Those winders look stout! Very nice. Now get to making the video where you cut and tune and test it on 40, 20, 15 and 10. Lol. Great video as always Carlos!
My steps for tuning were something like wrap 11 turns around the coil about 6ft from the transformer. Then trim/fold back as you normally would tuning to make it resonant on 40 meters. I’ve you have it resonant on 40, then add remove a turn or two to adjust where it resonates on the higher bands 10 and 15 the coil even has a small effect on 20m resonant
They say that when tuning an antenna you should check it out in the location you plan to use it. There are a lot of how to cut an efhw wire videos online, but none of them have been done at terminal velocity
@@LifeAtTerminalVelocity they say there is no such thing as an antenna in free space. I don’t know how much conductive material there is in your parachute gear, but you’re pretty close to an antenna in free space I imagine
I have this one and love it! Threw 100watts at it all day long
So far it has been a stellar antenna. I plan to take it into the air soon.
Those winders look stout! Very nice. Now get to making the video where you cut and tune and test it on 40, 20, 15 and 10. Lol. Great video as always Carlos!
Well this video does have the 40 and 20 part already done.
Don’t cut it for 40 until you have have the coil with ~10-12wraps
My steps for tuning were something like wrap 11 turns around the coil about 6ft from the transformer. Then trim/fold back as you normally would tuning to make it resonant on 40 meters. I’ve you have it resonant on 40, then add remove a turn or two to adjust where it resonates on the higher bands 10 and 15 the coil even has a small effect on 20m resonant
They say that when tuning an antenna you should check it out in the location you plan to use it. There are a lot of how to cut an efhw wire videos online, but none of them have been done at terminal velocity
That's why I tune them with two forty foot masts. That is as close as I can get to putting them up very high.
@@LifeAtTerminalVelocity they say there is no such thing as an antenna in free space. I don’t know how much conductive material there is in your parachute gear, but you’re pretty close to an antenna in free space I imagine