I've been reading your logs and experiments at hamradio.me for two years now and love your content. Having a bit of electronics and physics education myself, I appreciate your thorough testing methodology and explanations of your findings. It amazes me how so many people still think J's don't need a choke, or the bottom T stud doesn't matter. I think that shows too many are too absorbed into HF and the big antennas to care about VHF/UHF operation and just accept whatever they were told. Those same people are amazed when I tell them I can reach repeaters 60 miles away on 1W of 440 MHz from inside my house, using a simple 20AWG loop antenna, tuned with the help of what I learned from your site. Thanks!
@5:23 is that a TM-D710G? Did you bring it for APRS? Might also be nice for dual band and voice alert. I usually setup a beacon when I POTA, havent caught any QSOs strictly from it though. Hopefully when I start SOTA (this afternoon W1/CR-006) it will help out a bit better. Either way, its kinda neat to see your path on APRS.fi and see who is out there. I will be using an N9taxlabs slimjim so similar setup antenna wise. Nice helpful video without being several hours long. Just enough motiviation and explanation to get us out there. 73 - KC1OCA
You sir, are owed another antenna for the go bag etc...Contact me on eBay. If you would like, just tell me to make it with the sma male for your Yaesu for a direct fit. Thank you for this very fair and detailed review. Great time you had!
Woodbridge va here, going to take some tests later today. Thanks for the video.
I've been reading your logs and experiments at hamradio.me for two years now and love your content. Having a bit of electronics and physics education myself, I appreciate your thorough testing methodology and explanations of your findings. It amazes me how so many people still think J's don't need a choke, or the bottom T stud doesn't matter. I think that shows too many are too absorbed into HF and the big antennas to care about VHF/UHF operation and just accept whatever they were told. Those same people are amazed when I tell them I can reach repeaters 60 miles away on 1W of 440 MHz from inside my house, using a simple 20AWG loop antenna, tuned with the help of what I learned from your site.
Thanks!
@5:23 is that a TM-D710G? Did you bring it for APRS? Might also be nice for dual band and voice alert. I usually setup a beacon when I POTA, havent caught any QSOs strictly from it though. Hopefully when I start SOTA (this afternoon W1/CR-006) it will help out a bit better. Either way, its kinda neat to see your path on APRS.fi and see who is out there.
I will be using an N9taxlabs slimjim so similar setup antenna wise.
Nice helpful video without being several hours long. Just enough motiviation and explanation to get us out there.
73 - KC1OCA
You sir, are owed another antenna for the go bag etc...Contact me on eBay. If you would like, just tell me to make it with the sma male for your Yaesu for a direct fit. Thank you for this very fair and detailed review. Great time you had!
Deal!
Good Job!
Thanks!
Antenna seemed to have worked great.