legal limit with mount and digital controller at an affordable price.
Stealth Antennas -- HF Mobile Antennas By VE7BOC
Stealth Telecom -- Mobile HF NVIS Loop Antenna
Texas BugCatcher - GLA Antennas
Texas Twister - GLA Antennas
Ventennas -- The Forbes Group
Ventanna HFp-V  10 Foot HF Antenna -- 6.5 to 30 MHz !!!
Vern Wright's HF Mobile Antennas, MP1
WeatherVane Antennas

Selected Antenna Books

The Arrl Antenna Book
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The Radio Amateur Antenna Handbook By William I. Orr
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Cubical Quad Antennas : How to Build and Adjust Quads -- by William I. Orr, Stuart D. Cowan
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Lew McCoy on Antennas
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Beverage and Longwire Antennas Design and Theory -- by Chuck Hutton
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ON4UN's Low Band DXing -- by John Devoldere -- Great Source For Low band Antennas
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HomeBrew Ur Antenna?? -- Visit The AC6V Antenna Homebrew Links

Antenna & Tower Mail Lists -- Subscription Info

Coax Cable Charts With Losses, Power Ratings, etc

Antenna Software -- Visit The AC6V Antenna Software Links

Antennex -- The Ham Antenna Magazine -- all about antennas -- on line

Tower Talk Mail List Reflector -- Subscription Info

 

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ANTENNA THEORY AND BASICS

Antenna Basics and Theory -- WOW -- See this One -- From Navy Training Series
Antenna Basics and Theory -- From Ian C. Purdie, VK2TIP
Antenna Basics and Theory -- Excellent Tutorial From Scott's Pages
Antenna Basics and Theory -- Excellent From Integrated Publishing
Antenna Tutorial -- From AeroCom
Antenna Basic Radiation Theory-- From The ARRL
Antenna Basics and Theory --  Excellent - From VK2DQ
Antenna Construction Tips -- Metals to use. From Bob Hejl - W2IK
Antenna Design Information & Software -- From S-Meter.Net
Antenna Dimension Calculators -- From The Antenna Elmer - Click On Antenna Type
Antenna Dimension Calculators -- Inverted Vee And Dipoles
Antenna Dimensions Calculator-- Dipoles From AMANDX
Antenna Dimensions Calculators -- Loops, Dipoles, Delta Loop, and 5/8 waves -- KK5HY
Antenna Dimensions Calculator - Half Wave Dipole Illustrated - From Hamwave
Antenna Gain -- From Sommer Antennas
Antenna Height? -- How High Should They Be? -- By Mike Banz, AA3RL
Antenna Tuner Theory -- From The ARRL
Antenna Tuners and SWR -- From The ARRL
Antenna Tuners - How to use
Baluns What Do They Do -- From W7EL
Baluns -- IZ7ATH
Baluns and Choke Baluns -- From Ian C. Purdie, VK2TIP
Baluns - W8JI Antenna Articles  Toroid Balun Winding * Balun and Transformer Core Selection * Transmitting Baluns 
Capture Area Of Antennas - From Sommer Antennas
Choosing Wire For An Antenna
Coaxial Cable Trap Building -- BY Greg Ordy W8WWV
Dipole End Insulator Installation -- Lots of photos From NorthWest Antennas
Electromagnetic Waves and Antennas - By Sophocles J. Orfanidis Lots Of Math
Feed-Lines & Impedance Matching - From "Your Remote S-Meter" Pages
Ground & Radial Systems -- From Butternut
Ground and Radial Systems -- From SteppIR Antennas
Ground Characteristics, Lightning Protection Grounds, Radio Frequency Grounds, and Practical Grounding Systems. From "Your Remote S-Meter" Pages
Ground Systems -- From W8JI
Height Of Dipoles - Patterns By AA3RL
Lightning Protection -- Four Articles
Loaded Antennas - From Tom W8JI
Noise -- Technical article about noise and receiving/ receiving antennas  From Tom W8JI
QuarterWave Antenna installation notes -- includes ground/raised radial info -- From Butternut
Radials and Ground Systems -- From Butternut
Radials and Ground Systems -- From SteppIR
Radiation And Fields -- From Tom W8JI
Radiation Resistance -- From Tom W8JI
Slingshot method for hanging SkyWires
Stacking Yagi Antennas -- From the ARRL
Stacking Yagis -- Same band and different bands -- From G3SEK
Stacking Yagis -- From Grantronics
Stacking Yagis - From Astron Wireless
Transmission lines, coax, swr, waveguides -- loaded with info. From AllAboutCircuits
Traps -- Excellent From Tom W8JI
  Tuner, Antenna - How to use. Also shows basic station interconnections - From Hamuniverse.com
Vertical Antennas - Dirty Little Secrets, Ground/Radial Systems - Click On Tech Notes
Vertical Antenna Design -- Trap and Loading Coil Losses With Vertical Antennas By  W0DN
The Effects of VSWR on Transmitted Power --By James G. Lee, W6VAT
Simple Z Match Tuner - Via Lloyd Butler VK5BR


