Amateur Radio @sh.itjust.works Daklon @lemmy.ml 10mo ago

2m 70cm hanger dipole

www.ea8dhy.es 2m 70cm dipole hanger - EA8DHY

Personal website from EA8DHY

Hi! I wanted to share a simple dual band dipole that I've built recently. It has been performing perfectly fine for me the las weeks given the fact that I'm at the first floor of a tall building surrounded by tall buildings also.

Also it's extremely cheap to build. To get it out I'm using a fishing pole.

Maybe someone in the same situation than me could find it useful.

5 comments

Whatever gets you on the air is what counts
- Yes, any antenna is better than no antenna at all. But I've been struggling to find a solution for my qth. Almost everyone assumes that you have a balcony to put the antenna and I didn't have one. So hopefully this could work for others.
  
  Oh, i know how that is for sure.
  
  Is this for FM? Most people are using vertically polarized antennas for that. You could turn it on it's side, and feed that coax sideways for at least a few feet.