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Antenna Workshop

Custom antenna designs and builds for IOTA expeditions and home station operations.

Vertical multiband antenna (10m,12,15m,18,20m)

Vertical multiband antenna for upper bands. Working good

Low Cost GPINV Antenna (10m, 15m, 20m)

A budget-friendly multi-band inverted ground plane antenna covering the 10m, 15m, and 20m bands. Designed and field-tested for the WAE and SAC CW Contests at 9A1RAB on the island of Rab. Achieves SWR of 1:1.5 to 1:2 across all three bands.

EH Antenna for 20m

An experimental EH (Electric-Magnetic) antenna designed for the 20-meter band. Known for its compact size while delivering fair performance, this antenna was tested on Kenwood TS 140S without tuner - on my living room. Be carefull don't overload espetially on old rigs i.e. ATLAS 210X don't work on this antenna at all, because rigourose SWR protecting bridge.

Spider Beam (Homemade) - IOTA 2014 & 2018

A fully homemade Spider Beam antenna built from locally sourced materials for IOTA activations on island Rab in 2014 and 2018. The Spider Beam offers a good directional pattern and gain across multiple HF bands without needing a heavy tower.

BALUN 1:1 for Spider Beam

A custom-wound 1:1 BALUN built to match the feedline to the Spider Beam antenna. Constructed in a weatherproof enclosure to endure outdoor conditions during DX expeditions.