Ham Radio Wire Antennas Your first Amateur radio antenna. Or the antenna you hide in your attic, because of the coming Zombie invasion of course. Whatever your reason for having a ham radio wire antenna, whether its your wife, neighbors, HOA ( I hate those), small yard, your renting, your in an apartment or safety reasons or any other reason. Rejoice its a good choice. The all time favorite Ham Radio wire antenna is the half-wavelength, center-fed, dipole . It is easy to build and it performs adequately. The dipole is the reference used to measure the performance of the other antennas. It's the base line. The dipole is a great reference point for amateur radio because you can actually build one (yes you can) . And on some of the lower bands, most amateur radio operators will be using these. So you don't have to worry about pile-ups your never going to be able to break. There is also less competition on these bands since most everyone is using the same type...
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