DIY 10 Meter Dipole For Under $10 Dollars!

How To Build A Dipole Antenna For 10 Meter Ham Radio. Quick, Cheap, And Easy!

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[AndrewVogel-qh]

Best dipole demo on the internet. Boyscout style, no fancy terms, no baluns, just pure radio

[MrTommy]

Wow! I'm studying for my General (test on Jan 20, 2024), not for the HF privileges but to prove that my 78 year old chemo brain can still do simple grammar school memorization. I didn't care about HF because I thought it would cost a bundle to buy a new radio AND some huge fancy schmancy HF antenna tower and array. But YOU have got me excited about moving up to HF now. I can afford stuff like this. THANK YOU! Now I really DO want to pass the exam.

[jamesnitzberg]

What a PERFECT time to illustrate how easy it is to make a 10 meter dipole. Any technician that has not been on 10 meters this sunspot cycle is in for a REAL TREAT these days!!
Thank you for making this excellent and enthusiastic video.

[njrr]

Cutting antennas old school - they way we used to do it. I remember building a 2 meter ground plane vertical using just a SO-239 and copper welding rods. Worked great.

[TinyTJ]

I made a 6m speaker wire dipole as my first antenna. I run QRP most of the time so I didn't even need coax. Speaker wire the whole way and terminated with a bonding post that has a BNC on the other end. It was really cheap and compact and it worked well.

It's hard to remember that you don't have to spend a fortune to get out there on the air.

[a_ham_like_me]

Love the production quality of your videos and the fact that you take time to make sturdy antennas for the 10M band. And, of course, all you do for the ham Tech folks.

[sanstache]

I've found that the things that come out of the handles of milk jugs make great insulators. I have tons. I work at a grocery store. 😁

[redstickham]

Excellent video on making antennas. When I got licensed, I didn't have an analyzer either and managed to build a 10m dipole and using less than 100watts, worked the whole world. Also like how you use ordinary objects for your projects, like speaker wire and a cheap cutting board. That's a big part of ham radio, improvising. Keep up the great work!

[Allens_Outdoors]

Thanks for this build.. been struggling to get out on 10meters.. i used an old extension cord and some cut plastic off and old feed bucket.. got it in the air and made a contact..

[willross]

Love the 10 meters content lately. Really catering to us new techs. Thanks a lot!

[paulplack]

When you thread the wire through the end insulators, don't pull in the slack. Leave three inches hanging out the end. It will make no difference to performance, and makes the final trim quick and easy.

[philipsharp]

A great, information dense video. What would you recommend for weatherproofing the centre connector?

[stewartrv]

Step 2. Do the same for 20m and make it into a fan di-pole! Step 3. rinse and repeat (40m, 80m etc). This is exactly what I did for my first antenna but I start with 20m, it worked really well, the separation between the different elements is not that critical as long as there is some.

[ronpetroski]

i just made the solderless version of this. super simple. thanks for creating other ham nuts, 73

[brianradio]

it worked great on 15, 20 meters @ 35 Feet wire, thanks ! worked Bulgaria, Russia, Japan, Shipsmuesum SES, , others it was only 6 feet off the ground!

[beharford]

Greetings from The Great White North.

Very nicely done video...thank you so much for posting!

Getting back into the hobby after a three decade hiatus and it is gratifying to discover that the true grass roots of Amateur Radio are still alive and well. I built this very same antenna back in the late 70s but had totally forgotten how much fun the tinkering and building and DIYing is....

I now have a project for this rainy Saturday, and just have to hope that the boss doesn't miss her cutting board afore I have the opportunity to replace it 🙂


Thanks again, stay well

73s
VE7BZZ

[michaelfoxworthy]

I just saw this video a few days ago. I 3D printed the "cutting board" shapes and built one. On the G90, this antenna, and FT8 I made contact in Japan on one side and the UK on the other, of course, everything in between. Great video!

[hammathguy]

Hey Mike, well done. This looks much like an antenna I made a few decades ago. Mine was made from white plexiglass. I used the exact same strain relief technique. Even used Radio Shack speaker wire.
I'm not in the least surprised yours worked well. The dipole is such an easy to make antenna that you might be temped to think how could it work all that well. My friends, don't think that way. Basic as a dipole is, it is a very good performer. A note on construction: I like to wrap the wire around the center pin and solder it in place. This way the wire lays a little more flat against the center insulator instead of sticking up. Will that make any difference in the performance? I can't see how. It's just a matter of personal preference. I would recommend either brass or stainless steel for the screws. Ordinary steel rusts. Well, that's it for now. Keep up the good work. Cheers!

[billssimplepinedesign]

I made this antenna last week and put it up Friday at home for winter field day. Talked to Russia with no tuning on Friday on 10m. Started on Saturday field day with my G90 and had a ball. Maybe I can reach you on your livestream next time. 73. KD2UTJ.

[kilroy]

Thanks for the video...its good to know as an old beginner I need all the help I can get.