Those who are upset because you use a ham radio on CB. They should use all their efforts to fight the QRM generated by all these Chinese electronics ruining HAM and CB radio. These are the real threat, not a guy using a Ham radio on CB. Use your energy efficiently, not to bash other people who are not really causing QRM.

@wrxs1781

2 жыл бұрын

Cant beat these Chinese radios, isn't everything made in Chins. My new $1,000.00 I-phone is.

@hudsondonnell444

2 жыл бұрын

@@wrxs1781 you are now being monitored by the CCP.

Mag loops are great. I use a MLA 30+ (recieve only) with my RSP1A sdr radio. pick up loads

For local purpose, they are on vertical, as your bottom feed loop, this mean: You're on horizontal, that doesn't work very well toward your local's vertical. All you needed, mounted vertical pole to mount your feed and tuner on side-feed, that you be on vertical. But it will be directional, as you rotate it for best reception. As VHF loop is so small, that will able to fit it into most glove box in vehicle.

@fernandoscrenci4874

2 жыл бұрын

👈🏻👉🏻 👆🏻👇🏻 antenna markers ✍🏻 love it!!!

@thomasmaughan4798

2 жыл бұрын

Mag-loop polarization is always in the plane of the loop. It does not make the slightest difference where around the loop is the feed point. As shown, the polarization is going to be vertical and the directionality will be figure-8 with nulls through the center of the loop.

Great video Andy. Learning all the time. Will look into these loops.

Two years ago, I got myself one of these Wonderloop antennas. Actually, the Wonderloop is not a "real" magnetic loop -- those have a small coupling loop at one side of the circle and a high-voltage capacitor at 180° from the coupling loop. In contrast, this is more or less a Fuchs resonator (an LC circuit with a unun, used to end-feed a half-wave length antenna) that is connected to a short round wire instead of the normal EFHW wire of a Fuchs circuit. And well, yeah, the Wonderloop kinda works, but not great. Then I replaced the copper wire with a thin copper tube (1cm diameter, length about 2m) from a DIY store. This tube gave significantly better results, but it was still not great. Months later I bought a real magloop antenna, a Chameleon P-Loop. And that "real" magloop has a much, much, much better performance than the improved Wonderloop with the copper tubing albeit at a significantly higher price. Note that others claim that does not seem to be much of a difference performance-wise between those portable loops (Chameleon this and that, Alexloop, the 705 loop etc.), since they all have comparable technical data, and that sounds legit. To be honest, I'm not using the Wonderloop any longer, even with the copper tube; it was quite a disappointment.

@antalperge1007

Жыл бұрын

💖👍 FINALLY someone's talking about the ANT itself, not about the freakin' ham bands / CB / radio 🤣👍

@redeyegooner

Жыл бұрын

I've recently seen 30w qrp mag loops, that are similar to the akexloop etc, but for less money than the Wonder loop. I'm right now trying to decide if to get (a) a cheap mag loop to use all round, at home and portable (around £90), or (b) a doublet antenna for my attic used with a mini-ant 30w qrp antenna as an atu, and then this same ant with a 5m telescopic whip when I'm portable. (around £105 total, £38 doublet, £45 qrp ant, £20 5m telescopic). I'm wondering if the doublet and the 5m telescopic would give significantly better performance over the mag loop, or if it would be comparable. The mag loop is certainly the easier and more convenient option for me. Any opinions or experience? Thanks

An amazing loop, I need one for monitoring only. Have searched but cant find one ? Phil

Look into full wave delta loops for vhf, i had a little mess about with one once and got good results. The loop is literally a full wave and fed with 1/4wl of 75ohm coax then onto your normal 50ohm coax feeder. you can change polarisation by feeding it at the bottom (horiz pol) or on the side (vert pol)

Amazing CW aerial on 10 & 12m!

I love my Mag Loop antenna from 2e0ero - have yet to use it on CB but on HF it is brilliant.

I know the chap that makes these, thoroughly lovely fella and knows his stuff on antennas. I’ll send him the video :)

@andykirby

2 жыл бұрын

That would be awesome if you could 😊

@CampervanCookout

2 жыл бұрын

@@andykirby he has apparently seen your other vids and thinks they're great. He asked if there was a way to get in touch :)

Picked up a pair of audio technica AT LP- 1240 turntables. I'm very very impressed with then. (They give the legendary technics 1200/1210s a run for their money. Only £400 a pair.

Those little loops look good fun, think i may have to get one myself.

