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☀ Solar
SFI 125
SN 85
A 7
K 1 Quiet
X-Ray C1.7
Wind 403.4 km/s
Aurora 1
Updated 03:00 UTC HamQSL · N0NBH
Day 80/40m Fair 30/20m Good 17/15m Good 12/10m Fair
Night 80/40m Good 30/20m Good 17/15m Good 12/10m Poor

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HF Antennas

Discuss HF antenna design, tuning, and performance for amateur radio long-distance communication.

  1. Use of coax as capacitor

    Keith,
    • 0 replies
    • 67 views
    Keith

  2. trapped vertical vs simple dipole for 40m — is it even worth the hassle

    Carol Davis,
    • 1 reply
    • 5 views
    Anna Petrov

  3. 40m dipole vs vertical — cant decide, maybe someone can talk me out of it

    Linda Chen,
    • 1 reply
    • 10 views
    Jennifer Williams

  4. my 40m dipole keeps acting weird after i moved it

    Michael Moore99,
    • 1 reply
    • 10 views
    Catherine O'Brien

  5. 40m dipole vs vertical — fed up with the tradeoffs, just want opinions

    Rebecca Davis,
    • 1 reply
    • 21 views
    Sarah Thompson

  7. 40m dipole vs vertical - which is actually better for casual DX work

    Jessica Moore,
    • 1 reply
    • 11 views
    Michael Brown79

  8. dipole vs vertical for 40m — is the height difference really that big a deal

    James Williams,
    • 1 reply
    • 11 views
    Brian Murphy

  9. vertical vs dipole for 40m - am i overthinking this

    Steven Wright,
    • 1 reply
    • 82 views
    David Kowalski

  10. dipole vs vertical for 40m — am i overthinking this

    Michael Thomas,
    • 1 reply
    • 23 views
    Michelle Garcia

  11. vertical vs dipole for 40m — am i overthinking this

    Lisa Rodriguez91,
    • 1 reply
    • 39 views
    Michael Williams

  13. inverted V vs straight dipole for 40m — worth the hassle?

    John Williams,
    • 1 reply
    • 15 views
    Andrew Jackson

  14. wire dipole vs vertical for 40m — is it even worth comparing

    Christine Lee,
    • 1 reply
    • 35 views
    Ham Fan 24

  15. finally built a fan dipole for 40/20/15 — some notes on what actually worked

    Christine Lee,
    • 1 reply
    • 69 views
    Patricia Garcia

  16. 40m dipole vs vertical — which actually works better for dx from a flat lot

    Bob Wilson,
    • 1 reply
    • 17 views
    Sarah Williams

  17. dipole vs vertical for 40m — cant decide and kind of going in circles

    Emily Wilson,
    • 1 reply
    • 28 views
    Michael Rodriguez

  19. inverted V vs flat top dipole on 40m — worth the hassle?

    Steven Brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 14 views
    Michelle Taylor

  20. 40m dipole vs vertical — fed up with the noise floor on the dipole honestly

    Jennifer Wu,
    • 1 reply
    • 36 views
    James Moore

  21. 40m dipole vs vertical — anyone actually done a real comparison at home?

    Amanda Williams,
    • 1 reply
    • 44 views
    James Taylor

  22. wire dipole vs vertical for 40m — am i overthinking this

    Jennifer Lee,
    • 1 reply
    • 21 views
    Michael Thompson

  23. SWR over 3:1 with new 80m trap dipole - feedline loss masking true mismatch?

    Mike Rodriguez,
    • 2 replies
    • 564 views
    Sarah Mitchell94

  25. 80m dipole acting weird at my new QTH

    John Mitchell,
    • 1 reply
    • 117 views
    Carol Davis

  26. inverted V vs flat top dipole — worth the hassle to get it flat?

    Lisa Anderson,
    • 1 reply
    • 17 views
    John Williams

  27. wire dipole vs vertical for 40m — is the vertical really worth the hassle

    Microwave Guy,
    • 1 reply
    • 57 views
    Amanda Johnson64

  28. 40m dipole vs vertical for a small suburban lot — am i overthinking this

    Ashley Johnson24,
    • 1 reply
    • 100 views
    Mike Thompson

  29. dipole vs vertical for 40m — is the height difference really that big a deal

    Amanda Jackson,
    • 1 reply
    • 33 views
    James Rodriguez

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