Absolutely amazing! This is precisely what I have been looking for! I have antenna wire ordered and purchased the ARRL Antenna book at our last club meeting. Thanks for the simple yet informative video. I'm sure it would be helpful to see it in action if you ever get a chance!
Love my dipoles! I have a 160, 75, and 40 meter multiband dipole up, and i use it all the time. It requires no tuner after i pruned it for where i talk. I just bought a 500' roll of 14 guage wire from The Home Depot and some PVC pipe for the center insulator..
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i love short wave listening on hf, if i was to make a dipole for the band i wanted to listen on by rolling up the wire to make it shorter would i get a better reception? or for listen wouldnt it make any differance as the signal would just hit the parts of the wire showing.
Your best bet for monitoring only would be the longest wire possible and perhaps a small antenna tuner at the transmitter to assist in making the circuit resonant over a broad spectrum. A single long wire will work better than anything balanced antenna for receiving. The longer the better.
Chuck... Just build a regular dipole, but make the wires as long as the lowest band you want to use. Then roll the ends up to shorten it for other bands. You can find directions for a dipole on the internet. Just do a Google search...
I use it as an inverted vee. If not, you'll have to lower it to make adjustments. You can mark the wire with tabs so you'll know how much to roll out or in each time
Your sense of where to edit was PERFECT. It was just at the moment when I checked my watch, then I looked up and it was interesting again! A very wry video--a bit of avant garde, maybe unintentionally.
The rollup dipole is a useful backpacking antenna, too, if weight is not a concern quite so much.
I can't visualize how you suspend the ends without the coil unravelling.
MrTdw1954 2 months ago
Can anyone tell me how to make an indoor CB ant for an apartment. I bought a firestik for indoors and it does not work at all. Thanks in advance!
LoneRaven0102 2 months ago
Absolutely amazing! This is precisely what I have been looking for! I have antenna wire ordered and purchased the ARRL Antenna book at our last club meeting. Thanks for the simple yet informative video. I'm sure it would be helpful to see it in action if you ever get a chance!
USCOMBATDIVER 5 months ago
Thanks. Rob
Jackupnow 5 months ago
Going to have to try this as soon as I have a suitable radio.
73
VE8ML
rluxon 8 months ago
Love my dipoles! I have a 160, 75, and 40 meter multiband dipole up, and i use it all the time. It requires no tuner after i pruned it for where i talk. I just bought a 500' roll of 14 guage wire from The Home Depot and some PVC pipe for the center insulator..
TheZeke1974 11 months ago
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Epic2sisters 1 year ago
i love short wave listening on hf, if i was to make a dipole for the band i wanted to listen on by rolling up the wire to make it shorter would i get a better reception? or for listen wouldnt it make any differance as the signal would just hit the parts of the wire showing.
pspbarry 2 years ago
Your best bet for monitoring only would be the longest wire possible and perhaps a small antenna tuner at the transmitter to assist in making the circuit resonant over a broad spectrum. A single long wire will work better than anything balanced antenna for receiving. The longer the better.
N0rthwestRadio 1 year ago
@N0rthwestRadio thank you, i have now joined my local ham club and studying for the license.
pspbarry 1 year ago
I like this idea. Any idea where I can get the directions to make this? It would be my first home-brew antenna.
73!
Chuck
TangoTracker223 2 years ago
Chuck... Just build a regular dipole, but make the wires as long as the lowest band you want to use. Then roll the ends up to shorten it for other bands. You can find directions for a dipole on the internet. Just do a Google search...
Good Luck
Ron
Ronbob59 2 years ago
Got it..Thanks Ron your video helped out!
-Chuck
TangoTracker223 2 years ago
Just bought the book also. Thanks!
TangoTracker223 2 years ago
nice job one ting how do you roll it out to a different band if its in a tree?
tkdteen2 2 years ago
I use it as an inverted vee. If not, you'll have to lower it to make adjustments. You can mark the wire with tabs so you'll know how much to roll out or in each time
Ronbob59 2 years ago
The best ideas are allways simple.
Thanks for posting!
randytooth 2 years ago
Your sense of where to edit was PERFECT. It was just at the moment when I checked my watch, then I looked up and it was interesting again! A very wry video--a bit of avant garde, maybe unintentionally.
The rollup dipole is a useful backpacking antenna, too, if weight is not a concern quite so much.
kc7fys 3 years ago
Great information and very neat idea. It still amazes me how CW can work a very large part of the US if not all of it on 5 watts.
AllAmericanFiveRadio 3 years ago