Cute with that set up on the bonnet on a hill, with good prop should be well into Europe... Its been done on a 4 watt handy

Best cb channel going ....keep em coming

Still kicking myself I didn't buy a Twizy a few years ago. Autotrader prices have almost doubled !

That's a beautiful radio.

Great video thank you. So the "station" was transmitting on an open public frequency and yet was concern with privacy and asked to be in the video. Laughable at best. Love the antenna Sir. thanks again.

Came looking for solar panels, went down the rabbit hole, now I'm all nostalgic about my amstrad 901 and silver rod running on a car battery in my bedroom in 1985. 😁 I'm going to give you a follow mate, you've a cool channel here.

I’m surprised how many Karen’s there are in the hobby.. who cares if you’re running CB.. I think it’s cool. 🙌💯💯💯

@1OFGODSOWN

2 жыл бұрын

It's NOT a CB Dorothy.If you had a Half of a Brain you could get your Amateur Radio License but we all understand it's not for everyone & we DON'T miss you NOT being there.Please stay on the Children's Band where you fit so well. {:>)

@punishedexistence

2 жыл бұрын

I say if you aren't interfering with anyone and it works, *who cares* ?? Using that logic, it's like saying I have a corvette and a long stretch of road that has a speed limit of 60 mph/100 km/h...there is *no* one on the road and you can safely open it up and go 120 mph and have a little fun, but no, that's "illegal"...then be a pussy. Of course, I'd never do it on a crowded highway or where there's people, that would make you reckless and stupid. But to complain about using a ham radio on the cb freqs which you can adjust the power to legal limits, it puts out a clean signal plus is just plain out fun...then be a Karen. I don't encourage breaking the law, but in the same I am all for people using their own judgement and not allowing the government to do 100 percent of your thinking. All that said, I think this was an awesome video and if I had the money, I'd do it too. So take that. :D

I just found your channel very nice! I’m not active on ham but on GMRS and loving building J poles that are portable (slim Jim’s) and man do they work like the bees knees. Great video thanks for the content

Get licensed… then you can begin to have fun…. Amatuer radio is a lifetime of fun & learning. FYI… when you check the SWR like that, you swipe a lot of bandwidth, tuning over others using the frequencies.

@andykirby

2 жыл бұрын

Hi, I have a license.👍🏻

Very cool, will see if anyone carries this in the states, I do like playing with GMRS CB and HAM, it’s nice to have a wide option

Try fit Westflex 103 coax it much thicker and uses a cooper shield not a braid and its very stiff and will mould in to a loop thicker means more efficient .

I have a local neighbor that has an impressive radio setup. He's licensed and has a radio for most bands. He might be able to talk with you. We're in southern Oregon.

It would be amazing if you could do a review on the Ciro Mazzoni loops if you could get your hands on one

Your music is awesome

Hi Andy. Fucking love that little car 🚗

@almightyEsquilax

2 жыл бұрын

What car is it?

@almightyEsquilax

2 жыл бұрын

Twizy?

you are looking very cool Andy.

Thanks for sharing this video and the information on this antenna. Should be able DIY Antenna similar , you have started me thinking about it as a project later this year. Try using a Rig Expert to tune the antenna , perhaps.😊 73 Steve AA4SH

loops are directional . also horizontal dipoles,

Bellissimo sistema!

Nice one Andy Pugsley

@andykirby

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers ringpiece!

Your all set for the Superbowl, tune to Ch6 and bust the pileup!

what is in that little box at the connector if that antenna ? i guess it some balun, maybe only a variable condensator or what is it ? Maybe an extra inductivity too.

Interesting that you asked for permission to include that QSO in the video. I understand that it's the polite thing to do but as it's a public frequency and there is no expectation or privacy do you have to ask for legal reasons? Cheers for the great videos!

I think I have an amazing idea for a ham multi band antenna, should be an easy(ish) build, quite compact, & the gain would be amazing - I've been into radio for over 40 years, and have seen various antennas each do 1/3 of what I'm thinking, but nobody seems to have mated the 3 together - I'm full of arthritis now, so can't build it myself - I'll leave the plans in my will, Maybe my grandsons can make their fortune.

@Alcohen2006

2 жыл бұрын

OK. Let us know how it turns out. Oh, wait ...

@seeharvester

10 ай бұрын

Every antenna has been built already, since radio's been around 120+ years.

have a look at 2E0ERO mag loop i have one with a variable capacitor motor driven for 20 thru too 10 high and low speed motor either direction forwards and back very interesting would work brilliantly on a Icom 705 , just saying , Steve 2E0MDM 73 s

I’m not much into CB’s these days, but that’s impressive

My womb receives like a bucket of lard. Good for POTA.

