In this video, Ted Edwards (W3TB) explains what NVIS antennas are used for and how to deploy them. From a presentation to WCARES.org on Saturday, November 18th, 2023.
I have the 25' Chameleon mast on the front hitch receiver of my truck. Works great and is very mobile! Works on the rear receiver hitch also, of course, but I have to use a hitch extension.
Great video! I've been using a Chameleon Emcomm III 130' in a NVIS config. 10' horizontal off the ground. Had a nice JS8Call conversation with another ham in Germany this week. Im in southern NH and have pretty solid coverage all the way to the Mississippi river per psk reporter.
Here's a shocker. If you want true NVIS your antenna will be below 10 feet. Been doing this many years. We don't care about gain. We don't care about signal strength. What we care about is if the intended recipient can copy us. Low antenna is difficult to DF. Low antenna is down out of the noise. And we run them QRP.
