Dipoles
The most popular HF antenna for hams with trees to use as antenna supports is the dipole.
- Five Bands, No Tuner   by G0FAH by G0FAH
 QST June 1995, p. 59
 A multiband dipole for 40, 20, 17, 12 and 10M.
 94 ft of wire center fed with 41 ft of ladder-line,
 a balun and coax back to the shack.
- The Off-Center-Fed Dipole Revisited: A Broadband, Multiband Antenna 
 QST August 1990, pp. 28-34
 A discussion of the Windom and the off-center-fed dipole as multiband antennas.
- Broad-Band 80-Meter Antenna  
 QST December 1980, pp. 36-37. Feedback, QST February 1981, p. 46.
 Construction and theory of operation of the "cage" broadband 80-meter antenna popular in the 1920s.
 Note: ARRLWeb: The "Cage" is Back! W1AW Installs New/Old Antenna.
- A Simple Broadband Dipole For 80 Meters
 QST September 1993 p. 27-30, 76. A simple broadbanding technique using alternating 50 and 75 ohm coax.
- The G5RV Multiband Antenna ... Up-to-Date  
 ARRL Antenna Compendium Volume 1, pp. 86-90
 A short center-loaded 40-meter dipole for portable QRP
- K8SYL’s 75 and 10-Meter Dipole  
 QST July 2002, pp. 32-34
- The K4VX Linear-Loaded Dipole for 7 MHz 
 QST July 2002, pp. 40-42
 A short but efficient 40-meter dipole
- A Triband Dipole for 30, 17, and 12 meters
 QEX March 2015
- "This Old Dipole"or Dipole 101 An antenna construction workshop conducted at Marshall N1FN's QTH on Sunday, 8/2/98 (An EXCELLENT step-by-step with color photos on constructing a dipole. - Ed.)
Wire Antennas
- Broadband Transmitting Wire  Antennas for 160 through 10 Meters  
 QST November 1995, pp.22-24
 A traveling-wave antenna offers some attractive qualities for your station: 50 ohm feedpoint at ground level, no tuner required, horizontal and vertical radiation components, no radials, nothing in the air but wire, and flexible size and height requirements.
- Zip-Cord Antennas - Do They  Work? 
 QST March 1979, pp. 31-32
 Parallel power cord is readily available and is easy to work with. How efficient is it when used at radio frequencies? Well, that depends.
- The N4GG Array 
 QST July 2002, pp. 35-39
 A simple, nearly invisible, multiband wire antenna with reasonable gain, low angle of radiation.
- A High Gain Single Wire Beam by Robert Wilson, AL7KK 
 QST July 2009, pp 38-39
 The author now recommends feeding this antenna directly with a 4:1 balun instead of the shunt inductor arrangement suggested in the article.
 
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