Chris, All is not lost if you can run an antenna inside unless you live in a faraday cage. Stow the half wave dipole until your living situation changes to a more opportunistic location or use it for

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Keeping the wire straight is not all that important. You would think it would be critical but you will be able to work stations with one end of a dipole laying on the ground, not suggesting it but lik

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I’ll check it out.

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One of my club members has a similar situation and he strung a 20M dipole down a hallway and held it in place with thumbtacks. He admits it's not the best setup, but the only one he can manage and he

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Unfortunately I would have to bribe the maintenance guy to climb up and then drill a hole in the wall, which is possible. But the coax being tacked up will draw attention. You guys don’t have to apolo

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Chris, I also would recommend a half wave end fed. The QRP Guys https://qrpguys.com/qrpguys-end-fed-wire-antenna is the perfect comb for your uBitx, all you need is some cheap wire. I have found cheap

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Chris many options exist for low cost, homemade antennas. yes cheap thin wire as others suggest. an effective small antenna takes some effort so be patient, especially in this time of solar flux. a co

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Hi, Just use very thin wire for outside. That will probably deter theft. I've even used a single strand from an old ethernet cable (there are 8 strands inside). You can solder pieces together if it is

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Use a steel wire rather than copper. a half wave end fed would be 64-65 feet for 7mhz and higher frequencies. 33 feet if you want 14mhz and above. if you are up high enough you might let it drape down

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If you have a balcony you might be able to get away with using HAMstick radiators (ie a different one for each band). I used to use a modified CB mag mount antenna on 15 M back when solar prop was a b

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Depends how aggressive you want to be. Organize a high voltage to the dipole (both legs unless balun-isolated), switchable instead of the rig while not in use. A few kV should do enough damage to dete

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Too bad you live in a place where wire will be stolen. The big issue I has when I used my deck railing to support a stealth antenna was all the noise from the electronics in my house. A Gell cell batt

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I was offered a complete V3 from a kind ham. I have a dilemma now that I have a rig. I have a half wave dipole and I live in an apartment. My landlord said I could hang it outside and run coax in to o

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https://qsl.net/nf4rc/2019/InstructionsEFHW.pdf Look way to the end of this article and you will find data on the losses of the simple original design we used locally. They weren’t great, but they wer

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I ordered the mini no tune EFHW kit from QRPguys... almost 3 weeks ago. No shipping notification yet.

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Hi, I just discovered this while searching for antenna information. https://www.sciplus.com/quartz-crystal-antenna-48656-p A genuine "Quartz" antenna. Looks like some rocks in a box to tie the ends of

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I would use a glass fiber fishing pole, extend as long as possible a wire matched without any transformer with a mfj tuner/artificial ground.

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I can't speak to the "best" configuration, but I can say I've strung mine up portable every which way and they work well. I would guess a long vertical would be a good bet.

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Dave, What antenna configuration would you suggest to install your 49:1. 64ft antenna (exactly what I have) Originally I thought (given my local setup) I would put the unun on a pole on my roof about

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I do better with a end fed half wave that has a 49:1 transformer as opposed to a 9:1. You. Should try a 49:1 transformer. Joe KD2NFC

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