Dipoles are a classic builder’s antenna, after all they are usually little more than two pieces of wire and a feedline. But as [Rob] shows us in the video below, there are a few things to consider.

A dipole antenna is easy, right? Two wires, each a quarter wavelength long, emanate from a coax or other feedline. Unless it is an off-center dipole. The length is still the same, but you move the ...

Size is important, but the correct size for the TV-frequency band is most important. The simplest antenna is a half-wave ...

I've constructed hundreds of antennae in the past. Bowtie dipole arrays, biquads, parabolic reflector dipoles, straight up yagi, logarithmic yagi, log periodic, heliacal and simple 1/4 whips. So when ...