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REEL POTA-BLE Antenna - Easy Deploy 40M-10M EFHW

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It's called the REEL Pota-ble antenna. It is an EFHW that has the potential to work on many bands. During this video, I was running 100w SSB. This is the information I could find on it:
"THE REEL POTA-ble EFHW Antenna is a truly unique, and versatile portable antenna. Designed for quick and easy deployment with portable operators in mind. The antenna is light, and compact, easy to fit in most Go Bags. It features a 49:1 transformer built in to a reel box. The round spool keeps the flexible silicone 20 ga wire from kinking, and provides smooth deployment and retraction. One of the unique features of the Reel POTA-ble antenna is the integrated active connection between the transformer and the radiating element. This allows for fine tuning, unlike some traditional EFHW antennas with fixed length wire. An example is our antenna is pre-tuned for the lower end of 40 meters, and with 12 cranks of the handle it's now resonant at the top of the band. Please see SWR plots pictures and Video. With the wire fully extended 20, 15, 10 meters are ready to go, no tuner required. The Antenna is rated for 100 watts SSB, and 50 CW, and 30 watts FT8, or other Digital modes. The antenna comes with a convenient Stainless Steel loop. and S-Biner for easy attachments in the field. This is a great POTA, SOTA or Field Day, antenna. "
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27 авг 2024

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@ronki5gnl689 Год назад

Thanks for the review. I should have 15 more ready to ship next monday 8-28-23

@HAMRADIODUDE Год назад

Very good quality, easy to use, just simple. Is the product sold just on eBay or is there a website that I can direct people to? Thanks so much and keep up the good work

@petewheeler4769 Год назад

Where do I get one?

@ronki5gnl689 Год назад

@@petewheeler4769 ebay they should be ready to ship monday

@colincolin30 8 месяцев назад

@@justawfulgamer7738 it's just a slip ring connection between the coil of wire and the 49:1matcher

@W9HJBill Год назад

Years ago, I used a chalk line reel for a counter poise holder. Never really thought about making it an antenna wire holder. Great idea.

@pasjeihobby Год назад

Fire, wheel and reel antenna. 3 most important inventions on this planet. So far😆👍 Good Lord I need this in my life. Pls make more. 73

@AndrewWells527 Год назад

That looks like a convenient fill door in case you let too much RF out.

@thomashardy9994 6 месяцев назад

This thing is GREAT! I saw a review of this antenna a few months ago but I was too late ordering it. When I that it was available again I quickly grabbed it. Yesterday I tried some vertical wire antennas with different permutations of 4:1, and 9:1 ununs, baluns, counterpoise, and radials all with rather high SWRs. Remembering that I also had this in my collection, I taped one end to an 18 foot telescopic pole, reeled out the line until it stopped and hung the transformer about 5 feet high. I was also trying to get acquainted with a new radio, so I watched a tutorial on my phone and started receiving signals. Stations in Puerto Rico and Arizona, were easily heard: around 1700 miles from me. I tuned up on 20 meters and checked in to a net. My longest contact was in Panama 1900 miles away. I was heard using 40 and 70 watts. Not bad for an 18 foot sloper.

@1979Iceman Год назад

I have built 2 variants of these with the exact same chalk line spool! One with bare wire and one with silicone coated wire. Both have their challenges and advantages. I don’t have my transformer attached though so it’s not as fuss free as his. Looks like a great product he has. I like to DIY but for someone who likes a simple EFHW solution that’s a pretty solid looking setup he has there

@Kinetic79 Год назад

Would be cool if you elaborated :) i think the uncoated is electrically superior-primarily if it’s at the unun end… as spooling at the far end is generally fairly blind to the RF regardless of coating. but i assume that the uncoated is less flexible and tangles or kinks more easily for you, right?

@1979Iceman Год назад

@@Kinetic79 ok where to begin. Well, I’ve not had any problems with tangling. I will work up a better more detailed response, just wanted to get back to you so you know I wasn’t ignoring you.

@1979Iceman Год назад

@@Kinetic79 the first one I made was from 100 feet of stainless steel picture hanging wire at about 1.5mm diameter (multi stranded). My favorite but can cause a rats nest if you let go of the handle but avoidable. My second one was made with 45 pound test copper trolling wire. Doesn’t have the same problem as the SS wire. I’ve had no issues winding and unwinding the copper one. More to come…

@1979Iceman Год назад

@@Kinetic79 with the copper trolling wire I was able to get 150 feet of wire on the spool. My assumption was that since the uncoated wire is conductive, the wire left on the spool would contribute to the overall length of the antenna by the width of the spool. My thought was that if that were true then I should be able to spool out the exact length I need for each band I want to work or I could run out a length for 40 or even 80 and take advantage of the multi band aspect of the EFHW. Basically dial a specific band or go multi-band. So far my testing has confirmed it does work as expected, even if my understanding of what actually going on is incorrect.

