My PackTenna Broke!! Here's How I Fixed It.

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My PackTenna Failed On Me. Here's How I Fixed My Broken PackTenna Linked End Fed Half Wave Antenna
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Комментарии : 42

@kb9jqu Год назад

That's ok Mike... if mine breaks I'll be just as sad... but not a SAD HAM.

@hamradiotube Год назад

That's a fine line to walk lol!

@JonHuckaba-j9y Год назад

I have used fishing line for getting the wire through the ferrule. I used a piece of 20 pound braid fishing line. Looped it through the loop of the wire. Slide the ferrule over the two ends of the braid and use the braid to pull the wire through. Great video as always. Keep ‘em coming.

@PendejoRyan Год назад

So that's what was wrong with it. Nice fix!

@Joe-KN4IFI Год назад

Easy peasy lemon squeezy. 73 Joe

@aa3konthego Год назад

Coax connector and wire joints take the most abuse in the field. I had a connector go intermittent on me while in the field.

@fireflaze Месяц назад

A break at the end of the wire (on the loop) wouldn't have made a difference. The break was more likely at the board where the wire exited the board. The wire broke but the insulation remained intact. That is where mechanically the most action occurs.

@ghostmandka5498 Год назад

Love the T-Shirt!!!

@KeepEvery1Guessing Год назад

If the only break is that spot you noticed at the center of the loop, you may want to add a thimble. I don't think that you'll find commercial ones that size, but you may be able to fake one out of a small grommet.

@mongo6167 Год назад

I have got to get on hf. That looked really simple

@donausmus4281 Год назад

Your drama classes have paid off, kinda

@Toner-N1SWT Год назад

Good stuff Mike!

@hamradiotube Год назад

Thanks man!

@robertmeyer4744 Год назад

That is why i take my soldering stuff with me and extra wire. nice cat toy ! hope he don't get to happy with yellow wire and go after the whole roll of yellow wire and string it all over when you are gone. years back my cat did that with my mom's yarn . all over the living room . what a tangled mess. LOL 73's

@wy7papa_Dave Год назад

Thanks Mike. Hopefully I won’t have to do that. But in case I do, I now know how to do it.

@davidwilcox9110 Год назад

Mike, You are so full of BS you need a good laxative. That said tongue in cheek……. I had a good laugh with your intro. On one of my PackTennas the center conductor of the coax was not connected….. so broke from manufacture. A little heat from my soldering pencil and some extra solder it worked and has worked well since. Thanks for showing us that hams CAN FIX STUFF!

@charleyfarly3017 Год назад

Use your Tenntenna!

@russellwatkinson Год назад

Hi Mike, what type of crimp and crimper are you using?

@Cliff-KI5OPP Год назад

Thats what we call in the phone business a high joint. Wire is broke insulation isnt. It can be a bear to find when your cable pair is over 50,000 feet long

@hamradiotube Год назад

Ah good to know. This was my first encounter with such a break. Fortunately it was in the first 18 or so feet lol. 50k? No thank you. You don't have any kind of TDR to find a short in your industry? That seems weird...

@KS0JD Год назад

Nice repair job! 73

@RadioOperator-GMB Год назад

Hello Mike! Your videos are always fun and educational. Do many amateur radio operators like cats? I also have two cats! Just like your cat, he's playing with the antenna wire! JG3GMB 73.

@hamradiotube Год назад

I have no idea what other people do but if you like animals, you're ok with me. Great to see you in here all the way from Japan though! Thanks for watching.

@ae4xo Год назад

That’s why I have a spare packtenna

@hamradiotube Год назад

I do too. Guess where it was?

@ae4xo Год назад

@hamradiotube never leave home without it

@K9TPT Год назад

Hi Mike. Is there any difference between running the packtenna vertical vs a sloper ?

@hamradiotube Год назад

Not a lot, no. Your radiation pattern will change and the SWR will be a little different depending on the height of the transformer, but not enough to really matter.

@Ammed_KN6STX Год назад

Nice!!!!

@ralphshepard1 Год назад

9:00 that's what she said

@hamradiotube Год назад

Sometimes you just gotta do it lol!!!

@ralphshepard1 Год назад

Couldn't help myself

@hamradiotube Год назад

@@ralphshepard1 I know. That's why we get along :)

@W9HJBill Год назад

Broked? 😁😁

@hamradiotube Год назад

Yep

@stevenemert837 Год назад

Busticated.

@prephampaul Год назад

@jerryKB2GCG Год назад

Love your t-shirt KB2GCG

@hamradiotube Год назад

Thanks. Of course I wear it for trolling purposes only, you can get this shirt or other funny shirts from QuirkyQRP www.etsy.com/shop/QuirkyQRPHamRadios?ref=shop-header-name&listing_id=1422802872