Ham Radio Blog | HF Vertical Antennas & HOA Flagpole Antennas, 160-6M

Brave W7-Mike K7NT adds 20-feet of antenna extensions to his 20' Greyline HF Vertical Antenna in his HOA. See the Pictures here too.

Solar Cycle 25 has peaked. The high bands are no longer the sure thing they were 18 months ago, but the low bands and WARC bands are wide awake. A working primer: pre-flight checks, tuning procedure, and band-by-band guidance for 160 through 12 meters. The all-stars are below.

Six steps, in order, before you reach for a tool. Plus the one common-sense move that's not obvious until you've done it once: the ladder line — with spacers already on it — goes inside the lower pole section before the upper section is fastened on. Then the engineering behind every choice.