Will It Antenna? Big Metal Sculpture

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We return the #WillItAntenna series in the Cerritos Sculpture Garden on the hunt for something BIG and made of metal. I brought the ICOM IC-705 QRP radio and AH-705 QRP tuner on this adventure.
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@HamRadioCrashCourse Год назад

A BIG shout-out to Ham Solo for reminding me to get off my duff and make this happen! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LBX8BWi_Lyk.html

@Ham-Solo Год назад

Thanks Josh. Those metal sculptures can really sing. When I did my first set of those I was surprised at the capability. A pair of birds, a set of locomotive engine bells, and the giant metal Art fountain were my first of those. Enjoy: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--ZHaitFIYmI.html Ham-Solo K0FYR

@cphspeed1 Год назад

Hi Josh, I was the first time QSO from Calgary. I was watching this video tonight and recognized the voice as mine. I remember that day clearly. Its too bad we couldn't do a QSO. Chris - VE6TNO (operating that day out of the Calgary Amateur Radio Association's club station - VE6AO). 73 from Calgary!

@K6ARK Год назад

Fun experiment! Next time, maybe bring an analyzer and probe around different locations to see if some have a better impedance match than others. Feeding further from the grounded portions will likely work better too.

@JamesHannibalKH2SR Год назад

This is one of my favorite things to do in ham radio. I like use a 9:1 UnUn in my setup. My favorites have been tuning up a small bridge, high voltage power tower near a hydroelectric dam, barbwire fences, ladders, rain gutters, the whole body of my car, bicycle & attached trailer.

@alvinnorris6523 Год назад

I appreciate this stuff. I have had success on several strange objects. Recently at a hamfest south of Columbus Ohio we worked several countries on ft8 with a fourty meter hamstick sitting on a plastic table with 705 on five watts.

@CoreniaBug Год назад

HEART POUNDING WITH JOY!!!! VERY NICE!!!! :)

@fartsontheair Год назад

I WONDERED why we couldn't complete our FT8 contact 😂 Great video, Josh, thanks for the chuckle

@CE4UGI Год назад

For a moment I thought that you would get an infinite SWR 🤣 greetings from Chile 🇨🇱 CE4UGI 73

@av3510 Год назад

J-Dawg, you should try and make it down to the Vincent Thomas Bridge and tune that baby up! Absolutely epic!

@wiseolesage Год назад

This is so cool. Listening from Western Kentucky. Been a while since I even been around a ham operator. Mostly listening now though scanner but still interesting. Really don't think a lot about it till a disaster event and all communications has fails. It's a great hobby and it serve a useful purpose. Thanks.

@DominicMazoch Год назад

In the Houston area, we sometimes say:Will it load?

@nobody8717 Год назад

If it's conductive, it'll antenna. The question is, how well will it do so? Heck, you can use your head as an antenna to extend your keyfob range.

@mikesimpson6757 Год назад

Neat little park. Thanks for sharing.

@N3PKJ Год назад

Josh thanks for doing this video!!! It reinforced an antenna idea I came up with based off of an 66ft End Fed. So a little background I used to have a G5RV up & it broke in short. I knew I had some wire lying around, I took about 66ft of 14 gauge wire attached it to the center of an 8ft piece of RG58, then off the shield 2 pieces of 8ft wire to use as ground radials, which definitely could be longer. Anyway my point being is how many people told me that this wouldn't work for a number of various reasons. Mainly because "I had to have some type of balun or un-un", my thinking no I didn't need that because I was using my MFJ-939 Intellituner in place of a balun or un-un. And the whole time people were telling me how much it wouldn't work I was making contacts off of it. Guess I should have been watching more of your will it antenna series! 73 N3PKJ

@WX4CB Год назад

The weird est thing i've ever "antenna'd" is a lifeguard tower... I clipped to the roof and the counterpoise was the copper lightning strap i was replacing at the time :D

@fullsaildigital Год назад

Love these types of vids. Vk3ye did one not long ago too , very fun

@B.Murphy Год назад

Very cool!

