That’s a corner or 90 degree clamp for like making frames and cabinets. That is a great idea and an ingenious use.

@ajmodelz1146

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Thank you!

Well done young man. I see the spirit of ham radio is with you LOL Make yourself an ugly balun for it and get on FT-8 and work the world. All the very best 2M0LNF

@ajmodelz1146

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment and kind words..

Thanks for your antenna videos. I've got limited space and I'm planning on giving the SPX-100 antenna a try indoors. (It's somewhat similar to your HVT-400). I've also got a magnetic loop antenna on order, again for indoor use. However something else that you might like to try yourself is a half-wave dipole, nominally for 20 metres. My own version has the two elements stretching along the front wall of my bedroom, back along the side walls and then, to fit in the required length, vertically downwards at the ends. (I started out by adding a bit of extra length to the elements and then trimmed them back to get somewhere close to resonance). They're fed via a 1:1 balun, with a line isolator at the transceiver end of the coax. (I've just used gaffer tape to fix the antenna wire to my walls but Command hooks would provide a neater solution). I'm only running 20 watts, from a Xiegu G90, but I've worked stations in the Middle East (such as Oman, over 3500 miles away from me, on 20 metres) and Brazil (5000 miles from me, on 17 metres) from my QTH here in the UK. I can even get out quite well on 40 metres with it too. I hope to meet you on air one day. 73s, Chris, M0JZD.

@ajmodelz1146

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comments.. you have the right idea - you have to try different antennas for your particular situation.

getting this for 10 meters on the maker has a swivel center mount so i can go vert or horiz

The antenna pointing down is actually doing nothing for you.....

@doc145

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Not true. It’s a vertical dipole.

@jasonf9736

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Tom is correct! If you look closely, the hamstick pointing upwards with the coax connected to it has an insulator, whereas the hamstick pointing downwards is connected directly to the mounting bracket, providing the "other half" of the dipole. In this configuration, the ground lug on the bracket is not used. So he does have this set up properly, although it is probably not ideal for transmitting. Nice job, keep experimenting sir!

@coolcat5399

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@Jason F ...o well do what ever makes you happy..

@seeharvester

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@@coolcat5399 Jason and Doc are correct. It's a vertical dipole. Pretty easy to DIY with a handful of CB antenna parts. I think I'll make a horizontal model for 11 meters with some old mirror mounts.

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All this could have been explained in 2 min. What a waist of time.

excellent idea kg6mn

@ajmodelz1146

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thank you... long live Rock n' Roll!