![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Until you are approaching a significant fraction of a wavelength (like, 1/4 wavelength), then making either thing bigger will get you more signal. If you can't find two things, then one can be the Earth.Īlternately, you can use two ends of one thing that encircles something that permits magnetic fields (like, air). another thing that conducts electricityĪttach one to the center contact on a BNC connector.Now you might say easy peasy, at my age trying to mount the securing poles at each end on my own to my garage/workshop would have made a fantastic you tube video.Īll up and waiting for my first QSO when propagation permits.Receive antennas are the easiest thing ever. Made my first antenna a simple 20m 1/2 wave dipole and Balun. Studying made me realise things are so accessible and information gleaned easily via the web. Recently decided to dip toes in the frequencies again and take required exams to be legal. in UK and dx'ing so easy high on a hill mobile. Located high up amongst 3 large forests.īack in the 80's I became interested with the new faze C.B. eX pat Uk living Bulgaria in a remote village some 10 miles from a main road and 25 miles to nearest town. Newbie to eHam and recently passed my exam. So if you need a good antenna and want to save big $$$, BUILD IT YOURSELF trust me you will be happy you did and enjoy making contacts with an antenna you made yourself. They are great and have top quality material and all you need to build your own antenna. I use The Wireman for all of my wire antenna needs. I get a real thrill making a DX contact with a simple wire antenna I constructed myself. I am actually very pleased with the contacts I am making and the DX I am working. Remember the window line acts like a vertical antenna so the pattern is quite like a vertical with the flat top having a bigger lobe.Īt my age, putting up a tower and all the expense is just not worth the money or effort. The beauty of this G5RV is that it is almost an omnidirectional antenna. This antenna can be used on all bands from 80-10 + 6 meters via an external antenna tuner. I made an ugly balun also known as a choke it is 10 wraps of the coax around a 6" PVC pipe. Connect the coax to the window line directly NO BALUN but make the coax as short as possible no more than 70 feet of coax. The window line needs to be as close to 90 degrees vertical to the flat top and away from any metal. The trick is this, you need to get this antenna no less than 35 feet up and I find it best to install it as a flat top. Simply put all it is, is 2 lengths of #14 copper clad bear wire cut to 51 feet each then 31.6 feet of 450 ohm window line. So, I went back to the G5RV and am very pleased with the performance of this antenna. Then I tried a long wire, again it worked well but not as good as my G5RV. ![]() I tried an end fed antenna but for some reason it would not tune up on as many bands as the G5RV, never the less it worked on 40 & 20 fairly well. As with all wire antennas there is a compromise. So It sparked my interest in building and experimenting with homemade wire antennas. I did not expect much but WOW was I surprised on how well this homemade antenna performed. When I moved to my new QTH about 8 years ago, I built a G5RV antenna to temporarily get me on the air. BUT when I had to move, I had to give up this wonderful array of antennas.įast forward to today. I once had a tower with a nice Mosley TA- 33, 3 element beam for 10-15 & 20 meters along with a 80/40 meter dipole ALL store bought. I have been a ham for over 34 years and have had many different antennas through those years. ![]()
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