Portable Ham Radio Field Antennas
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- Опубліковано 12 лип 2024
- The following presentation was given to the Crescenta Valley Radio Club on portable ham radio antennas.
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Well Josh, you did it again.
Another fun video that takes you through to the end, and at the end I was thinking what did he say again? So Much Information!
So here is a time stamped summary.
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@0:00 is where Josh starts.
@1:42 Intro to portable antenna’s.
@3:46 Choose a path!
@5:58 Packable and the Pro’s.
@7:53 and of course the Con’s.
@12:00 Speaker wire antenna?
@15:15 zip cord. QST #?
@16:38 The Wire Dipole.
@19:00 Fishing Poles.
@21:36 Portable Verticals.
@25:25 End Fed & Random Wire.
@28:30 Radials?
@30:15 Mag Loop.
@32:33 What about VHF & UHF
@34:46 Luggable Antenna’s
@35:58 Wolf River Coils.
@38:45 StepIR CrankIR
@40:03 MFJ’s Big Ears.
@41:05 Chameleon EmComm III Base
@42:23 MFJ Octopus.
@45:16 Homebrew?
@46:18 Homebrew an EFHW?
@47:05 Important Accessories.
@48:27 Antenna’s to avoid.
@49:32 Parting Words!
@51:01 The Absolute Best Antenna!
@51:38 Questions??
@52:40 Favorite Beer?
@53:41 Transmitting on a Tape Measure Antenna?
@54:24 So What Melted the MFJ ??
@55:18 Why BNC connectors?
@57:01 Nano VNA?
@59:35 Outro.
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I hope you don’t mind.
If there is any editing needed, please let me know.
73
JD
Tha is again for the tagging!
Ham Radio Crash Course Yvmw 👍🏻
You don't say "chOOse a path" - You say "chOse a path". ;-) j/k Love your work, thank you for all you share.
NOTE: This was pre-recorded. Thanks for watching!
its live now listening on my radio slight buffer tho between yt and radio
That was a fun, informative video. I always enjoy checking out new antenna possibilities, thanks for the great presentation!
Great vid, thanks. During lockdown I’ve been experimenting in my garden and reducing my selection of antennas. EFHW, MFJ 1979, Ventenna and Buddistick. I set myself a target of 10 minute set up time and tested one antenna against another. Really like your channel thanks for your time, effort and professionalism. 73 M0AZE.
You really nailed this one. Great job! 👍👍👍
Awesome vid. Very, very good. I think the best of two worlds is when you make an end fed half wave out of RCA 16ga speaker wire. Man, that stuff is nice. Rubbery, flexible, even in the freezing cold. I love that stuff for any field portable antenna. Thanks for great vids!!! 73 OM
"The best ham radio antenna is the one you have on you" sounds like something you'd hear from a guy who carries a .380 pistol ; ))
Your reviews of the various antennas was very helpful. Good info for those of us getting back into ham radio.
Josh Thank you for the videos. I enjoy them .
Very helpful presentation! Thank you 😊
I just wanted to tell you that this is the first video that I could watch from beginning to end. I have trouble maintaining focus. This video was very informative, and had minimal distractions.
Thank you for watching! The more recent live streams have been more focused, and I still have my weekly stand-alone videos which are
great video and I book marked some of those antennas.
I just love your videos! :)
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Thank you!
A parking place called "the band-aid", gold camp road, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Operate and contact all of the eastern US. Great for field antennas.
I carry my stuff on a motor scooter. One of my antennas is a home brew dipole configured as an inverted "V." I made two dipoles, one for 20 meters and the other for 40 meters, using narrow gauge wire and a 1:1 current balun (cheap on eBay) because it has an S0239 connector (my feed lines all have PL 59 connectors), "cut" to resonance. The ends are simply folded back on the wire so I can always make adjustments in the field. I use an 8 meter long fiber glass telescope pole (removed the top most element) and bind it to my scooter. Usually I have both sets of wires attached to the balun. I stretch them out as far as possible and make the apex angle as large as possible. I don't need any kind of tuner since the antenna is resonant. Oh, the antenna handles up to 100w without a problem.
