Wire Antennas for Ham Radio
Iulian Rosu YO3DAC / VA3IUL, http://www.qsl.net/va3iul
Note: Dimensions of the antennas presented below are either in: feet ('), inch ("), meters (m), or centimeters (cm)
01 - Tee Antenna
02 - Half-Lamda Tee Antenna
03 - Twin-Led Marconi Antenna
04 - Swallow-Tail Antenna
05 - Random Length Radiator Wire Antenna
06 - Windom Antenna
07 - Windom Antenna - Feed with coax cable
08 - Quarter Wavelength Vertical Antenna
09 - Folded Marconi Tee Antenna
10 - Zeppelin Antenna
11 - EWE Antenna
12 - Dipole Antenna - Balun
13 - Multiband Dipole Antenna
14 - Inverted-Vee Antenna
15 - Sloping Dipole Antenna
16 - Vertical Dipole
17 - Delta Fed Dipole Antenna
18 - Bow-Tie Dipole Antenna
19 - Bow-Tie Folded Dipole Antenna for RX
20 - Multiband Tuned Doublet Antenna
21 - G5RV Antenna
22 - Wideband Dipole Antenna
23 - Wideband Dipole for Receiving
24 - Tilted Folded Dipole Antenna
25 - Right Angle Marconi Antenna
26 - Linearly Loaded Tee Antenna
27 - Reduced Size Dipole Antenna
28 - Doublet Dipole Antenna
29 - Delta Loop Antenna
30 - Half Delta Loop Antenna
31 - Collinear Franklin Antenna
32 - Four Element Broadside Antenna
33 - The Lazy-H Array Antenna
34 - Sterba Curtain Array Antenna
35 - T-L DX Antenna
36 - 1.9 MHz Full-wave Loop Antenna
37 - Multi-Band Portable Antenna
38 - Off-center-fed Full-wave Doublet Antenna
39 - Terminated Sloper Antenna
40 - Double Extended Zepp Antenna
41 - TCFTFD Dipole Antenna
42 - Vee-Sloper Antenna
43 - Rhombic Inverted-Vee Antenna
44 - Counterpoise Longwire
45 - Bisquare Loop Antenna
46 - Piggyback Antenna for 10m
47 - Vertical Sleeve Antenna for 10m
48 - Double Windom Antenna
49 - Double Windom for 9 Bands
50 - Collinear Trap Antenna
51 - Short Dipole Antenna for 40m - 80m - 160m
52 - Center Fed-Zepp Antenna for 80m - 40m
53 - All-Bands Antenna
54 - All-Bands Dipole Antenna
55 - Multiband Z Antenna
56 - Multiband Dipole Antenna
57 - Five-Bands No-Tuner Antenna
58 - Dualband Full-wave Loop Antenna for 80m-40m
59 - Loop Antenna for 10m
60 - Lazy Quad Antenna for 10m
61 - Tri-band Delta Loop Antenna for 80m - 40m - 30m
62 - Dual-band Loop Antenna for 30m - 40m
63 - Wire-Beam Antenna for 80m
64 - Dual-Band Sloper Antenna
65 - Inverted-V Beam Antenna for 30m
66 - ZL-Special Beam Antenna for 15m
67 - Half-Sloper Antenna for 160m
68 - Two-Bands Half Sloper for 80m - 40m
69 - Linear Loaded Sloper Antenna for 160m
70 - Super-Sloper Antenna
71 - Tower Pole as a Vertical Antenna for 80m
72 - Clothesline Antenna
73 - Curtain Zepp Antenna for 160m, 80m, 40m
74 - Collinear Array Antenna for 40m, 30m, 20m
75 - 160m Inverted Delta Loop
76 - Half Rhombic Unidirectional Vertical for 20m to 6m
77 - Capacitance Loaded Vertical Antenna for 160m
78 - Fan Dipole Antenna for 80m to 6m
79 - Wire Ground Plane Antenna
80 - Inverted Delta Loop Antenna for 160m
81 - Inverted-L for 160m
82 - 300ohm-Ribbon Dual Band Dipole
83 - Tri-Band Beam for 20m, 15m, 10m
84 - Mini-Horse Yagi Antenna
85 - Half-Rhombic Directive Antenna for 20m to 6m
86 - Fan-Dipole Antenna for 80m, 40m, 20m
87 - Capacity Tuned Folded Loop Antenna for 20m
