Will a cheap CB antenna work for POTA?
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- Опубліковано 25 чер 2024
- I attempt a Parks on the Air (POTA) activation on 10 meters using an Abbree CB antenna to see if it will work and what bands Emergency Mode on the ICOM 7300 can tune it.
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(Note: it doesn't say Abbree, but that's what arrived in the mail)
Signal Stuff mag mount
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Great stuff as always, Mike! Keep experimenting! Keep F'ing around and finding out. THAT is what this hobby is all about.
You bet! I’m not worried about the $13 for this. I’ll find some good use for it as I keep experimenting.
I made some contacts with a cb antenna days after getting my tech license I was definitely running high swrs on my 7300 I cut the cord and made a wire vertical and that is the first antenna I had I talked a lot of people on it including you at a new park we had a brief QSO a couple weeks later I found your channel and said hey I worked that guy on POTA 😂
LOL, I still remember our contact. Thanks for checking out the video! I’ll be trying some other configurations for this antenna.
Antenna time! Nice work! 73!
I’ve still gotta activate with it soon, even if it’s FT8.
I've got several mag mount CB antennas. Good to know in a bind it'll work on 10m. It looked like it may have tuned up 12 as well. The 17 foot whip is amazing. I have the Chameleon model and love it.
The 17’ whip is my favorite antenna. Maybe with better band conditions I’ll have more luck on 10/12m.
Interesting experiments . Yes the HF bands been weird before field day and 6/26 still bit odd. some 6 meters . The outher day 20 meters around noon was pretty flat but 15 meters was hooping real nice FT8 . 12/17 /10 not so good but got a 6 meter FT8 . Pretty much 40/80/160 totally un usable for me. S9 to S15 noise floor at times. summer like that for me around Boston NY . 73's
Yeah, the bands have definitely been weird lately. I caught some of the 6m opening right before Field Day and had some fun with that on SSB and FT8.
6 meter follow up?
I actually thought of that just before the premiere, LOL. Yes, I'm definitely going to give that a try. Thanks for watching!
It was great getting to work you guys park to park last wednesday, 73 KE9AGJ
Awesome! That video should be out soon. Thanks for checking this one out too.