INVERTED V Camping setup | K7SW Ham Radio
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- In this Video, I setup my EMCOMM III portable as an Inverted V using the back of my RV.
Here area few tips I have for you when deploying this antenna in such a manner.
Some of these tips will be useful at your camping locations.
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Thanks nice little set up !!! great information!!!!😀
Hey Kevin, WE7CB here, finally ran across your channel, and loved the video!
Chad, great to hear from you. You are welcome, I am glad that you liked it. Good to see you at at the bbq recently. 73
Nicely done sir, I have used the exact same set up as you did and included same radio and antenna, but I have used both a Neumatic 32 ft mast with 20 PSI can carrier of air, or a SPIDERMAST, both of which are really fun to demo for guest at events: I.E. POTA's, SOTA's, and Field Day. I am glad I found your video's and I hope to see more of your work here soon. 73's Don DE; QNA
Thanks Don, your mast setups would be really fun operate. I keep an eye for one in my travels hoping to find a reasonable deal on one to add on my camper. Perhaps one day... your a man after the samr interests with that stuff. Thanks for watching. 73 Kevin
Pretty awesome 😊
One of the best videos I've seen on setting up a configuration for your antenna. Thanks!
Living Good, thank you.
I try to improve each video for better content by listening to feedback. Thanks for taking the time. 73 Kevin
WHOAMMMM...thi is how we roll as a neffective working Portable Station. I like your setup there. You know what the funny Part was I liked a lot about this Video? As you explained the Guy you are camping in the Desert....lots of People I made Contact to telling me " ok Uncle Guenter we apprectiate the Contact with your Portable Station. Enjoy your outdoor Camping and have tons of Dx Contacts..." I have to explain them that I am not a Camper - I am a fulltime Portable Station in all kinds of Weather except of pooring Rain stopps me from playing Radio.
Keep up ypur fantastic Work, Kevin. Happy sunday into UT to you and yours. 73 de YFUG from southwest Germany 💯🍻🙋♂
Guenter, it sounds like you are living the life of a portable ham ! You know just how exciting it is to work DX. I hope we get to work each other one day. 73
@@hamradiowithkevin Yup, the Area where I live is a Nightmare for HAM Radio operating. 160,80 and 40m S9 man made noise 24/7. Since over 2 years the Asian Multimedia Entertaiment Toys started interfering the other Bands like 20 and 17m Band. PLC Noise and WiFi Repeaters made my life hard. Outside at Mother Nature I am free as a Bird...and this Bird you cannot change. (Ronnie Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd).
Yes we defintily need to work something out to make that Contact happening...would be frikken awsome P2P.
73 de YFUG 👍🙋♂
@@DK5ONV , that sounds like tough conditions indeed. And you found a way to enjoy too. A true enthusiast you are.
@@hamradiowithkevin Thx for your kind Words, Kevin. HAM Radio is my #1 favourite Hobby in my Life. And I am going to do anything to enjoy that. I even raise hell and break shit
very cool!
I see you have a Tac-Comm carrier. I love mine.
Yes, they are so flexible.
Nice! Very cool, need to do a camping setup now that I've seen this. :-)
Thanks Janre. 73
Great video! I like the setup, 73.
Thanks Jon, 73
nice job putting this video together. 73 WA6MOW
Thank you Alan, 73 Kevin
Are use the Bioenno solar charge controller because they’re designed for Ham Radio to be quiet. Other charge controllers can induce noise in the radio is my understanding.
I have used different charge controllers. If I use one that is noisey, I just charge while I am taking a break. The solution can be that easy.
I prefer my 80m-10m EFHW over my CHA Emcom III portable. Especially on 80m and 40m.
Very nice video and a Great video Voice!! Where can I get my husband a t shirt like the one you have on?
Thank you Yvette for the complement, I think this shirt was a Costco shirt from an early spring inventory.
Do you spin dinner plates and juggle too? (Kidding). Looks like a solid robust field deployment. Great contacts!
Tip: Sometimes when I launch my throw, I face backwards to get a better arch… try it.
Good one Randall 👍 the plates sound like a fun experiment. The backward toss migt not be so accurate for me. I do have an idea though 😉
Try figure-8 winding you antenna on the winder. That may solve twisting.
Thanks, that's a good point. Since that video I have winded both ways. The more it's used, the better it winds in a winder.
Great tip, you shared 👍
Salutation to 7x5 LM.. nice vedio good job. 73QRO
Fun video dude! Keeper coming...KK7TPQ
Tell us about that Powerpole hub you’ve got!
Great question, that hub in the video was from powerwerx.com and it looks like they do not sell this model of hub any more.
Nice video, nice setup. Good choice for a portable radio, the TS480.
Where did you get the 40 foot window washer pole? I could use all 40 feet of it. I use multi band vertical wire antenna made out of #22 teflon wire. I should not need to drill holes to keep it from collapsing. My flag pole is 28 feet but 40 foot would be so much better.
Barry, KU3X
Thanks Barry. I kept watching local classifieds and also called around to window cleaner companies and eventually found one.
Hi Kevin, would you have a link to the D ring clips?
Thanks for asking Robbie, I have added the item to the description, just make sure you get a size that fits the mast you are working with.
Note: the round ones seem to work better than the square ones. 73 Kevin
I have the same antenna but have only set it up as end fed sloper in a tall tree after camping for a VT POTA activation. I ended up using my tuner and made some great contacts. Great video, have a safe trip. Are you on Patreon??
Andrew, your right, this antenna seems to be a really good performer.
I am looking forward to getting into our mountain areas so that I can extend this antenna as a slopper and inverted L like you did.
I appreciate your support. I have not started patreon, I will look into it. thanks and 73 Kevin.
@@hamradiowithkevin just let you know that deal you keep calling snatch lock are call swevil snap or clip
@@AndrewMurphy8383 I appreciate that, thank you Andrew 73
@@hamradiowithkevin no problems i would like to do a interview for my yt and poddcast at some point if and when u got time
素晴らしいです。QSOできることたのしみにしています。73 JL1MMM
Yes that would be fun, i hope we can do just that . 73 de K7SW
I've turned into a solar junkie.
Instead of inverted v flat top it get more DBs
I sure wish I had more tall trees when I go camping to do that 👍