@K3KTB Год назад

I love these videos

@jasonwhite7569 Год назад

Loved this series. Being a Canadian myself, I was rooting for you to make that Calgary contact. Unfortunately your problems appeared infinite in that endeavour! (yes, there is an extra U in that lat word). Lastly, the brew being consumed while enjoying this was a Hoyne brewed Pilsner (brewed in Victoria BC) - I am not associated/affiliated or receive any remuneration for saying that. Cheers.

@HamRadioCrashCourse Год назад

Haha. Thanks for the comment!

@sherrycoady2491 Год назад

This is a case when it matters where you grip it i.e. feed it. I would also try to wrap 2 turns of isolated wire around it to make a transformer either way what a blast. I have always wanted to stick up a 20m vertical in front of a large softball backstop to use as a corner reflector

@theodoresears4369 10 месяцев назад

Hoa buster antenna.. It art and not antenna is my reply to to hoa board. Antennas are art. Protected by the right expresssion.

@kennycarberry Год назад

Love a good #WillItAntenna video!

@ExtremeSquared Год назад

Your "Will It Antenna" playlist is neglected, missing at least a couple videos. It's a great series.

@DominicMazoch Год назад

The infinity thing should give you infinity on the SWR meter!

@oasntet Год назад

I bet the main problem is the sculpture is really well-grounded. Perhaps attaching to it as far from the ground as possible would give better results. As it is, I wonder how much the sculpture is radiating vs the non-shielded wire you have going to the sculpture...

@HamRadioCrashCourse Год назад

It’s possible.

@DominicMazoch Год назад

The Bolivar Lighthouse has an iron exterior. Use it for Light House Weekend.

@qrplife Год назад

“Next time” try feeding it farther away from where sculpture mounts to the ground. Perhaps forcing the current to travel will give some small opportunity for some to radiate.

@DonzLockz Год назад

It did ok since it was also grounded. You should have just unbolted it from the ground.😆

@ChrisLoew Год назад

How well does a flagpole work? Paint might make a contact hard, the lashing point screws might help if not coated.

@MaryBrownForFreedom Год назад

Feed it with a gamma match... same way you would feed a tower as a vertical. See the ARRL antenna handbook...

@OnAirVoice Год назад

Would that work better if you attached to it at the top or middle instead of the base?

@HamRadioCrashCourse Год назад

Better is relative here I feell

@markusberg2770 Год назад

Maybe try a different feed point on your Mobius antenna-on the inside and higher. Regardless, neat experiment.

@KeepEvery1Guessing Год назад

That sculpture looks as though it would make a better counterpoise than an antenna.

@andreolstad Год назад

How to know that its not the counterpoise thats the radiating element, in cases like this?

@caocao45590 Год назад

10:00 Cops checking up on weird guy at the sculpture garden

@HamRadioCrashCourse Год назад

That’s the Sheriffs station. 😂

@caocao45590 Год назад

@@HamRadioCrashCourse LoL... that makes sense. Love your videos.

@ohms497 Год назад

I need to pay attention

@DominicMazoch Год назад

Will the Gateway Arch in St. Louis load up?

@derektrounce937 Год назад

Out of curiosity did you try loading the sculpture at different points to see if it changed the efficiency

@N0SSC Год назад

Hmm. Gateway arch? 🤔😏

@HamRadioCrashCourse Год назад

Wasn't that what you, Kyle and I were talking about a couple years ago :D

@buzzkillg230rc Год назад

find a backtop to light up..

@Jody_VE5SAR Год назад

Is a 300k YT channel considered a large enough business to require commissioning of a sculpture? #WhatWillJoshErect? 🙂

@WalterMelones Год назад

How do I do this without getting arrested?

@warlok363 Год назад

Would that have been useful for SWL?

@HamRadioCrashCourse Год назад

Probably not. Just get some wire in the air.

@waddlesfamily Год назад

Second.

@MaryBrownForFreedom Год назад

Wonder if you went higher up the sculpture if you may have got better efficiency? Get further from the ground...

@EdwardGriffin Год назад

Thanks for the contact. I did call in the blind from some RHR stations on the East Coast before we finally made contact using a station in Colorado. de W4POT 73

@HamRadioCrashCourse Год назад

Thanks for working with me!