Great video!

My question is this, I live in the United States and I wanted to know, will that same antenna work for talking on the CB here?

What's the biggest loop? The length of a half wave 80?

Hi good morning, am a ham operator, but I came from the CB school, how can I get one of those antenna, thanks for your answer

Hi Andy, After watching this I am seriously thinking about buying one of these antennas… It’s rated for 10watts, but have you put much more into it? No doubt you have 😜.

@Wutzofant

Жыл бұрын

Wouldn't do that. There's a little variable capacitor inside and too much power probably would result in too high voltage, ruining the capacitor.

Will this Antenna work on GMRS? or do they have a version for GMRS radio?

When I was 10 38yrs ago using my dads cb was simple 🤣

@andykirby

2 жыл бұрын

There's still simple radios out there but it has moved on a lot!

Liking the videos a lot 👍

Wouldn't that loop be directional? I used one years ago to track bugs that blocked the C B band. The one I found was very high up a tree, and well beyond my reach! It was a fun experience anyway. Cheers!

@BarefootBeekeeper

2 жыл бұрын

Loops are indeed directional, with nulls each side. They are also narrow banded, so you need to retune every time you change frequency.

That's basically what's inside a mobile phone - for 'slightly' higher frequencies ;-)

What is the black box

73 from Germany 😉

Cool

Talking to people who are on CB is disgusting, hang on most Ham's started on CB.

I would H A T E to get in a wreck in that thing man - I dont think youre going to walk away - and that +20 and +40 over 9 signal was due to you having the 2nd stage of pre-amp on. Turn that off so that you can get the true signal.

Hi what's the make of this antenna I fance giving it a go

@andykirby

2 жыл бұрын

www.wonder-wand.co.uk/WonderWand/WW_Homepage.html

прикольно

MOXON FOR 2 AND 70 CM KG6MN

ID like to see it work on 160m

@andykirby

2 жыл бұрын

It won't, its not designed for that. A bloody long bit of wire is though.

@Wutzofant

Жыл бұрын

@@andykirby Actually, no. I tried it with 10m of wire. Strangely, I barely have to change the tuner setting when I replaced the short wire with that long wire if I want to stay on the same frequency. If this were a real magloop, then the wire would be the inductance, so doubling the length of the wire should result in about halving the resonance frequency, but going to 10m wire shifted it down only very little, maybe 1 MHz. As stated in another commend above, it's not a "real" magloop, it's a Fuchs circuit with a circular wire instead of an EFHW wire.

That's one expensive variable capacitor.

As good as a "Wet Noodle"

Mexico? Shouldn't that be Mike?

@andykirby

2 жыл бұрын

Mexico I usually use for DX, Mike for local.

Andy how much does the antenna cost ?

@andykirby

2 жыл бұрын

About £100. Sounds a lot and could probably be built for cheaper but I do know the airspaced variable caps are quite expensive.

OMG!!! Chicken Band!!! Hahahahahahahahha!!!!!!!!

C.B is always ACTIVE and FUN, Hams need to learn a lot from this band, thinking about it when calling forever on 10m when the 11m is wide open and active with people who are actually answering you, what a great concept, lol

@randychapman2309

2 жыл бұрын

If 11 meters is open, so is 10.

fantastic antenna very cheep

Why not make a proper mag loop for 20m? Buy some soft 15mm copper piping from B&Q a variable cap(100-300pf) a coupling loop from coax and away you go.

@lmaoroflcopter

2 жыл бұрын

You do realise the wonderwand loop is a mag loop, it isn't resonant for 20m but it is a magnetic loop. It uses a toroid transformer instead of a coupling loop, but it's a magloop all the same.

@neilhankey2514

2 жыл бұрын

@@lmaoroflcopter Yes, but its too small for 20m. Something around 1m in diameter would be better. Mag. Loops are nice but high Q so need retuning every 50kHz or so... Easy to make as well.

@lmaoroflcopter

2 жыл бұрын

@@neilhankey2514 aye true. Tried making one for mine here, little success due to the floppyness of the material :) 6mm twin and earth does not make a substantial antenna, need to figure out some method of holding it up without going to copper pipe, though I believe people have made successful mods using it, I'd be worried about the HV handling capabilities of the little cap it has.

@thomasmaughan4798

2 жыл бұрын

@@neilhankey2514 You can make the loop portion as large as you like since it's just screw terminals. I like that little tuner.

