FM Simplex / POTA Activation / J Pole Antenna
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- Опубліковано 5 кві 2020
- Testing out FM Simplex from Pine Mtn. in Georgia. Parks on the Air activation at K-2173 F.D. Roosevelt State Park. Also test out my Window line J Pole antenna I recently built with my local club. I also go over a few measurements of the antenna. Very simple to build. Come ride to the hilltop and lets stir up some contacts on 146.520 .
Great work, Steve! It was nice to see 146.520 light up with activity.
Great idea!! Glad to see 52 is alive and well! 73 de K2CJB
Not here in Philly it ain't. Never hear a peep and I put my call out all the time.
Great job. I'll have to try some FM simplex now! Cheers and 73!
oh, this looks like fun. I've been wanting to try this myself. Thanks for posting.
It was lots of fun Jason. I did give my local club a heads up on the time of the activation. That helped. I also picked up several stations that were not club related. If you can get some elevation give it a try. K-2173 Is my local home park. 30 miles away. Its also a level 1 for sota. I'll be doing some 6M stuff this summer. Later Steve Ad4xt
That was cool that was his first simplex! I really enjoy your videos! Thanks for posting!
great video! thanks for sharing.
Great video Mr. Steve
Another great video Steve! New camera looks great!
Great video, Steve! Looks like 2M simplex works great up on Pine Mountain.
Great J-Pole build, Great vid, hope to catch you again from my local parks. 73 N2YDC
Nicely done.
Great video, thank you for sharing. 73!
Great video 👍👍👍
"I'm giving her all she's got, Captain!" OK, I'm a geek, but that made me laugh out loud.
I call on simplex in north NJ all the time and don't get much back. Trying to bring it back here, might give this a try since I have a lot of state parks by me.
Great video!!
Thanks!
Free country 😎
Great video. Just subscribed to your channel.
Keep them coming :)
Nice video. I'm new to POTA and radio in general. I didn't know that people activated on 2M.
Yes you can. As long as you are not using a repeater. Radio to radio. Simplex.
It's very popular with the SOTA guys as they always on a good hilltop and they only need 4 contacts. Hope to catch you from a park sometime.
Steve
Really nice! If I did that in my QTH state of New Jersey on 2M call, the only thing I would hear is crickets.
Going portable is a lot like fishing. You just never know.
Find a hilltop and give it a go. Let your local club know when
you will be on the air. Lots of hams have 146.520 on scan.
Good luck.
Great video and just goes to prove that 520 simplex isn't dead! Thanks for sharing. Oh, I sub'd to your channel. 73 Juddie WD8WV
thanks
great video...what rig is that?
Great vid! What size battery do you run with your Yaesu 2900?
I use my Bioenno 20Ah battery for all my activations.
I plan to purchase one a bit smaller that i can hike with.
thanks for watching.
Steve
Nice video & great j pole :) 73 M7CCQ
The roll up dipole is a a great antenna but there is ZERO GAIN! A handheld 3 element Yagi on a short mast or tripod flat kicks it’s butt.
PS: it’s a mic not a hot potato.
Great video, Steve! That antenna is technically a "Slim Jim" J-pole variant. Here's the link to the instructions we used for our antenna build - www.hamuniverse.com/ke4nu450slimjim.html
Thanks Matt
I was on the net tonight with the crap antenna. KO4FFO
This is my kind of social media! -KM4ZSB
is that a j pole or a slim jim?
Slim jim
Can you share the schematics on the j-pole you made on this chicken ladder antenna?
Martin Moerman - These are the plans we used... www.hamuniverse.com/ke4nu450slimjim.html
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