Cheap HF Antennas for Ham Radio. Simple multi-band designs that cost little and are easy to make.

Published at : 23 Dec 2025

Many Ham Radio operators are working on a budget where the cost of a commercial antenna eats too heavily into the finance available. Maybe you are a beginner and would like to build yourself a simple antena to get you started. Here, Peter G3OJV, provides some simple designs that reqire little more than some wire and coax cable.

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Antenna Analysers
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RG-58 Coax
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Dipole Centre
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Dipole Baluns
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4-BTV Antenna
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FT-710 Transceiver
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