88 - Indoor Loop Antenna for 80m to 30m
89 - Indoor Loop Antenna for 80m
90 - Double-Delta Antenna 80m and 40m
91 - Inductance-Loaded Shortened Dipole for 160m
92 - V-Beam Antenna for 15m
93 - Picnic Vertical Wire Antenna
94 - Laid-Back Quad Antenna for 80m
95 - Phased Loop Antenna
96 - Loop Antenna for TX for 160m
97 - Morgain-Dipole Antenna for 160m and 80m
98 - ZL-Special for 20m, 15m, 10m
99 - Biconical Antenna
100 - Directive Delta-Birdcage Antenna for 20m to 10m
101 - Dual Polarization Antenna for 80m and 40m
102 - Directive 300-ohm-Ribbon Folded Dipole for 15m
103 - Miniature Directive Antenna for 10m
104 - Biquad Antenna 12dBi-Gain for 2.4GHz
105 - Dual-Rhomboid Antenna for 435MHz to 870MHz
106 - Double-Bazooka Antenna for 80m
107 - J-Style Antenna
108 - Vertical / Horizontal / Circular Polarization Antenna
109 - Coax Inverted-L Antenna for 80m
110 - Indoor Compact Loop Antenna for 80m
111 - Helix Antenna
112 - Novice Vertical Antenna for 80m, 40m, 15m, 10m
113 - Stub-Loaded Shortened Dipole for 80m
114 - Six-Band Wire-Stub Trap Antenna for 40m-10m
115 - Multiband Half-Wave Delta-Loop Antenna
116 - Hybrid Vee for 20m, 17m
117 - Six-Shooter Array Antenna, Gain=7.5dB
118 - Multiband Ground-Plane Antenna for 10m, 15m, 20m
119 - Wire Superbeam Antenna for 10m, 15m, 20m
120 - Two Elements Delta-Loop Antenna
121 - Sterba Curtain Antenna
122 - Half-Wave Vertical Zepp Antenna
123 - Lazy-Loop Antenna for 40m
124 - Terminated Folded Dipole for 80m, 40m
125 - Short-Fat Antenna for 15m
126 - Cobra Antenna for 80m
127 - Log-Periodic Wire Antenna for 20m, 15m, 10m
128 - 5-Element Log-Periodic Vertical Antenna for 80m, 40m, 20m
129 - 2m Vertical Wire Antennas
130 - Earth-Mover Inverted-V Antenna for 40m
131 - Coax-Cable Collinear Antennas
132 - Double Bobtail Antenna for 20m
133 - Collinear Zepp Antenna
134 - Taylor Vee Antenna for 20m
135 - Collinear Vertical Antenna 6dB-Gain for 2m, 1.3m, 73cm
136 - Bi-Loop Antenna for 20m
137 - Wire Beam 6dBd-Gain for 10m
138 - Sloping Diamond Antenna 4dB-Gain for 40m
139 - Twisted Loop Antenna for 160m
140 - DX RX Loop Antenna for 160m
141 - Hentenna 3dB-Gain for 10m, 6m, 2m
142 - VK2AAR Wire Antenna for 20m
143 - 2-Elements Quad Antenna for 6m
144 - Hula-Loop Bidirectional 6dB-Gain Antenna for 17m
145 - Moxon Rectangle Beam for 15m-10m
146 - Double-D Beam 4dB-Gain
147 - KE4PT OCEF All-Band Dipole
148 - Wire Quad Antenna for 40m
149 - Inclined Dipole Antenna for 80m, 40m
150 - Pyramidal Wire Antenna for 80m
151 - Random Wire Antenna All Bands
152 - Multiband Dipole Antenna for 80m, 40m,15m, 10m
153 - Slim Jim Wire Antenna for 4m
154 - Delta Loop for 6m
155 - Re-Configurable Antenna for 160m and 80m
156 - Very Low Frequency Inverted-L Antenna
157 - Reduced Size Half Sloper Antenna for 160m
158 - Tree-Mounted HF Antenna
159 - Multiband Vertical Antenna for 80m, 40m, 20m
160 - Marconi Antenna for 136 kHz
161 - Simple Killer Antenna for 40m
162 - Stub-Directed V Antenna for 80m
163 - KT0NY Over-and-Under DX Antenna for 20m
164 - Horizontal Loop Antennas
165 - Ribbon J-Pole for 2m
