Get a BIGGER Antenna on Your Gabil GRA-7350T for Portable POTA SOTA EMCOMM Operations

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Get a BIGGER Antenna on Your Gabil GRA-7350T Portable for POTA SOTA EMCOMM Operations. Works with the Comet Toy Box antenna as well.
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@jarnauskas Год назад

Glad you and your family made it through the hurricane. Thank you so much for the info.!

@HOAHamRadio Год назад

Thanks for the kind thoughts and words Joe.

@Summicron1951 Год назад

Glad to have you back after the storm

@HOAHamRadio Год назад

Thanks James. Great to be getting back to normal...

@weskn4nph806 Год назад

Bob, Happy to have you back, safe and sound. For attaching dissimilar metal objects, with the idea to be able to take them apart later, I use Permatex Copper Anti-Seize Lubricant on the threads. Works very well especially on PL259-SO239 connections. [you know the ones I'm talking about]. 1 oz. tube at your nearest Napa Auto Parts store.

@HOAHamRadio Год назад

Appreciate the tip on the anti-seize.... Thanks for the kind words and for watching.

@TheSmokinApe Год назад

I like modular systems like this, very handy stuff! Thanks Bob 👍

@HOAHamRadio Год назад

Thanks for watching Ape! Always appreciate you input and feedback!

@TheSmokinApe Год назад

@@HOAHamRadio Hey, I love the videos. Great green screen work BTW

@radioactive8245 Год назад

Glad that you are doing well, God bless you and yours.

@HOAHamRadio Год назад

radioactive, He has immensely! Thanks.

@JoeW7BWA Год назад

Glad to hear you and your family are safe. Also glad to see you back with more great videos! 73. Joe - W7BWA

@HOAHamRadio Год назад

Appreciate that Joseph. Glad to be getting back to normal.

@COASTALWAVESWIRES Год назад

Great idea, I'm a design engineer and spec out stuff from McMaster-Carr all the time. I didn't stop to think about them recently when I was trying to put an odd whip on my Slidewinder DX coil. Good call!! 73, Walt

@HOAHamRadio Год назад

Thanks for watching Walt. You must remember those HUGE paper catalogs they sent out; couldn't wait for mine to arrive.

@ericew Год назад

Welcome back!

@HOAHamRadio Год назад

Thanks Eric. Just felt strange not being able to get in front of the camera and talk to everyone. Glad to be back.

@miker7962 Год назад

Awesome video. I ordered the Manpack Whip and the McMaster adapter tonight. The hurricane was absolutely crazy down here by Babcock Ranch. Lost lots of shingles on our house and hundreds of trees down in our woods. Otherwise made it thru the storm pretty good. No flooding. It will take all winter to cut n burn those trees. de Mike WE0H ..

@HOAHamRadio Год назад

Mike, so sorry to here about all the damage; that must have been terrifying. Wife and I spent 2 years in Ft Myers on a work assignment and are so sad to see the loss so many have experienced -- can't imagine going through that. Stay safe clearing all the trees!

@stephenhouser2778 Год назад

Thanks for another video. Glad all is well at your house in Florida. -73 de Oklahoma

@HOAHamRadio Год назад

Thanks Stephen, appreciate the kind words.

@brucegilbaugh9100 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for all your research identifying the odd (metric) thread on this antenna and a viable adapter. Bruce

@HOAHamRadio 7 месяцев назад

Its what I do, I can't help myself. Thanks for viewing and the positive feedback.

@alexeyborealis4970 Год назад

Основательный подход! Отличная конструкция!

@HOAHamRadio Год назад

Thanks for watching and commenting Alexey.

@marcclarke01 Год назад

Thanks!

@HOAHamRadio Год назад

Thanks Marc, very much appreciated.

@K5QBF Год назад

I need to grab one of these antennas to play with.

@HOAHamRadio Год назад

Small but affective! Thanks for stopping by and watching.

@exotime Год назад

You can buy a 3/8-24 sized tall nuts like the one you use here - and then re-tap half of it to M10 1 or M10 1.5 depending what the pitch is. I was able to put the mil whip on my JPC12 that way. Regards. P

@HOAHamRadio Год назад

Appreciate the solution exotime; them ore options the better. Thanks for stopping by.

