{"id":34590,"date":"2024-05-20T14:32:45","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T13:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?page_id=34590"},"modified":"2024-05-20T14:32:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T13:32:45","slug":"rsgb-logbook-explorer-build-a-wire-antenna","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/beyond-exams-building-experience\/logbook-explorer-getting-started\/rsgb-logbook-explorer-build-a-wire-antenna\/","title":{"rendered":"Build a wire antenna"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>A fun and important part of being in the amateur radio hobby is to build a wire antenna<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4>Wire antennas are very simple and cheap to build, and give a lot of satisfaction when completed and working.<\/h4>\n<h4>If you are just starting out in the hobby, a simple dipole is a great first antenna, all the way to more complicated options for the seasoned enthusiast.<\/h4>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/thersgb.org\/search\/index.php?q=wire+antennas&amp;Submit2=Search+RSGB.ORG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>search the RSGB website<\/strong><\/a> for info on wire antennas, or just follow the links below &#8211;<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/get-started-in-amateur-radio\/antennas\/your-first-antenna-the-half-wave-dipole\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Your first halfwave antenna<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/get-started-in-amateur-radio\/antennas\/antenna-safety\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Antenna safety<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/get-started-in-amateur-radio\/antennas\/end-fed-wire-antennas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>End-fed wire antennas<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fun and important part of being in the amateur radio hobby is to build a wire antenna Wire antennas are very simple and cheap to build, and give a lot of satisfaction when completed and working. If you are just starting out in the hobby, a simple dipole is a great first antenna, all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"parent":34510,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-34590","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34590\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}