  MAJOR ANTENNA PAGES

The Antenna Elmer By AC3L & N3LSS -- Design your own HF/VHF/UHF dipoles, Folded dipoles, Inverted Vees, Ground Plane, Half Wave Vertical, 5/8 Wave Vertical, Quads, 2 Meter Beams, Quarter wave line matching and lots more.

The DxZone has nearly 600 Antenna Articles

ARRL Antenna Projects Web Page -- Includes  Beams/Yagis, Dipoles, J-Poles, Loops, Mobiles, Quads, Slopers, Trapped Antennas, Verticals, Other HF Antennas, VHF Antennas

Antennas A Bunch -- From Ham Radio Spectrum

Dr. Ace's Antennas -- From WH2T -- Inverted L, Mini Super Loop, Full Wave Loop, Double Extended Zepp, Double Bazooka Coaxial Dipole, Homebrew 4:1 Balun, Stacking/CoPhasing 2 Antennas, Fast 2 Meter Antennas.

Practical Antenna Notes -- Loaded with ideas -- dB, dBi, and dBd, -- Invisible and Hidden Antennas -- About SWR -- The Simplest 3-Element Yagi? --- All Via L. B. Cebik

Antenna Application Notes -- From Eagle 1St --  Antenna and Feedline Measurements, Return Loss Bridge Basics, Duplexer Tuning using Bridge, Replaceable Pin "N" Connector, Reflected Power Measurements, Spectrum Analyzer Measurements. This document has been recently upgraded to take advantage of the CSS system and have also added a button to allow the note to be downloaded as a PDF. See URL http://eagle-1st.com/notes/aandf/af.htm

Antenna Design and Software From G4FGQ -- Loaded -- many antenna design programs, coax rating, ferrites and toroids, Groundwave propagation, much much more.

N4UJW Antenna Design Lab --- Loaded

N0LX Antenna Page - Lots of Mobile Antennas 

W8JI Antenna Articles  -- Receiving * Crossfire Phasing * Transmitting * Combiner and Splitters * Toroid Balun Winding * Balun and Transfomer Core Selection * Omega and Gama Matching * Detuning Towers * Radiation Resistance * Transmitting Baluns * Traps * Loading Inductors * Radiation and Fields * E-H Antenna * Phasing Systems * Mobile and Loaded Antennas

Shortened HF Antennas --By VE3FHM

Massive Antenna Page -- From "Your Remote S-Meter" Pages

 

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AM Loop Antennas
Antennas from QRZ Shareware -- over 40 antenna files
ARRL Antenna Projects
Loaded With Many Antenna Projects
AA3PX Antenna Page
-- Conversations with Dr. Harold H. Beverage
Antenna Analyzers
-- Manufacturers
Antenna Discussions
-- Lots Of Antenna Info From the CQ Contest Archives
Antenna Discussions
-- Tons of Antenna & Tower Info From the Tower Talk Archives
Antennas for Portable Use -- Comparisons 
Antenna Height? -- How High Should They Be? -- By Mike Banz, AA3RL
Antenna Projects From The YCCC
-- Click On Articles -- Double-L For 80/160, Two Wire Beverage, A Poor Man's 160 Meter 4-Square, Using a 4 square Vertical Phased Array to improve your 80 and 160 meter signal, -- From The Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Antenna System Evaluator -- From KD6DKS
Antennex -- The Ham Antenna Magazine -- all about antennas -- on line 
All-band Wire Antenna
- From Joe Tyburczy, WB1GFH

