Friday, January 9, 2026

Hotel Antenna for 2 Meter and 70 Centimeter Amateur Bands

Hotel Antenna for 2 Meter and 70 Centimeter Amateur Bands: Compact Hotel Antenna design for 2 meter and 70 cm amateur radio bands. Includes dimensions, working principle, installation tips, and performance details.
The Hotel Antenna is a clever space-saving vertical antenna design popular among VHF and UHF amateur radio operators. It is especially useful for radio amateurs living in apartments, hostels, or temporary locations where installing large outdoor antennas is not practical. Despite its compact and folded physical shape, electrically it behaves like a classic half-wave vertical dipole with excellent impedance matching and a clean radiation pattern.This  VHF Hotel Antenna, also commonly described as an end-fed vertical dipole with an offset (Z-shaped) feed section.

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