Not a shopping guide, but a collection of useful references for buying or building various antennas.

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Messi and Paloni Coax Scissors
Messi and Paloni POTA Cable kit - 100ft + spool + case
DD5LP / G8GLM / VK2JI blog
BAOFENG UV-17R
Radial Kit for SF-2 for Base Station Use
HUSTLER SF-2 - 144 MHz 5/8 Wave 3.4 dB Mobile Antenna - Fits 3/8 - 24 Mount

Coil-Shortened Vertical Antenna Calculator
Coil Inductance Calculator
Quarter-Wave Vertical Antenna Length Calculator

The Buddistick PRO 40m to 6m kit - $199
Wolf River Coils

Brand	Model	Description	MSRP	MaxPwr	Bands	Features	Links
Comet	HFJ-350M Toy Box	Multi-Band Telescopic baseloaded	$129	50-100W	160 80 60 40 30 20 17 15 12 10 6M 2M 70		Tuning Guide / Review
unknown		10M, 6M, VHF, UHF Disk Cone Base Antenna	$99.95	600W HF | 200W VHF/UHF	160 80 60 40 30 20 17 15 12 10 6M 2M 70	$78 @Belton
Diamond	HF40CL	40M Only Center Loaded	~ $70	200W PEP	160 80 60 40 30 20 17 15 12 10 6M 2M 70

The End Fed Half Wave Antenna Steve Yates - AA5TB

Brand	Model	Description	MSRP	MaxPwr	Bands	Features	Links
MFJ	MFJ-1982LP	End Fed Half Wave	$79	30W	160 80 60 40 30 20 17 15 12 10 6M 2M 70		Manual
MFJ	MFJ-1982MP	End Fed Half Wave	$99	300W	160 80 60 40 30 20 17 15 12 10 6M 2M 70
MFJ	MFJ-1982HP	End Fed Half Wave	$130	800W	160 80 60 40 30 20 17 15 12 10 6M 2M 70
MFJ	MFJ-1984LP	End Fed Half Wave	$69	30W	160 80 60 40 30 20 17 15 12 10 6M 2M 70
MFJ	MFJ-1984MP	End Fed Half Wave	$89	300W	160 80 60 40 30 20 17 15 12 10 6M 2M 70
MFJ	MFJ-1984HP	End Fed Half Wave	$109	800W	160 80 60 40 30 20 17 15 12 10 6M 2M 70

Brand	Model	Description	MSRP	MaxPwr	Bands	Features	Links

Brand	Model	Description	MSRP	MaxPwr	Bands	Features	Links

I bought 2 each 20M and 40M used and apparently Shark brand "hamsticks" at the Belton hamfest a couple of years ago. I mounted the 40M sticks onto a dipole mount and took a few minutes tuning with a RigExpert AA35 Zoom to get the SWR down to about 1.6 at 7.250MHz. The SWR jumped around a lot as I moved the coax, the interaction with the partially metal pole was obvious. Note to self: go fiberglass next time.

The dipole was aimed more or less East. I attached it to my FT-991A and started scanning 40M. The first voices were a daily net at 7.240 and one operator mentioned a home base in Georgia. Signal was very clear with a reasonable noise floor. Second hit was at 7.212 with 6-8 operators who seemed to be in East Texas specifically mentioning College Station and Houston. Signal quality was excellent, most sounded like they were sitting on the patio with me. The third hit was at 7.208 and involved operators in Oklahoma and NE Texas. I did not rotate the antenna to improve the signal, and the audio was a little more challanging to dig out of the noise for some participants.

The next day's experiment used the same dipole mounted to a 2x2. Prototyping a potential mount for an upcoming RV trip I attached the pole to the trailer's ladder. One stick was over the RV (with the air conditioner running) and the other end overlapped the house's roof by a few feet. I managed to find the 7.208 guys again, but the elevated noise floor (likely due to the AC two feet away) made several members impossible to understand. Next time, raise the antenna and get it away from the AC.

Brand	Model	Description	MSRP	MaxPwr	Bands	Features	Links

3D Printed Accessories
End Fed Half Wave Compensation Coil
End Fed Halfwave HF Antenna with Winder
QRP 40M EFHW Reel Style Housing

Remaining to be classified
25 Foot Long Telescoping Whip Antenna by Chameleon: SS25 - GAME CHANGER - Use, Review & Comparison
BUY the CHA SS25 Stainless Steel Whip

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REZ Antennas - 40 / 80 M Ranger backpack kits

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Note: ATU-100 doesn't use latching relays and may be short on power handling capability:
N7DDC-ATU-100-mini-and-extended-boards PCB / FW for ATU-100 tuner
Technical Description of the ATU-100 by N7DDC

Etsy - HamRadioAntennas
Same seller on Ebay




ATAS-120 Technical Supplement
creating_an_atas-120a_controller


A HF Screwdriver Antenna on an RV Video
EFHW Antenna, Building the Transformer Steve Ellington Video
Multiband / EFHW Antenna Presentation Steve Ellington N4LQ at BVRC
Discussion about the far field radiation patterns produced by each harmonic of an End Fed Half Wave antenna in straight form.
FB: KB9VBR J-Pole Antennas
Hamstick Dipole Fact Sheet (Company is EOL)
M² Antenna Systems
Diamond Antenna
Wolf RF Systems(Producer of the K9AY low frequency receiving antenna system.)
Granite State Antennas by K1JEK
Hi-Q Antennas by W6HIQ
G3TXQ/SK - Steve Hunt - Understanding the Hexbeam
Wikipedia J-pole_antenna
Alex Loop
Array Solutions
Arrow Antennas
Buddipole
Chameleon Antennas
Comet Antenna
Elk Antennas
Gap Antenna
Green Heron Engineering rotators, switches
JK Antennas
Mastrant guyropes
New-Tronics
Tennadyne
US Tower
Say Goodbye to that G5RV! Look at the ZS6BKW AE4VJ
The ZS6BKW jr Better known as The G0GSF Antenna #compact #ZS6BKW
Champion Radio-Professional tower supplies
Dunestar Systems-RF Filters, Antenna Remote Switching
K0XG Rotating Tower Equipment
The Mast Co.
Top Ten Devices, Inc.