BackPack Antennas -- From HFpack, The HF Portable Group.
Balloon and Kite Antennas On The Top Band -- From  G4VGO
Balloon Antennas -- From HCDX
Baluns From IZ7ATH
Battle Creek Special
-- Info From PI4CC Contest Club
Battle Creek Special -- Info From OK1RR -- Under Antennas
Bazooka Antennas
-- From WE6W
Double Bazooka

Beams/Yagis  -- From The ARRL
Beverage Antennas -- From The DX Zone
Broadside Arrays -- From Integrated publications
Broomstick Special -- A compact, easy-to-build shortwave antenna 
BuddiPole HomeBrew -- From W3FF 

Carolina Windoms - W2BLC
Coax Connector Installation 
Coaxial Monopole -- From OE1MWW
Coaxial Collinear Antennas
COILS Base, Top Loading, Matching Networks, SWR, Open Wire Line -- Tons More From G4FGQ
Collinear Arrays  -- From Integrated publications
Corner Reflector Antennas -- From By VE3RGW
Cross Field Antennas
-- by Maurice C. Hately GM3HAT & Ted Hart W5QJR
Cubical Quad Antennas --- From The ARRL
Cubical Quads 10-12-15 Meters From IZ7ATH
Cubical Quad - Multiband - By EI7BA
Cushcraft R5 Vertical Maintenance and Repair  -- Click on ANT, then the little colored circle next to the word Cushcraft. Nice article well done
Cushcraft R5 Matching Unit Rebuild -- by G0WCW using EI7BA method
Cushcraft R7 Vertical...Maintenance and Repair
Cushcraft Trap - Coaxial Capacitor Repair - R5, R7, etc, 

 
DDRR Antennas
Dipoles -- From The ARRL
Dipole Antenna Calculator and construction details -- From AMANDX
Dipoles and Inverted Vees -- By W4RLD
Center-Fed Half-Wave Dipole - Nice Illustration From K7MEM
Discone Antenna Design -- From QRZ
Discone Antenna Project - From  William Sheets K2MQJ and  Rudolf F Graf KA2CWL
Discone -  Parabolic   -  by Mike Lake KD8CIK - Highest gain discone antenna ever!
Dipole Height -- How High??
Double Extended Zepp Dipole -- Cut for 15 Meters
Duplexer (Diplexer) 2m / 70cm  AND Duplexer (Diplexer) HF + 6m / 2m + 70 cm    HB9ABX
DXpedition Antennas for Salt Water Locations - Vertical Or Yagi ??

EH Antenna Forum -- Yahoo
EH Antennas - How They Really Work From Tom W8JI
EggBeater Antenna - VHF/UHF From Jerry, K5OE
EggBeater Antenna - Commercial Product From M squared -- See EB-144 "Eggbeater"
EME Antennas -- Loaded With Big Antennas 
End Fed Half Wavelength Antenna -- From  AA5TB  
Tuner Design for Half-Wave Vertical & Similar-Length End-Fed Antennas From R.J.Edwards G4FGQ ©
End-Fire Arrays -- From Integrated publications

Fan Dipole For QRP -- From M0WYM
Ferrite Loop Antenna -- for BC band -- From Oceanstate Electronics 
Fiber Glass Rods And Tubes -- From Max Gain Systems
Four Square Vertical Phased Array
-- From The Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Flags and Pennants
-- Receive antennas for limited space with good noise rejection.
Folded Dipoles
Four Dollar All Band Antenna -- From Joe Tyburczy, WB1GFH
Full Wave Loop Antenna 10M thru 80M  -- From Western Canada's Ham Radio YL Site
FVR Spitfire Array -- From The Yankee Clipper Contest Club

G5RV Design and length Considerations -- From AA1LL
Grounding System For Hams - John Wendt WA6BFH
GRASSWIRE
-- By K3MT

Hair-Pin MonoPole -- A shorty From Wilfred Caron
Half Square Antennas -- From K3KY 
Half Wave End Fed, No Radials Antenna -- From OE3MZC
Halo Antenna 2M-- From N2KBK
Halo Antenna 2M Square -- From N4UJW
Halo Antenna 6M -- From W3DHJ
HenTenna -- From The N4UJW Antenna Design Lab
New HF Antenna  From HB9ABX -- new, revolutionary design allows construction of small HF antennas to provide the same efficiency as large antennas.
HF Antennas - Various -- From The ARRL
HF- and VHF-Yagi-antennas - HomeBrew -- From DK7ZB
Height Of Dipoles - Patterns By AA3RL
Hexagonal Beam - via