@sk8crk 5 месяцев назад

the original antenna is 7ft tall as i recall, adding these antennas instead only adds 2 to 10 ft.... doing so will cost you 10 meters at least maybe 12 and 15 too? but I wonder if to increases the bandwidth on the lower frequencies?

@shanerorko8076 7 месяцев назад

That adaptor is just metric fine to UN fine.

@ozone385 Год назад

What about the weight of the taller antenna and the slide adjustment.

@HOAHamRadio Год назад

Thanks for watching Marvin, and great question. The slide mechanism has a polymer nut at the bottom of the black shaft that locks it in place. When I slide it up and down at will, I don't have the nut tight. I've actually done some testing on that very issue and will be sharing my findings in my torture test video. I used the MFJ-1979 and it didn't slip over short periods of time that I tested it. Were you to leave it outside in the wind for extended periods it may slip a little, but then it really isn't designed as a permanent outdoor antenna. I am targeting the torture test video in the next 2 weeks.

@potaactivator Год назад

Bob, have you been able to find the replacement whip for the GRA-7350TC - the 3/8-24 version?

@HOAHamRadio Год назад

Do you mean, an exact replacement for the one that originally came with it? If so, I can check with Gabil and see if they plan on restocking it on Amazon. They used to sell them, but its not showing right now.

@Summicron1951 Год назад

Does the friction of the telescoping tube support the extra weight of a larger whip?

@HOAHamRadio Год назад

Great question James. The slide mechanism has a polymer nut at the bottom of the black shaft that locks it in place. When I slide it up and down at will, I don't have the nut tight. I've actually done some testing on that very issue and will be sharing my findings in my torture test video. I used the MFJ-1979 and it didn't slip over short periods of time that I tested it. Were you to leave it outside in the wind for extended periods it may slip a little, but then it really isn't designed as a permanent outdoor antenna. I am targeting the torture test video in the next 2 weeks.

@davidbinkowski4825 11 месяцев назад

I think these longer 17 foot antennas can tune 20 meters without even using the loading coil under it. Supposedly you can just put the 3/8 antenna right into the tripod or spike connector... I was thinking the same thing, if the higher weight of the antenna would cause you to have to really tighten that nut to keep it from slippage.

@Chameleon_Antenna Год назад

Have you lost antennas during the IAN Hurricane that was installed outside in your yard?

@HOAHamRadio Год назад

The short answer is, by design, no antennas were lost, and the attic space became the ideal antenna location while we road out the storm. Based on my HOA conditions, all my outside antennas are installed so they can be taken down quickly, if needed. My station reference antenna is a 73’ endfed connected to a CHA Hybrid Micro. 36 hours before landfall Tampa was right in the center of the forecasted track, so I took the antenna down, knowing tree branches over my wire would be coming down in 130 MPH + winds. At that point, I used an attic dipole to stay connected till we were clear of danger. That left me single banded, but as long the roof stayed on the house, I would have an antenna. Glad to say, as of this week, the 73’ wire is back to hiding in plain sight, connected to the CHA Hybrid Micro.

@loraz0 4 месяца назад

What bands can you tune with the manpack antenna and the sliding coil? Does it work for 10-40?

@HOAHamRadio 4 месяца назад

12 through 40

@wb4gud-1 11 месяцев назад

Do you know if the Toy Box also uses the M10X1 threads? Any idea if anyone has tried this and how the taps are used? I would think with the longer whip, the tap would go up in bands, such as use the tap for 20M to work 30 or 40. Tnx for the videos, 73 WB4GUD.

@HOAHamRadio 11 месяцев назад

When you add the longer whip to a sliding coil, you change where you would adjust the coil for a particular frequency from when using a shorter ship. Trying to pull that off with the Toy Box, I believe, would be near impossible. You have no way to know how the longer whip interplays with the tap locations.

@antonanker583 Год назад

Just got the 3/8"-24 to M10 x 1 mm adaptor you mentioned from your link but as the 3/4” -24 end fits my other antennas perfectly, the M10 x 1mm doesn’t so they’ve either changed the threads on it or they sent me the wrong adaptor. Haven’t heard back from the seller yet. I just may have to retap it.

