Homebrew CB Antennas - A Compilation

[Riverman]

Thought it would be fun (and useful) to gather a collection of past projects for future reference.

Feel free to add your favorites.

Will start the list with some of HomerBB's good work.

5/8 Wave Ground Plane
https://www.worldwidedx.com/threads/my-latest-homebrew-5-8-base-antenna.96828/#post-270360

Top One/Astroplane
https://www.worldwidedx.com/threads/new-top-one-dimensions-for-homer.165572/

End Fed 1/2 Wave
https://www.worldwidedx.com/threads/end-fed-1-2-wave-antenna.138558/

Merlin
https://www.worldwidedx.com/threads/homebrew-merlin-experiment.147976/

Vector 4000
https://www.worldwidedx.com/threads/vector-4000-remake.144592/

.64 Wave Ground Plane
https://www.worldwidedx.com/threads/64λ-homebrew.136682/

Riser/Extension
https://www.worldwidedx.com/threads/homemade-riser-extension.130431/#post-335453

Clothes Line Ground Plane
https://www.worldwidedx.com/threads/clothes-line-groundplane.147654/#post-400632

Aluminum Tape Astroplane
https://www.worldwidedx.com/threads/built-an-astroplane-in-an-afternoon.106828/

Mobile Antenna
https://www.worldwidedx.com/threads/my-first-attempt-at-a-mobile-antenna.82388/

 

[Riverman]

Full-Wave Attic-Mount
https://www.worldwidedx.com/threads/homemade-full-wave-attic-mount-loop.36433/#post-157597

 

[sp5it]

Top One - Astroplane plans. https://www.worldwidedx.com/threads/homebrew-astroplane-build.34985/post-147688

 

[Riverman]

Archer Crossbow .64 Rebuild
https://www.worldwidedx.com/threads/my-antenna-rebuild.143129/

 

[Crawdad]

My current antenna hanging off a balcony.

About 16' of 12awg Wal-Mart wire that was lying around. $ I don't recall.
A $6 Home Depot 4x4 Nema 4x jbox. Inside the box is a 1:1 RF choke homebrewed from a mix 43 Fairite toroid and wound with 12awg solid yanked from some Romex I had.
Two otherwise useless Wilson heavy-duty stud mount top-halves I quit using on big trucks because they suck. No $ cause I bought them with Pilot points.
DXE RG8x that I already had.
Altogether maybe $25 sunk into it.
Have worked the UK on it with 30w and a good part of western Europe and some South America with about 90w. Maybe the best part is up to now none of the neighbors have bitched about it.

 

[BJ radionut]

Add about 5% to length for 11m range.

10M Rectangular Loop Antenna.

With the large number of operators and wide availability of inexpensive, single-band radios, the 10-m band could well become the hangout f...

ham-antennas.blogspot.com

https://www.dxzone.com/dx31186/the-10-meter-loop-antenna.jpg

 

[Crawdad]

Add about 5% to length for 11m range.

10M Rectangular Loop Antenna.

With the large number of operators and wide availability of inexpensive, single-band radios, the 10-m band could well become the hangout f...

ham-antennas.blogspot.com

https://www.dxzone.com/dx31186/the-10-meter-loop-antenna.jpg

Yes, I found that in The Antenna Book and had one up for a while. The feedpoint was only 1/2wl AGL so I'm not sure it offered much if any gain over the "V". Plus, the neighbors were giving it the stink-eye. No antennas allowed. Don't know why they haven't objected to the "V", but that's a gift horse.

73

 

[BJ radionut]

My current antenna hanging off a balcony.

My first antenna after I receive my "Novice" license in 1979. I lived on 3rd floor in apartment in Iowa (nr Des Moines) I was elated to work Australia and New Zealand many times on CW. (my balcony faced West)
This was when 75 watts was "legal Limit" for Novice.
This is why the Kenwood "twins" (599D's) were made so the T599D's transmitter pair of 6146b's could have one final tube removed and be "in compliance"