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Shortening your dipole

Shortening your dipole
    Loaded dipole antenna that is intended to fit in available space
post 05 Feb 2026



Antenna 40 Meter Links

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A shortened 40 meter rotary dipole
After using verticals for 40 meter and last year a delta loop this year I choose to make a rotatable dipole

40 meter top loaded vertical 7 MHz
My homebrew vertical antenna worked great for FD netting me 60 contacts in 23 U.S. states

40m Band, portable dipole
Scale 1:100 all dimensions in meters. Overall length 16.6 m, f = 7 MHz

40 Meter Cage Dipole
Bands 40 meter the antenna consists of 6 runs of stranded wires spaced evenly around a plastic circle

40m Standard half-wave Dipole Antenna
My 40m coaxial dipole antenna worked surprisingly well, considering how many compromises it was dealing with


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