Shortening your dipole
We are going to use an 80 meter 1/2 wave dipole for this discussion.An 80 meter dipole 3.8mhz is about 38.5 meters 126.3feet total length
post 21 Apr 2023
Antenna 40 Meter Links →
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
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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After using verticals for 40 meter and last year a delta loop this year I choose to make a rotatable dipole
My homebrew vertical antenna worked great for FD netting me 60 contacts in 23 U.S. states
Scale 1:100 all dimensions in meters. Overall length 16.6 m, f = 7 MHz
My 40m coaxial dipole antenna worked surprisingly well, considering how many compromises it was dealing with