Vertical Whip

£200 + postage

A homemade copper coil antenna mounted on a wooden stake in a backyard with a grassy lawn and wooden fence.

Good results have been obtained using this short vertical whip aerial.

A 5 metre high, helically wound base loaded aerial which is designed to self-support in the back garden.

The ground stake is used not only as the earth connection but also to support the vertical pole above the ground.

Its easy to construct, using the pre-wound loading coil, using the following instructions.

A counterpoise ground plane would be required in addition..

A tall, thin antenna mounted on a pole in a backyard, with a wooden fence, grass lawn, and trees in the background under cloudy skies.

Designed and built especially for Medium waveband use, this is easy to construct. Using a Fibreglass telescopic pole with the radiating wire wound around it, the end is fed from the loading coil at the bottom. The coil is tapped for adjusting the load impedance. A copper tube is sunken into the soil which acts as the support for the aerial. It also gives an Earth for the system. An additional ground plane can be used which significantly improves match and range of the signal.

  • Height: 5 metres

  • Design: Helically wound, base loaded

  • Installation: Self-supporting (no guying required)

  • Ideal Use: Home/back garden environments

  • Performance: Optimised for long-range, stable communication