Wire Antennas: The Affordable Solution for Ham Radio

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In this week's episode, our very own Richard 2E0SXX heads out into the field (actually, the park next to the store) to show just how easy and cost-effective it is to set up a wire antenna and even make contact with Ham operators as far away as Slovenia using just a Xiegu X6100 and a bit of wire!
If you're new to ham radio or looking to upgrade your equipment, our wire antenna special is a must-see. Learn how to set up a wire antenna and make contacts with other ham operators from around the world.
View the Wire Antenna Bundle here (save £50!):
www.hamradio.co.uk/wire-anten...
Individual products in the bundle are:
Xiegu X6100:
www.hamradio.co.uk/xiegu-x610...
RG58 10m Patch Cable:
www.hamradio.co.uk/rg58-cable...
CG 49:1 Unun:
www.hamradio.co.uk/49-1-hi-po...
Dipoflex Antenna Wire:
www.hamradio.co.uk/50m-messi-...
Adapter:
www.hamradio.co.uk/adaptor-bn...
Ham Bag:
www.hamradio.co.uk/mydel-ham-...
Running Order:
00:00 - Intro
00:30 - What's in the bag
01:45 - Setting up the wire
02:55 - Making a contact
04:00 - Summary
04:49 - Martin's announcement
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14 июн 2024

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@russellwatkinson Год назад

It's good to see some of these for those of us who have compromised spaces

@martinsalt1839 Год назад

Enjoyed this short demo. More of the same please.

@AntennaBee Год назад

Great to see team perhaps more simple set ups soon

@redjohn20001 Месяц назад

Impresive for a bag, a radio and a wire. Just goes to show how good a minimal system works. Loved the video bu the way.

@GianlucaRiccardi Год назад

The true joy unique to QRP 🙂 Nice video

@greenongo Год назад

Love the outdoors kit

@steverose1 Год назад

Great video folks and enjoyed seeing the kit in use. Take care.

@soinspiredwebtechnology8687 Год назад

Really great video and thank you. I still cannot make up my mind as to how to return to the hobby and videos like this one really do help. 73's G8LGP

@Martin_Lynch Год назад

Thank you for your nice comment. If you are looking to get back into this wonderful hobby, we would certainly recommend that you join your local Amateur Radio Club or perhaps one of the online clubs. Also please feel free to contact us here at ML&S for any assistance / advice etc.

@G6EJD Год назад

Good idea, enjoyed it

@KarlHobson Год назад

S51DX Yanis always a massive signal on 20m great video

@z1100a2 Год назад

Yes, Janis always puts out a great signal. And he has excellent ears too. Always keeps a listen out for the QRP operators.

@brianwatson3415 Год назад

Hi Richard, great to see you out presenting a practical video..... I enjoyed the one you did with Tony last year with the JPC 12..... I was disappointed there was no Voice SSB contact with that display so it was nice to see a practical demonstration on voice. ... It would work nice for JOTA/WOTA/POTA despite its limitations..... 73 Brian G0RDH 👴

@ronandrew878 Год назад

Yeah, good to see this type presentation can we have more please. Oh, what is the ten metre wire used. I am sure the eighteenth will be great, but what about the customers who can't get to your store. Thanks, keep up the good content.

@J1mbo888 Год назад

Enjoyed it. Be nice to see some more. Thanks Chaps 🙂

@bunston1000 Год назад

Yes, would love to see more. This video had a sense of realism to it, the sort of everyday real life situations a portable station might deal with. A random tree as a support, great stuff, yes please do some more.👍

@andyM7XTT Год назад

Great idea to get out n demonstrate the gear !!! Be nice to seeone with a loop antenna on 40m see if they get rid of all the crackling noise

@bruceroaf5750 Год назад

Great to see this it would be nice to see more of this 👍👍

@stevep3047 Год назад

Good stuff - always great to go back to basics and see things working. Like the bag by the way, ideal for /p. More please

@davidw460 Год назад

Yes, very good to see folks making use of the kit 😊

@z1100a2 Год назад

Excellent, just goes to show that a wet bit of string on the floor will still work providing that the propagation is running. How about, for the next time, putting it up in the air, using quality coax and more power ?

@wildwest100 Год назад

Yes, keep up the good work, it is so nice to see something other than FT8 these days. QRP is fun many thanks....Mike. G4HLT.

@jamess1787 Год назад

😎 awesome!