166 - Dual Band Ribbon J-Pole for 2m, 70cm
167 - Square Vertical Loop Antenna for 40m
168 - Tri-Band Quad Antenna for 20m, 15m, 10m
169 - 3D Quad Antenna for 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m, 10m
170 - Sloping Wire Antenna for 30m, 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m, 10m
171 - Broadband Dipole Antenna with Coaxial Resonator for 80m
172 - Resonant Feedline Dipole Antenna for 80m
173 - Dual-Band Loading Wire Antenna for 80m, 30m
174 - Stub Matching Antennas
175 - J-Style Vertical Wire Antenna for 10m
176 - Dual Band Vertical with Zepp Feeders for 40m, 20m
177 - RCA Double Doublet for 40m to 12m
178 - RCA Spiderweb Antenna for 40m to 6m
179 - Folded Dipole with Shorted Straps
180 - Twin-Lead Marconi Antenna for 160m, 80m
181 - Broadband Antenna Quarter-Wave Balun for 80m
182 - Three-Quarter-Wave Folded Doublet for Dual-Band
183 - Three-Quarter-Wave Folded Doublet No-Switch for Dual-Band
184 - Wideband Omni-Directional Discone Antenna
185 - Wideband Rhombic Antenna for 40m to 10m
186 - Pre-Cut Linear Array Antenna 3dB-Gain for 40m
187 - X-Array Antenna 6dB-Gain for 20m, 15m, 10m
188 - Double-Bruce Array Antenna 5dB-Gain for 20m, 10m
189 - Bi-Square Broadside Array 4dB-Gain for 20m, 15m, 10m
190 - Six-Shooter Broadside Array 7.5dB-Gain for 20m, 15m, 10m
191 - Triplex Flat-Top Beam 4.5dB-Gain for 20m, 15m, 10m
192 - Dual-Band Tilt Antenna for 20m, 10m
193 - Super Space Multiband Dipole Antenna for 80m to 10m
194 - Bi-Square Beam Antenna Gain=5.5dB for 10m
195 - Cousin of G5RV Multiband Antenna for 40m to 10m
196 - Cayman Quad Antenna for 20m
197 - Hentenna Gain=3dB with Bazooka Match for 6m
198 - X-Beam Antenna Gain=3dB for 20m
199 - Twin Delta Loop Antenna Gain=6dB for 160m, 80m, 40m
200 - Inverted-V Beam Antenna for 30m
201 - FD4 Windom Antenna for 80m, 40m, 20m, 10m
202 - Two Elements Phased Delta Loop for 40m
203 - Three Elements Wire Yagi for 10m
204 - Low Radiation Angle Full-Wave Loop Antenna for 80m
205 - Collinear Antenna Gain=3dB for 2m
206 - X-Ray Monoband Antenna Gain=6.5dBd
207 - Broadside Collinear Curtain Array for 20m
208 - Shrunk Loop Antenna for 80m, 40m
209 - λ/3 Multiband Dipole for 40m, 20m, 17m, 15m, 13m, 10m
210 - K3LR Sloper Antenna Gain=3dB for 160m
211 - Mini Folded Vertical Monopole Antenna for 160m, 80m, 40m
212 - Three Band Dipole for 80m, 40m, 20m
213 - Stub Matched Dipole Antenna
214 - Inverted-Vee Antenna with Bazooka Match
215 - Multiband Long Wire Antenna for 40m, 20m, 15m, 10m
216 - Converted Vee Antenna for 80m, 40m
217 - Swiss Quad Antenna for 20m, 15m, 10m
218 - Japanese Quad Antenna for 20m, 15m, 10m
219 - Seven-Elements Triangle Beam Antenna for 20m
220 - Log Periodic Wire Antenna for 40m
221 - Three-Elements 90-degrees Wire Beam for 20m
222 - Two-Elements Wire Beam for 20m
223 - Suitcase-Fit Dipole Antenna for 80m, 40m, 20m
224 - Multiband Coaxial Dipole for 80m, 40m
225 - Vertical Log Periodic Antenna for 80m, 40m
226 - Inverted Vertical Log Periodic Antenna for 40m
227 - Double Extended Zepp Antenna Gain=7dB for 15m
228 - Double Lazy-H Antenna G=10dB for 70cm