Do it off frequency so it doesn't interfere with anyone... the triple 5... literally 60 over of just noise and people treading over each other at any one time... Cool video, you have some good content! Definite sub from me

@andykirby

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha! Yeah good point!🤣

@thomasmaughan4798

2 жыл бұрын

"Do it off frequency so it doesn't interfere with anyone" That was rather amusing considering the circumstances.

its mike not mexico lol

@andykirby

2 жыл бұрын

I say Mexico when DX as do most HAMS

Great video. No reason whatsoever for seeking permission to have the transmission recorded on video. Everyone’s on public frequencies.

@ohenekojo2561

7 ай бұрын

Common courtesy

27555😅

Seem's to be plenty out there who whine about using ham rigs on 11 meters i wonder how many full licenced operators are bending the rules on power limits i know a few Ham's running kilowatt+ amplifiers but thought the uk power limit was 400 watts.

Karens! Karens everywhere scouring channels to be butthurt and offended by anything. When they buy you a radio then they can have a say how you use it.

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At $200AU I will pass.

@icomic40s

2 жыл бұрын

I'm with you, $200AU is a lttle too much.

Why spend all that on an icom 705 which was not design for CB surely a proper CB would be cheaper and work better

@andykirby

2 жыл бұрын

Show me a CB with a high resolution waterfall🤫

FFS put up a dipole.

£109.95 ( £91.63 EXC. VAT ) is a total rip off amount, why not take yours apart and report back on whats init, itl be worth recreating it but not buying it!

@andykirby

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah well it's a quality product and I support the maker, you build them for cheaper then and see if its sustainable.

FWIW...Highly illegal in the US!

@andykirby

2 жыл бұрын

??? Really???

@MRNOBODY023

2 жыл бұрын

And why is that??

Get the radio OFF of the Children's Band for Gods Sake.It's NOT a Freaking POS CB Radio.I'll keep my ICOM 7000 & have the 100 watts & just as many bands & I could run it QRP if I wished & I don't.I'm a QRO Operator & it's why I use my ICOM 7600 to drive my ICOM PW-1 on HF & 6 meters at home.I Hate repeating myself for anyone.

He isn’t playing music , or trying to key anyone out , or insulting people, get off that high horse before you fall, the man paid for his radio, if he wants to use it as a axle stand , for his car to rest on , or a wedge to keep a door open , who gives a monkeys 🐒, your Ll be picking on me for riding me bike on the path next , on me push bike , nuff said Shane uk 🇬🇧

if authorities see this video of you transmitting on 11m with this radio, they will get a judges order to get into your home with police and confiscate your radio, then there will be a heavy fine to pay. only 1 jealous pos would report you to do that to you. i dont have a problem with people transmitting in 11m, i mean fyi. it would be to pitty if that happend to someone who is interested in hamradio & cb-radio, a qso partner, thats why i'm saying.

Struggling to find anything good/informative/educational with this video. I wonder how much power he was "really" using ?

I like a lot of your content Andy, and you've got a nice way about you that makes for easy viewing. But there's no doubt that some of your stuff puts you in clear breach of your licensing conditions and you display some very poor operating skills in this video. You spent your hard earned money on this 705 and you can do what the hell you like - I'm not saying you can't - but I think this sort of content is a bit poor. Your money, your choice, your channel, my opinion. Best 73, Tom, M7MCQ.

@andykirby

2 жыл бұрын

Can you enlighten me as to what the poor operating was? The fact I'm using it on CB frequencies?

@andykirby

2 жыл бұрын

Thought not...

@tommcquiggan8402

2 жыл бұрын

Well for a start, you were tuning without asking if the frequency was in use (listening briefly is not enough) and then you swept across while still transmitting? I’m more surprised that you even had to ask TBH.

@sandygalloway3567

4 күн бұрын

( . )​@@tommcquiggan8402

It is illegal to use a ham radio for cb.. no matter which country your in... thumbs down.

@Clinton_Cann

2 жыл бұрын

ofcom snitch ?

@andyrussell916

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting how the CB ops who became amateurs have now gone back onto CB 🤔

@punishedexistence

2 жыл бұрын

It's illegal to go 65 in a 60 zone too. Let me ask...have you ever gone over the speed limit? If so, then don't throw stones in glass houses. You risk many more lives doing that than transmitting on a frequency where 90 percent of radios are probably illegal anyways. Doing it and not causing a bunch of splatter or qrm as well as talking civilized is fine in my opinion.

Where could I find one of these? Thank you 🙏

@andykirby

Жыл бұрын

Wonderwand antennas

@Fox250R

Жыл бұрын

@@andykirby the one for 27m looks like it’s sold out and where do you find the actual antenna ? Thank you 🙏

Nice demo. Bill KG2CS