Questions tagged [wire-antenna]

Anything to do with wire antennas, including how to build one, how different wire antennas perform, how to tune them or when to use a balun, and what types of wire work best in certain antennas.

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Tuning a wire antenna by folding

Last weekend we tuned a quad loop for 80 m and 40 m. Instead of cropping, we folded the isolated wire using cable ties as shown in the picture below. After folding several quite large sections of the wire, we got the SWR under 1.2, so this approach…

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asked Jun 27 '17 at 10:22

koalo

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Most effective placement of receive-only long wire antenna?

I've currently got a long-wire antenna (made from 24 ga. wire recovered from CAT-5) running to a receive only MW/HF radio. It is hung from a tree bough down to a window and looks approximately like this: I have seen other configurations of wire…

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asked Jun 11 '15 at 12:49

nvahalik

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Long Wire Antenna for SWL

Please don't laugh. I am totally ignorant about amateur radio. When I tried to use the internet to answer questions, all I have found are formulas and charts I don't understand. For example; I looked for instructions for erecting an inverted L…

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asked Feb 04 '18 at 18:35

Sooner Dan

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Suggestions for above-roof mounting Windom

Setup We just finished an addition on our house, and I have (on the diagonal) ~65 feet of space to work with. The pitch of the roof raises ~5-6 feet from the gutters to the apex of the roof. Roof access is relatively easy, feed line is already run…

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