Ham Radio Articles about 43 foot

My 43 foot vertical took a beating last night in the Canadian cold air clipper and lost its lower U-Bolt.

The raising of the Flat Black 43 Foot Antenna from DX Engineering.

Painting aluminum successfully requires good preparation and an appropriate Zinc Chromate primer. I painted by 43 Foot Vertical antenna black.

A viewer asks about coax losses associated with using the “tuner required” 43 foot vertical antenna.

Here is a step by step approach for an amateur radio vertical antenna mount using only a hole, gravel and a piece of plumbing pipe. Included is a story about know-it-all relatives.

The EZNEC simulations of the 43 Foot Vertical and the BigIR Vertical HF antennas are summed up with some final thoughts on which to select if you can have only one.

The BigIR vs. the 43 foot vertical antenna at 80 meters.

Analysis of 43 foot vertical against the SteppIR BigIR vertical in the 20 meter band.

Analysis of 43 foot vertical against the SteppIR BigIR vertical in the 20 meter band.

Comparing the 43 foot vertical with the BigIR vertical at 15 meters.