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A collection of easy-to-use tools developed by a radio amateur for use by anybody with an interest in designing and building their own lightweight portable wire antennas for the HF amateur bands. (portable-antennas.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by vk6flab@lemmy.radio to c/amateur_radio@lemmy.radio

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Such antennas are primarily to be used in person-portable / rucksack-portable activations of parks, hills and mountains, islands and lighthouses in the various amateur radio outdoor award schemes. They would also be ideal for Field-Day operations, either as the main antenna for a single-op entry, or as an alternative antenna for multi-op entries. Of course, the same antenna designs can also be used at a home QTH - just use more substantial fittings and support structures.

The tools included in each designer page enable displays of radiation patterns, VSWR curves, antenna current diagrams, and Smith charts - all calculated and displayed dynamically for the antenna you design. No other website offers such an extensive set of tools to check your antenna design.

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[–] CrackedLinuxISO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

These are really cool! I've been meaning to get a 6m antenna ever since I got my IC-705. Now that this page has taught me about the hentenna, I think I might build one.