@1979Iceman Год назад

@@Kinetic79 both of those work the same way so I consider that one variant. The other is the coated wire variant and that one is a bit tricky since you need the wire to be connected at the spool end. This requires a clutch type connection so that it remains electronically connected while winding. More to come

@jamesgeorge1709 11 месяцев назад

I have 2 of the Viet Nam era army fishing reel antennas and I use them as a 80 meter dipole or just 1 and use it as a end fed half wave. they work great. I also have the collapseable 110" whip that I can use and get a great vertical using it as a stinger. I enjoy playing with portable multiband antennas and operating QRP. I'm sure you know QRP demands efficant antennas compromise antennas and QRP just doesn't work. I think that is why so many QRP ops give up because they can't make contacts.73 from ki0ad 😊

@johnemmons9087 10 месяцев назад

That’s very cool! I never heard of those fish reels! Is there any reference I could read about them?! I love lost history!

@dougdaniels Год назад

On all the various EFHWs I've used, I've never used a choke, and 50' of coax has always served well as a counterpoise. I don't need another one, but I feel like I need to build one of these 🤣Thanks for the review!

@snakezdewiggle6084 Год назад

Choke is for safety. Happy static minning.

@chublez Год назад

@@snakezdewiggle6084 Few things sadder than sad ham.

@snakezdewiggle6084 Год назад

@chublez What are you crying about now ?

@MikeN2MAK Год назад

Awesome review, Dude!

@anthonyglaser929 5 месяцев назад

I love this idea, but in other videos I have seen the feed line attaches to the other end of the antenna. But in this video the feed line attaches to the reel end of the line through that black box right, which is a lot smarter. But how does this get wired? Did he have to drill a hole in the reel to run the wire into the feed line connector? It would be great to see a close up of that connection. thanks.

@haramanggapuja Год назад

I built something similar using camp clothesline reels. I was surprised at how easy it was to get strung & working. Maybe I’ll drag one out the next POTA acto I try. 73 de W8IJN

@j.d.-alawyerexplains5064 Год назад

Nifty antenna

@deankq4adj125 Год назад

I've got something similar to this without rubber coating on the wire, I use heavy duty metal fishing line and pull out to various lengths for the bands.

@HAMRADIODUDE Год назад

You just help me with my idea for the build, and now I think I know how I'm going to finish it. Do you have any recommendations on a brand for the metal fishing line

@HAMRADIODUDE Год назад

Thank you by the way

@Kinetic79 Год назад

Surfstrand copper ... though the stainless steel versions will also work. It can kink more easily than the silicone wire.@@HAMRADIODUDE

@1979Iceman Год назад

@@HAMRADIODUDEI used Blood Run brand 45# strength for mine but the 30# should work too. I also built one with SS picture hanging wire 1.5mm If you need any additional ideas I can share more details

@HAMRADIODUDE Год назад

Dang. I appreciate it! I just finished the video but now I am going to edit it and make the mention of that. That's cool. Best mod for me as I'm always tangling my wire in a hurry

@BarefootBeekeeper 10 месяцев назад

Im struggling to figure out how the wire connects to the feed line without twisting up inside...

@HAMRADIODUDE 10 месяцев назад

I don't know exactly, but I have a solution of my own. I don't have a lot of time unfortunately to make a video.

@_0815_ 10 месяцев назад

Ever since I saw this video there's one thing that buggles my mind. How do you connect the antenna wire on the reel to the hot side of the 49:1 unun?! The wire in the center will inevitably spinn/turn... and not just a few revs. There must be some kind of 'sliding contact' or a comparable solution. This antenna really fascinates me and I would love to try to rebuild this. It's not financially doable to import one to Germany. The price of $120 may be adequate, but with international shipping and import taxes it's rather unobtainable for me. It would be amazing if you could lift secret of 'its guts' by opening one or provide some information for us. Best regards and thank you for your dedication to ham radio.

@HAMRADIODUDE 10 месяцев назад

Great news. I think I've managed to come up with the solution that should work. I'll be testing it today, and making a video in the next few days. So sometime next week you might see my take on how it could be done

@_0815_ 10 месяцев назад

@@HAMRADIODUDE Sounds amazing 🤩 Thank you very much.

@ae4xo Год назад

I only use end feds. the WRC let me down, so I had to switch to something reliable

@aa3konthego Год назад

Will winding up the antenna cause it to choke the RF trying to go down it? Four feet isn't too much but if you have to do 10-15 feet for the WARC bands, it could become an issue. I do like the idea of winding up the radiator wire like that.

@AlanElBee Год назад

They had 12, now all gone. 2046 UTC 8-21-23

@ChrisKD9YSW Год назад

I would build one

@snakezdewiggle6084 Год назад

Of course you could go the other way. Attache the spool to the telescopic pole, and run the wire out to the tree, fence, car. , ;)

@HAMRADIODUDE Год назад

Actually this is a great idea and for a video I'm working on right now, I Do give you credit and suggests because it's solved one of my problems

@snakezdewiggle6084 Год назад

That's cool man, thanks. Don't feel obliged to id me. Ham radio is all about, diy, experimenting, and sharing knolage.

@colincolin30 8 месяцев назад

Did you ever put up the parts list to build this hwef antenna?

@_0815_ 11 месяцев назад

I heard a 49:1 shouldn't be near to any metal object. Did hanging it directly to the gutter cause any issues?

@HAMRADIODUDE 11 месяцев назад

I activated the park in just a few moments, making some pretty good contacts. Was there some reactance, probably - but was it critical and preventing me from doing ops, absolutely not. That is correct though, any antenna should not be near anything that may cause reactance and effect the antenna. With that, we do our best with what we have. Cheers.