OMNIQUAD

This application will assist you in designing Omniquad antennas. The omniquad is a very simple but excellent standby vertical Antenna. The main advantage is the extreme bandwidth. Make all the dimensional errors you want, and it will still work.

You can use wire or tubing. A broom handle ,some 1/4 dowels and under 10 feet of wire will make a 2 meter antenna. There is very Little gain or pattern difference Between the 3 and 4 sided versions but the 4 sided version does give a better match. It can even be used as a desktop antenna.