wire antennas
This page contains the contents of a talk I gave to the Radio Society of Great Britain's HF & IOTA Convention in Gatwick, London, on Sunday 24th October 2004.
presentation
The presentation slides used are available in two formats. You may choose to download the Presentation slides in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) or you may click through the slides by clicking in the box below (requires Macromedia Flash)
software
The Perl source code for the dipole calculator used in the talk may be downloaded (released under GNU GPL). Note that you will need a Perl interpreter on your computer to use it.
useful links
- Coax Traps - Ideas on making a trap (for a trap dipole) out of coaxial cable
- US Marine Corps Antenna Handbook - Very good guide to antenna theory, at no cost :)
- Cubical Quad - Design for a cubical quad, featuring the quater wave of 75 Ohm coax to match
- Multiband Dipole - Design for multiple dipoles using a common centre
- DXZone Delta Loops designs - Links to various designs for delta loop antennas
Please feel free to suggest more