@HOAHamRadio Год назад

Anton, that would be a shame if they changed it! Let me know how it turns out for you.

@jchd2004 Год назад

@@HOAHamRadio just ordered one will let you know if mine comes in wrong

@HOAHamRadio Год назад

@@jchd2004 Appreciate that Joel. McMaster Carr is pretty good; I'd like to know if I got my wires crossed up some how.

@randyab9go188 Год назад

Sending my GRA-7350T back to Amazon. Within a day the scale is falling apart where the clamp grips. Same issue as seen on another RU-vid video. This scale needs to be laser engraved on the tube not a piece of tape! Since they took your last suggestion, would you bring this up with the manufacturer?

@HOAHamRadio Год назад

Randy, I really appreciate you bringing this up. If people are having issues, its helpful to make me aware. I only want to talk about gear that is reliable. This is certainly an issue and I will relay the concern to Gabil to see if this is a problem more common than I am aware. You mention a RU-vid video that covers this issue; would really appreciate a link so I can also send that to Gabil.

@randyab9go188 Год назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LS17tVl3F0U.html

@GH0ST369 4 месяца назад

They fixed it and it is laser engraved.

@huuffff Год назад

Look job for my metal lathe

@HOAHamRadio Год назад

I wish I knew you had some open capacity Joseph, would've gotten my hardware a lot easier and faster!

@swenner64 5 месяцев назад

Pac-12 is great!!!

@HOAHamRadio 5 месяцев назад

I've heard lots of good things about the Pac-12

@user-iu1ji7fd2m Год назад

What kind of tripod are you using ?

@HOAHamRadio Год назад

Its by G Gabil Radio. They recently sold out after a big promotion; should be back in stock mid June -- amzn.to/3UE7gmg

@HOAHamRadio Год назад

It is back in stock; here is the link: amzn.to/3UE7gmg Try this discount code, it if is still active it would get you 15% off: 15JWHYTL

@Tump2010 Год назад

Does the Gabil lock in place at all once adjusted? I would be concerned that the weight of something like the MFJ collapsing the Gabil throwing off the tune.

@HOAHamRadio Год назад

Thump2010, yes, it has a polymer nut at the bottom of the black shaft that locks it in place. When I slide it up and down at will, I don't have the nut tight. I've actually done some testing on that very issue and will be sharing my findings in my torture test video. I used the MFJ-1979 and it didn't slip over short periods of time that I tested it. Were you to leave it outside in the wind for extended periods it may slip a little, but then it really isn't designed as a permanent outdoor antenna. I am targeting the torture test video next Friday.

@davidmeale9572 Год назад

18dollars ??? For something easily make one with connector bolts either 3/8 or 10mm and same taps ..just retap , they are very similar threads.

@HOAHamRadio Год назад

David, perfect idea. If you have the tap that's a simple solution.

@kc7klz Год назад

I was kind of wondering if you could do that. It would be cheaper.

@sk8crk 5 месяцев назад

what is the benefit?

@HOAHamRadio 5 месяцев назад

A longer whip will reduce dependence on the coil being used to get resonant; i.e., the longer antenna will be more efficient.

@sk8crk 5 месяцев назад

@@HOAHamRadio at the expense of some of the higher bands?

@HOAHamRadio 5 месяцев назад

With the telescoping, you just manually collapse them to get your higher bands; no sacrifice. Withe the manpack collapsible, yep, you loose 6, maybe 10...don't recall.

@sk8crk 5 месяцев назад

@@HOAHamRadio BTW: Thank You for responding, there are too many influencers who never respond.

@sk8crk 5 месяцев назад

@@HOAHamRadio thank you.

@temporarilyoffline Год назад

IDIC - infinite diversity in infinite connectors. It's just as bad as plumbing!

@HOAHamRadio Год назад

I hate plumbing! Although that is where I learned to solder.

@temporarilyoffline Год назад

@@HOAHamRadio I still can't solder pipes with water in them. Fresh pipes are easy though. For plumbing work, I buy way more than I need, finish the job and return the unused stuff. Such a pain!