Linas, Your videos are amazing… you always capture my imagination, and innovative curiosity. Thank you my friend! At my QTH, my Home Owners Association (HOA), and my lovely wife (XYL) look dimly on any antenna. I’m looking at various alternatives. It’s all part of what I call, ‘The Great Female Conspiracy!’ de W7UDT (dit dit)
Thanks Randall! Sorry for the HOA and Female Conspiracy! Luckily, the great Ham Community has got numerous tricks in the hat to bypass the obstacles! Like, flagpole etc., you know better than me! Good luck! 73! Linas LY2H
Today, when there are so many "appliance operators" who have no concept of how an antenna works or even basic wave propagation theory, it is IMPERITIVE that we pay attention to videos like this, and learn how to think out of the box and make due with what we have available. Emergencies do happen and if you do not know how to put your signal on the air, you are hopelessely doomed and useless. THANK YOU Linas! 73
Hello Linas, another in a series of great videos from you, thank you. This year I'm moving from Campbell River, British Columbia (BC) to Cranbrook, BC to be closer to my new third harmonic (grandson). Hope to do some SOTA and POTA work there and just plain get out in the outdoors ham radio. Tnx agn, Linas, 73 GUD DX DE VE7KKQ
Thanks John! Great to hear great news about the third harmonic! Good luck also in SOTA/POTA , with Cycle 25 manifesting it takes just so little to get outdoorsy! 73! CU on the bands! Linas LY2H
Alway great videos, I love to go out to my shop and just look around, it’s surprising how many thing you can find that you can adapt to an entirely different application than it was designed for. 73. KV5P
Hello, yes, I have. Not in the professional way, actually, like measuring the field strength at some certain distances with professional field strength meters :), but in a everyday life conditions, like comparing the reports from other stations, comparing how do I receive, a little bit of RBN. Actually, I can confirm an old “rule of thumb” from the antenna books: 1 elevated radial equals to 3 laying-on-the -ground radials”. I would add, even better, as one elevated radial could be adjusted in space, giving the antenna some directivity and better resonance. Radials on the ground really shine when there is many more of them then 3. 12 to 16 radials of at least 1/8 wl on the ground is the minimum compromise, IMO, still providing for good efficiency for a 1/4 wl GP vertical. For instance, I have tried numerous times in the field position a 20m of wire spiraly wound on a 18m Spidermast with 16 radials 12.5m each in the CQWW contest running CW QRO with fantastic results. Let us know what’s your experience! 73! Linas LY2H
