DIY Field Strength Meter for Ham Radio
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In this video, we talk a look at the completed Field Strength Meter Project. Sponsored by www.pcbway.com Cheap & quick PCB, 3D Printing, CNC machining, and fabrication services from PCBWay.
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Thanks to Randy K7AGE for the inspiration: • Let's Build A Field St...
The build was documented by Steve Saint Andrea AG1YK in the Feb 2015 QST magazine.
Here is a video from earlier in the project: • DIY RF Field Strength ...
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the icing on the cake would have been a listing of parts and sources. good vid!
@TheSmokinApe
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Daryl, I’ll see if I can find the links. Good feedback
Cool build. I built one over the summer. Was a fun project. Was interesting to see that almost any wire I used in testing became an antenna.
@TheSmokinApe
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, great learning experience.
Supercool Mr Ape! Put some woodgrain vinyl on it and it'll look like it is 1970's NOS Radioshack gear!👍🤠
@TheSmokinApe
Жыл бұрын
LOL, that would be awesome!
Cool project Mr Ape.
@TheSmokinApe
Жыл бұрын
Sure was LC 👍
That would be very useful for comparing HT antennas. Great video Ape.
@TheSmokinApe
Жыл бұрын
Agreed. Thanks for watching TEH60 👍
Pretty neat. I now have 3 of these things!
@TheSmokinApe
Жыл бұрын
Can never have too many… lol
That looks like a fun build an cool gadget!
@TheSmokinApe
Жыл бұрын
I agree on both accounts. Thanks for watching Andy 👍
One useful ham tool Ape! Tnx for sharing Sir! Back in the day, I used it to see the difference between vertical and horizontal polarization of an antenna. 73 - KF6IF
@TheSmokinApe
Жыл бұрын
Howdy Phil. Yeah, this was a pretty cool build. Thanks for checking it out 👍
Thanks Ape!
@TheSmokinApe
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for checking it out Randy 👍
Please post URL link too the QST FEBRUARY 2015
sir whats the frequency range bcoz in34 can detect AM signal
Cool, thanks!
@TheSmokinApe
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for checking it out BA!
Nice build Ape. A very useful (I dear say essential) tool when playing with antennas. SWR isn't nearly as important as field strength. A dummy load has perfect SWR, but zero field strength. 73
@TheSmokinApe
Жыл бұрын
Agreed. Thanks for checking it out Hollywood!
Great tool for you icom guys who fight that nasty RF getting into your SDR front end radios 📻😊also a Tiny SA ultra will also help when hunting specific frequencies.
@Siskiyous6
Жыл бұрын
That hurt. It is true, but it still hurts.
@kevinkc3onohelijeepworld953
Жыл бұрын
@@Siskiyous6 might be a low blow but legal in this case ☺️🇺🇸Yaesu4LIFE
@TheSmokinApe
Жыл бұрын
lol
Always enjoy your build projects. I've been counting all your different multimeters; I think I'm up to 492...am I close?
@TheSmokinApe
Жыл бұрын
Lol, that’s close. Thanks for watching Bob 👍
Can something similar be done to limit the FSM to a specific frequency range? Curious.
@TheSmokinApe
Жыл бұрын
If there is, I am not smart enough to tell you how to do it. Thanks for watching Tim.
@crazyham
9 ай бұрын
Yes, you can add a band pass filter inline with the antenna system or even use a variable inductor in series with the antenna to change resonant frequency..
Could this be incorporated into a fox hunt yagi setup?
@TheSmokinApe
4 ай бұрын
I am sure it could, just use the yagi as the antenna. I do wonder how well it would work at distance, especially in an RF rich environment...
First! I still haven't put mine in the box. I did wrap mine in gaffer tape. #prowhitetrash
@TheSmokinApe
Жыл бұрын
You need to chip chop son!
😆I can't wait till I get my ape smoked tonight!😁
@TheSmokinApe
Жыл бұрын
Lol, I'm going to try and behave 🤣
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Touched by his noodly appendage
@TheSmokinApe
Жыл бұрын
Right
Didn't come with no screws?! I would had just used my wife's hot glue gun again.
@TheSmokinApe
Жыл бұрын
I was gonna do the duct tape