Antenna Calculator

I have recently added an antenna calculator to my website as displayed below.
Remember that these are approximate numbers. Always start a little longer than the displayed lengths, then with an SWR meter and/or antenna analyzer connected, trim the lengths until you have a good low SWR across most of the band, or at least towards the center of the band, or in the area you tend to use most. People that primarily use CW will want lower SWR at the lower end of the bands, versus voice users will want it closer to the center of the band.
After this, be sure to run your coax to the transceivers location and test it again with the SWR meter/antenna analyzer at the radio end of the coax to ensure the coax itself doesn't throw the SWR off by much, or the coax isn't compromised.


Calculate the frequency / length of antennas

This will work with any entry in any item of the form. For example, if you enter 144MHz, it should display 19.5 inch quarter wavelength. If you enter 108 (inches) for quarter wavelength, it should fill in the rest including the resonant frequency of 26MHz.


Frequency in MHz. :
Half Wavelength in Feet :
Half Wavelength in Inches :
Quarter Wavelength Feet:
Quarter Wavelength in Inches:

This will calculate the length of a 1 wavelength loop


Freq. in
Megahertz
length of
loop in feet

This will calculate the total length of a half wave dipole.

Half wave dipole length is useful for situations where you may need to feed it somewhere off center, to create an off center fed dipole (aka Windom).



Freq. in
Megahertz
length of
half wave length wire
in feet

This will calculate the length of a 5/8 wave vertical
with 1/4 wave radials.


Freq. in
Megahertz
length of
5/8 wave vertical
in feet
length of
1/4 wave radials
in feet

 

This will calculate the length of a delta loop.


This antenna is a triangle shape with L1=top; L2 and L3=sides.
It should be fed with a 4:1 balun.

Freq. in
Megahertz
length of
L1
in feet
length of
L2 and L3
in feet


I hope to add more in the future, but for now this should be useful for the majority of standard antennas out there.