Articles
70-Centimeter:
- The Long-Boom Quagi
QST February 1978, pp. 20-21
Build a 15-element Quagi antenna for 432MHz.
Including "Additional Bands for the Quagi"
QST April 1978, Technical Correspondence, p. 34
(Also see "Building Quagi Antennas", ARRL Antenna Book 18th Edition, pp. 18-33 to 18-35)
2-Meter:
- Build a Portable Groundplane Antenna
QST July 1991, pp. 33-34
A suitable connector and some wire makes this nifty ground plane for your HT. - Recycle Those Rabbit Ears
QST May 1995, pp. 72-73
Make a 2-meter dipole from trashed TV rabbit Ears - Recycling TV Antennas for 2-Meter Use
QST November 1996, pp. 34-36
Make a 2-meter beam from junked TV antennas. - Make Your Own "Rubber Duckies"
QST March 1998, pp. 37-38
Make your own 2-meter rubber duckies that will perform better than many commercial units. - A Simple Fixed Antenna for VHF/UHF Satellite Work
QST August 2001, pp. 38-41
Work the low-earth orbiting satellites with this effective Turnstile Antenna system - A Simple Halo for 2-Meter Use
QST August 1957, p.29
Making a car-radio whip serve as a single-wire transmission line
6-Meter:
- The Simple Sixer
QST September 1999, pp. 56-57
A 6-meter rotatable dipole - Wire Gain Antennas for 6 Meters
QST February 1997, pp. 66-67
Several wire antennas from the Long-Wire all the way to the Sterba Curtain for some gain on 6-meters. - Let's Make the "Hentenna"
QST February 1982, pp. 16-17
An “interesting” VHF antenna made from sticks and wire. - Six Meters from Your Easy Chair
QST January 2002, pp. 33-34
A 6-meter squalo made from an old lawn chair - A Two-Band Halo for V.H.F. Mobile
QST September 1958, pp. 11-12, 140, 142
50 and 144 MHz with a single mobile antenna system - 6-Meter Quad-Turnstile
QST May 2002, pp. 42-46
A omni directional, horizontally polarizes 6-meter loop antenna - Portable 6-meter Yagi
QEX March 2003, pp. 57-60. This 2 element Yagi easily breaks down for portable operation.
Other:
- An Inexpensive External GPS Antenna
QST October 2002, pp. 36-39
Save money, homebrew your own external GPS antenna from commonly available materials: copper wire, cream cheese or margarine tub, RG-58U…
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