229 - Wire Log Periodic Antenna G=12dB for 15m, 20m
230 - Five-Elements Vertical Log Periodic for 80m, 40m, 20m
231 - Sloping Delta Loop Antenna for 40m
232 - Doublet Antenna for 160m
233 - Log Periodic Wire Beam for 40m
234 - G3LDO Wire Beam Antenna for 20m, 15m, 10m
235 - Phased Delta Loop Array for 20m
236 - Dual Band V-dipole for 80m, 40m
237 - Collinear Array 5dB-Gain for 15m
238 - Two-Band Quad Loop Antenna 80m, 40m
239 - K7CW Quad Antenna
240 - Broadband Short Dipole for 80m
241 - Off-Center Fed Dipole for 40m, 20m, 10m
242 - Broadband Sloper Antenna for 80m
243 - Two-Frequency Dipole Antenna for 80m
244 - Top Loaded Vertical Antenna for 160m
245 - Two Loop Beam Antenna for 20m, 15m
246 - Corner-Fed Delta Loop Antenna for 80m, 40m, 20m
247 - Loaded Delta Loop Antenna for 40m, 20m
248 - Compact Size Dipole for 80m
249 - JAWS 3dB Gain Antenna for 40m
250 - Inverted-V Antenna for 160m
251 - Lazy-U Antenna for 160m
252 - AF3V Compact Antenna for 160m
253 - Hot Beam Wire Antenna for 40m
254 - Sloping Delta Loop for 40m
255 - K6FD Multiband Antenna with T-tuner
256 - Dual Band Dipole Antenna for 17m, 10m
257 - Compact Travel Dipole Antenna for 10m, 15m, 20m
258 - End-Fire Antenna for 160m, 80m, 40m, 20m
259 - Four Band Loop for 40m, 20m, 15m, 10m
260 - Carolina Windom Antenna for 80 to 10m
261 - Shortened Loaded Dipole for 40m
262 - Shortened Loaded Dipole for 80m
263 - Low Radiation Angle Inverted Delta Loop for 80m
264 - Compact Dipole Antenna for 40m, 15m
265 - Vertical Delta Loop for 40m to 10m
266 - Delta Loop Antenna for 17m
267 - Bi-Square Beam Gain=3dBd for 17m
268 -Trap Dipole Antenna for 17m,13m
269 - Hanging Unipole Antenna for 160m, 80m
270 - Wideband Sloping Vee Antenna - 30m to 6m
271 - 5/8 Wavelength Antenna
272 - C-Pole Vertical Antenna
273 - Bobtail Antenna for 30m
274 - Bobtail Antenna for 40m
275 - Two Elements Vertical Loop Antenna for 40m
276 - Double Extended Zepp Antenna for 40m
277 - Reversible Moxon Flip Beam for 40m
278 - Spitwire Antenna for 40m
279 - Fork Antenna for 40m
280 - Veebeam Antenna 3dB-Gain for All Bands
281 - Vertical Moxon Antenna for 10m
282 - Half-Square Antenna for 30m
283 - Rotatable Vertical Delta Loop for 20m
284 - Mini-Horse Antenna 10dB-Gain for 40m-to-2m
285 - Compact Moxon Antenna 5dB-Gain for 40m
286 - Two Elements Sloping Delta Loop 8dB-Gain for 10m
287 - Two Elements Phased Vertical Antenna 3dB-Gain for 40m
References:
Antenna Toolkit - J. Carr
Practical Antenna Handbook - J. Carr
More Antenna Classics - C. Hutchinson
Amateur Radio Techniques - P. Hawker
The Radio Handbook - W. Orr (editor), 15th edition
The Radio Antenna Handbook - Engineering Staff of "Radio"
Jones Antenna Handbook - Frank C. Jones
SM0DTK - http://www.sm0dtk.se/antennas.htm
ARRL Antenna Handbook 1990-2007
ARRL Handbook 1937-2009
ARRL Antenna Compendium
73 Magazine 1970-2002
Funkamateur Magazine 1990-2011
RSGB Handbook - 2007 - 2010
QST Magazine - 1980 - 2010
Ham Radio Magazine - 1969 - 1990
Radio-Electronics Magazine - 1986 - 1990
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