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Other VHF Antennas
Additional information on this subject and related topics can be found in back issues of QST and the following:
The ARRL has an extensive catalog of books and materials related to Amateur Radio.
Articles
Note: Some of the following articles are in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files. To view and print these files, you'll need a copy of Adobe's Acrobat Reader program. (Version 3.0 or later required). More information here.
70-Centimeter:
- The Long-Boom Quagi (1,191,496 bytes, PDF file)
QST February 1978, pp. 20-21
Build a 15-element Quagi antenna for 432MHz.
Including "Additional Bands for the Quagi"
QST April 1978, Technical Correspondence, p. 34
(Also see "Building Quagi Antennas", ARRL Antenna Book 18th Edition, pp. 18-33 to 18-35)
2-Meter:
- Build a Portable Groundplane Antenna (756,102 bytes, PDF file)
QST July 1991, pp. 33-34
A suitable connector and some wire makes this nifty ground plane for your HT.
- Recycle Those Rabbit Ears (135,218 bytes, PDF file)
QST May 1995, pp. 72-73
Make a 2-meter dipole from trashed TV rabbit Ears
- Recycling TV Antennas for 2-Meter Use (610,754 bytes, PDF file)
QST November 1996, pp. 34-36
Make a 2-meter beam from junked TV antennas.
- Make Your Own "Rubber Duckies" (63,311 bytes, PDF file)
QST March 1998, pp. 37-38
Make your own 2-meter rubber duckies that will perform better than many commercial units.
- A Simple Fixed Antenna for VHF/UHF Satellite Work (501,974 bytes, PDF file)
QST August 2001, pp. 38-41
Work the low-earth orbiting satellites with
this effective Turnstile Antenna system
- A Simple Halo for 2-Meter Use (132,963 bytes, PDF file)
QST August 1957, p.29
Making a car-radio whip serve as a
single-wire transmission line
6-Meter:
- The Simple Sixer (265,805 bytes, PDF file)
QST September 1999, pp. 56-57
A 6-meter rotatable dipole
- Wire Gain Antennas for 6 Meters (35,068 bytes, PDF file)
QST February 1997, pp. 66-67
Several wire antennas from the Long-Wire all the way to the Sterba Curtain for some gain on 6-meters.
- Let's Make the "Hentenna" (192,788 bytes, PDF file)
QST February 1982, pp. 16-17
An “interesting” VHF antenna made from sticks and wire.
- Six Meters from Your Easy Chair ( 118,988 bytes, PDF file)
QST
January 2002, pp. 33-34
A 6-meter squalo made from an old lawn chair
- A Two-Band Halo for V.H.F. Mobile (1,438,612 bytes, PDF file)
QST September 1958, pp. 11-12, 140, 142
50 and 144 MHz with a single mobile antenna
system
- 6-Meter Quad-Turnstile (589,006
bytes, PDF file)
QST May
2002, pp. 42-46
A omni directional, horizontally polarizes
6-meter loop antenna
Other:
- An Inexpensive External GPS Antenna (493,850 bytes, PDF file)
QST October 2002, pp. 36-39
Save money, homebrew your own external GPS antenna from commonly
available materials: copper wire, cream cheese or margarine tub, RG-58U…
Note:
Contact information for suppliers mentioned in the above articles should first be confirmed using TIS Address Database Search.
Bibliography (Members Only)
ARRL Periodicals Index Search - This database contains the QST index from 1915 to the present and the QEX index from 1981 to the present. For QST issues from 1970 to the present, and some selected articles back to 1922 (when construction articles featuring tubes began in earnest), identifying keywords have been added to the technical articles. By entering keywords (ANTENNA) or combinations of keywords (CONSTRUCTION ANTENNA VERTICAL HF) into the Title words: field, you may create dynamic bibliographies.
Technical article KEYWORD list. Hints for more successful searching
Suggested keywords for more articles like the ones on this page are:
CONSTRUCTION VHF ANTENNA
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