Alternatively, I use commercially built end fed half-wave mono-band antennas from the German company www.lambdahalbe.de. They have no match box, but rather an adjustable matching stub of window feed line(?) and have a wide band width. My antenna for the 20 meter band is resonant along the whole band (1.1:1
I was temporarily in Whittier due to that my brother lives there. He was PD in La Habra but worked at a phone company and security guard at a Sears I believe as well.. I worked at a Naugle fast-food chain grave, in 87. I didn't like the city and went back to the mountains back home in NM.
I just started to work /portable in this Spring and enjoy it :-) so, thanks for this useful movie, 73/88 de UB1AOA!
Thanks Raisa!
First I like to say that what you are doing a great things with this channel for young Amateurs for learning and for me and other Pro's in the busniss is also good to fres op on the technoligi in Ham things. I use a Mountain Jeep with 10 Antennas, antennapatch and 5 trancivers this system has worked for me for many years, photo of him on QRZ.com, great video ... Having that sead..... your Downstream key logo is to big... way to big. Greetings from Iceland 73 de TF3BR
You really need to grab one of Callum's dxcommanders. Putting mine up this weekend!
I would love to. I don’t have the ground space for the radials and I don’t really want an antenna around where my boys can mess with it.
Enjoy your videos. This was a great one, thx. But, I am surprised you did not mention or show the many options that Buddipole offers. I work exclusively portable and I sure have the wires too, put the Buddipole in dipole config one of my favorites for 20m and higher and 40m NVIS.
I’d love to review one. But I don’t have one at this time. All the recommendations I made were based on my personal experience.
Hey Josh, great video. Keen to hear why you chose the Ed Fong over the N9TAX
Did they talk about that in the chat?
It was a word of mouth recommendation and it performs well. 👍
@@wild-radio7373 yeah, right in the middle of the talk, at the end of the portable antennas section
Do you have a link to that loaded coil stl you mentioned? Sounds like a fun project!
I also use a compact log periodic antenna for UHF and VHF,
Nice Josh! ...... Did she introduce you as a "rabid ham"? :P
Can you post a link on tenkara rod to get? It seems like Greek to me. They all seem too short.
Can you shed some light on where you got the kickstand for the 1899t that was in the middle picture comparing it with the AX-1? I really need something like that
It was two water heater strips cut to length and a pvp. Pipe fitting for the antenna holder.
So when 20/40m portable verticals are attached directly to the set as per your picture is the user not a bit too close for the RF radiation?
Hey can you add a link for the fishing rods? Or... sell them on your site ; )
This is the best I can find on Amazon. The eBay seller I bought from is long gone now.
Do I smell a child at 26:06? LOL
I can't get on the air. I was ready to test and notified that the testing station was closed due to quarantine back in Feb. No idea when I will be able to test again. Kinda stinks.
Many radio clubs are doing online testing. Check the ARRL for a club near ou that does remote testing.
Hamstudy.org/sessions
I just tested today in San Antonio many clubs here are open I passed my Tech rating today!!!!
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WHAT.... I was just at my dad's house in La Crescenta. I couldn't make a single contact while there...??????
Cn a DISH antenna be used at all?
Order a signal stuff antenna that I never received . Does anyone else sell these?
New guy
Dean
Nope. Contact the owner and give them your order #. They’re made by hand.
Why would you run 100 watts on ft8
Because ft8 isn’t a low power mode. 👍
Glad you didn’t mention the Buddipole. Most frustrating thing I own. Have never been able to tune it for 20, 30 or 40 meters. Have never made a contact on one. Repeated requests for help from company went unanswered. Definitely not a good portable antenna in my book.
That’s a real shame as they seem to get a really good following. I’ve just bought a Buddistick to add to my collection of field antennas. I’ve used it mainly on 40 and I use a Buddi Versa Tee with the MFJ 1979 for 20 meters and above. Please persevere as I’m sure it will yield results for you and to enjoy your radio. 73 M0AZE MIke
send it to me.
I have not had the opportunity to try one. I’d love to though.
If I put it on eBay I will let you know.
I Apologize, I cant figure out windows 10... my bad. Display settings made a huge difference in my world. Sorry Josh. comment redacted.