247 - Building Antennas with Andrew Murphy

Today, we welcome Andrew Murphy. Andrew loves to build and work on his own antennas. Whether it's improving or rebuilding a commercial design, something that he has seen in a magazine, or one he has designed himself, Andrew has an antenna for every situation and band.   What makes today’s conversation with Andrew truly amazing is that Andrew doesn’t have acres of property to play with.   Most of his antennas are inside his apartment and they work great!   What You Need to Know Andrew became interested in scanning by listening to storm chasers. He was originally from Alabama and every spring he would love to hear storm chasers on the radio. 90% Andrew’s antennas are built from 14-gauge wire. Many designs are done for little money or investment. Andrew has antennas that work well for Shortwave, HF, VHF, and UHF. To help him model antennas, Andrew has a few applications and websites that he uses. Those are noted in the session links. If you were to start or build one antenna, Andrew recommends a J-Pole antenna. ==================================== 🔗 Links from this week's podcast (Some of these links may be affiliate links) ==================================== · EZ-Nec: https://www.eznec.com · MMANA-GAL Hamsoft: http://gal-ana.de/basicmm/en/ · M0UKD’s Website https://m0ukd.com · ARRL Small Antenna Handbook: https://amzn.to/3qua5b6 ==================================== 🎙 Join our new Scanner Radio Community ==================================== Join our FREE Discord server and connect with other Scanner Radio Users! By using Discord, a free, multi-platform community portal, you can now be part of the Scanner Radio Discussion! Chat real time, share photos, ask questions, and give feedback to other's in chat. 🔗 https://www.scannerschool.com/discord   ==================================== 🎓 Check out our online courses ==================================== Our free Software Defined Radio course will have you up and running with a SDR in a weekend. Upgrade to our Advanced Course, and learn how to setup SDR Software like a pro. 🔗 https://www.courses.scannerschool.com   ==================================== ⚠️ I want to answer your questions ==================================== I am always looking to answer your scanner radio question. If you have a question you'd like answered, please leave me a voicemail with your question: 📞 516-308-2885 🔗 https://www.scannerschool.com/ask   ==================================== 🏆 Thank you Patreon Supporters ==================================== Thank you to all monthly Patreon Supporters. Supporting the podcast can be done for as little as $1 per month. Supporters at the $3 and $5 level will receive the podcast without the middle commercial break. Supporters at the $5 level not only receive the podcast early, but they also get access to discount codes, monthly zoom meetings, and Squelchy sticker packs. 🔗 Join our Patreon program at https://www.scannerschool.com/patreon   ==================================== 🎥 Subscribe to our growing YouTube Channel ==================================== We are live once a month on YouTube to answer your questions. 2022 will be the year of Video for Scanner School Be ready for the upcoming videos by subscribing now to our YouTube channel 🔗 https://www.scannerschool.com/youtube   ==================================== ➡️ Follow Scanner School on Social Media ==================================== ▶︎ Twitter - https://www.scannerschool.com/twitter ▶︎ Facebook Page - https://www.scannerschool.com/facebook  ▶︎ Facebook Community - https://www.scannerschool.com/faceboo... ▶︎ Instagram - https://www.scannerschool.com/instagram ▶︎ TikTok - https://www.scannerschool.com/tiktok    ==================================== All session notes with links to the items we talked about can be found on our website at https://www.scannerschool.com/session247 #podcast