The Dipole Antenna
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Articles
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- The NJQRP Squirt (151,957 bytes, PDF file)
QST April 2001, pp. 40-43
A reduced-size 80-meter antenna designed for small lots, portable use, and a fine companion for QRP or the Warbler PSK31 Transceiver .
- The Monoband HF Dipole Antenna (89,852 bytes, PDF file)
QST April 1993, p. 64
Construction and installation of a dipole for 80-, 40-, 15-, or 10-meters.
- Antenna Here is a Dipole (1,677,174 bytes, PDF file)
QST June 1991, pp. 23-26
Step-by-step tutorial on constructing dipoles for any one of the HF bands from 1.8 to 28.4MHz.
- The Bent Dipole (25,905 bytes, PDF file)
QST May 1997, pp. 56-57
Although not strictly a "project" article, it does answer a common question. "Can I arrange the legs on my dipole to fit my yard?"
- Feeding Dipole Antennas (1,173,201 bytes, PDF file)
QST July 1991, pp. 22-24
A continuation of the above article covering open-wire feed line, coaxial feed line and baluns..
- A Modest Multiband Antenna (935,012 bytes, PDF file)
QST July 1994, pp. 68-69
Construction of the 135 foot, ladder-line fed, multiband dipole. This antenna requires a transmatch (antenna tuner). (See - Transmatch/Antenna Tuner).
- Five Bands, No Tuner (11,448 bytes, PDF file)
QST June 1995, p. 59
A multiband dipole for 40-, 20-, 17-, 12- and 10-meters. This one is fed with ladder-line, a balun and coax and does not require an antenna tuner.
- The Off-Center-Fed Dipole Revisited: A Broadband, Multiband Antenna (658,195 bytes, PDF file)
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 (257,091 bytes, PDF file)
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.
- The Clothesline Antenna (96,738 bytes, PDF file)
QST July 1998, pp. 56-58
A somewhat camouflaged, ladder-line, balun, coax fed multiband antenna. Requires antenna tuner.
- Multiband Dipoles Compared (26,496 bytes, PDF file)
QST November 1996, pp. 73-74
A comparison of different multi-band dipole techniques.
- The G5RV Multiband Antenna ... Up-to-Date (445,845 bytes, PDF file)
ARRL Antenna Compendium Volume 1, pp. 86-90
- The Off-Center-Fed Long-Wire
W1FB's Antenna Notebook, 1987, pp. 36-38
This is a simple wire multiband antenna that can be fed with either coax or ladder-line and can be made to operate well from 160- to 10-meters with an antenna tuner.
- QRP-France with a "Junk Box Shorty Forty" Antenna (128,512 bytes, PDF file)
QST July 2001, pp. 66-68
A short center-loaded 40-meter dipole for portable QRP
- A Portable Twin-Lead 20-Meter Dipole
QST February 2002, p. 36
- K8SYL’s 75 and 10-Meter Dipole (240,475 bytes, PDF file)
QST July 2002, pp. 32-34
- The K4VX Linear-Loaded Dipole for 7 MHz (200,463 bytes, PDF file)
QST July 2002, pp. 40-42
A short but efficient 40-meter dipole
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