Difference between revisions of "HF Antennas"

Revision as of 19:47, 29 July 2020

No doubt about it, without a good antenna, no matter how good the receiver, you will not hear much of anything. These links should help even a newcomer feel comfortable about selecting and installing a HF antenna. There's several technical links for the experimenters in us, along with several commercial retailers. Warm up those soldering irons and get busy!

If you're a newcomer or old hat, or anywhere in between, when installing antennas, Safety First.
Make this link a must read. Don't become a statistic!

Commercial Retailers

Active Antennas

Bonito home page
- Bonito Boni-Whip (via Universal Radio)
- Bonito Boni Whip review via SWLing.com
- NTi Wideband Antennas (via Universal Radio)
- Traveling and DXing with the Bonito MegActive MA305 Antenna via SWLing.com
- New antenna from Bonito: The MegaDipole MD300DX wideband active dipole via SWLing.com
- Test the MegaDipole MD300DX wideband active dipole via a KiwiSDR via SWLing.com
Cross Country Wireless HF Active Antenna
Grahn GS5 Active Antennas (in German)
RF Systems DX-1 Pro Active Antenna

Other Manufacturers/Suppliers

Alpha Delta Communications
Balun-Designs.com
Barker and Williamson
Buckmaster 7 Band OCF dipole
Cobra UltraLite
Godar DXR-1000 AM/SW/FM Antenna
Ham Radio Fun - Antennas
HVend .3-30 Mhz SWL antenna
Lowbander.com
- Look at the bottom of the page
MFJ Wire Antennas and related
MyAntennas.com
Palomar Engineers
Radiowavz
SGC Base Station Antennas
SGC Portable, Mobile and Whip Antennas
Universal Radio SW/MW Antennas
Universal Radio Amateur Antennas
Vibroplex PAR EF-SWL Antenna via Universal Radio
- Vibroplex Announcement - PAR End Fed now made here
WinRadio Antennas

Homebrew and Technical

Where to start?

What is HAAT?
What is ERP?
Antenna Basics
Build a Multiband SW antenna (from the Hamuniverse site)

What about indoors?

Technical and construction topics

A Waterproof Shielded Housing for Active Short Monopole Antennas (PDF)
Active Antennas KB6RWX
Amateur 7 Element Yagi calculator
Beverage Antenna
An Attic Coaxial Cable Trap Dipole for 10,15,20,30,40 and 80 Meters
Antenna Lessons from Old Timers (EHam article)
Antenna Projects of Frank N4SPP
Balun-Designs.com
Bobtails and Half Squares
Complementary Push Pull Amplifiers for Active Antennas (PDF)
DIY Antenna Mounting Bracket
End Fed Half wave wire
Need a coax attachment to feed a fan dipole? Take a look at the Fan Dipole Attachment designed by chgomonitor
Feeding a Folded Dipole
Grounding Bulkhead with supressors for your scanning station
- Although the above article mentions a scanning station, this applies to HF, too
Grounding is Key to Good Reception (Blog article)
HFLink ALE Antennas (fan dipoles)
Joe Carr's Technical Notes - via DXing.com
Hard Core DX Antennas Page - Technical Discussions, Plans, Hidden Antennas and more
Magnetic Longwire Balun - Not really a Balun
Magnetic Longwire Balun - A Con or Not?
Monitoring Times - All About Antennas
PA0FRI Technical Information for Hams
Reinventing the tape dipole via eHam
Shortened Folded Dipoles via eHam
Six Band HF Center-Loaded Off Center Fed Dipole
The Terminated Tilted Folded Dipole (T2FD)
The Folded Dipole Antenna
The Snake Antenna (eHam)
Understanding Antennas for the Non-Technical Ham (PDF)
The Vactrol for MW and LW DXing
VE7SL -PA0RDT E Probe Antenna - Blog Notes

Indexed Links

AMANDX Indexed Articles

AMANDX = Association of Manitoba DXers. Their home page is here

Reviews

Yahoo and other Groups

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 * [http://www.hamradiofun.com/ Ham Radio Fun - Antennas]
 * [https://www.hyendcompany.nl/antenna/swl_antenna/product/detail/28/SWL_Antenna_0_3_30MHz/single#main HVend .3-30 Mhz SWL antenna]