@johnsavage248 Год назад

Thanks for this Richard. Great stuff

@David.M0TPT Год назад

Love ya man bag Richard

@ei7ijb Год назад

Really good video on how many of the accessories are used. Would like to see more of these videos from your team.

@HarryPotter-yp5fr Год назад

Really loved this type of content, Shout out to Richard!!!! G8AMC for the win! But yes this content is much better showing how to operate in the field, I didn't even know about that radio. Will certainly be ringing richard up to order one!.

@raydavidsonm0ray.777 Год назад

Hi guys, Great video. Muchly enjoyable. I would have liked to see a few more contacts made, but hey ho, that video proved a point. Just One Major question though. Was that a pre sked contact please. I have Never had That kind of luck so quickly even from home even with 100 Watts into an antenna before,? ? ?. Many Thanks. Kind Regards, Ray, M0RAY.

@Martin_Lynch Год назад

Cheers Harry, many thanks for the nice comments. And yes, G8AMC is a most excellent club.

@Martin_Lynch Год назад

@@raydavidsonm0ray.777 Thank you Ray. There were other contacts but Janez S51DX was the only one that responded to our email asking if we could use his QSO. He does have the best voice in Europe. To answer your question, this was not a pre-arranged QSO, we were twiddling the VFO and he just boomed in.

@2m0kiescotland Год назад

Great video richard nice to see you guys out setting up and using the equipment .. hopefully more soon 👍

@Martin_Lynch Год назад

Thank you Keith. Very much enjoyed your last video.

@JonathanCreaser Год назад

Nice video. To be fair, I managed to work S51DX with my FT818 and 2W into a short length of wire from a rented villa in Corfu! He's got a ginormous tower.

@Martin_Lynch Год назад

Hello Jonathan, Yes Janis does put up ma fantastic signal and has very big ears.

@ronhardie9213 Год назад

always good to hear Yannis - one of the biggest signals in Europe !

@davidlucas6837 Год назад

Yes please, more like this! G8XDD

@blomidon Год назад

Enjoyed that. I have just finished putting up a 107 ft long wire at my cabin. I have it threaded through the trees. It seems to work well. I notice you didn’t use a counter poise. VO1OK

@Martin_Lynch Год назад

Hello Michael, Many thanks for your comment. If you have the space may we recommend using 132ft of wire with a 49:1 Unun, as this will be a Half Wave on the 80m band, and may tune more bands than with 107ft of wire with a 9:1. We did not use a counterpoise as were showing the most easiest antenna / radio setup. However, if used at a home location we do recommend that a counterpoise is used.

@blomidon Год назад

@@Martin_Lynch Thanks for inspiring me to try it.

@bungy490 Год назад

Excellent video. Love the format. More please Could that have been achieved without the unun? Antenna straight into the radio as you said it had a built in tuner??

@RenaissanceEarCandy 9 месяцев назад

I love the idea of ham radio as a hobby, and I'd love to take up the hobby purely as a listener, but I can't get past the fact that the only thing ham radio operators really talk about are their health problems, the weather or, above all, the radio they're talking on. 😂

@fotografm Год назад

Great video. No earth spike ? Maybe it would have improved things even more ? I love these videos - please make more 73

@cbjamesb1 Год назад

Great video with this kit, hopefully you can do more with it. Curious if the 10m of wire needed the internal tuner? I didn't see a counterpoise or earth if that was needed?

@Martin_Lynch Год назад

Hello James, thank you for the response. To answer your question, the antenna wire was measured at exactly 10m long, and when connected with the 49:1 Unun and radio in the location as shown on the video, the SWR was 1.8 on the 20m band. So this was tuned with the internal tuner of the X6100.

@Martin_Lynch Год назад

No counterpoise or earth used - exactly as seen in the video - nice and easy setup.

@greenongo Год назад

Sold as seen u buy it it’s yours or the dustbins 😂

@geekverve Год назад

How important is the length of coax used on that wire antenna? I noticed it matched the length of the antenna wire in the video.

@Martin_Lynch Год назад

We would recommend at least 5m, as it does form part of the antenna system. We used a 10m length as this is how it came off the shelf.

@decreasingmass4577 Год назад

great video, more hams need to get out more qrp and throw wires in tree's.. bravo..

@a2phil Год назад

When it comes to "rolling my own " wire antennas, I get confused with whether I need to use a balun or not. Also want to know if the antenna needs to be grounded, or just the coax? Thanks; KE8NFK

@Martin_Lynch Год назад

Hello Phil, when using a Half Wave End Fed antenna; the antenna can only be 10m, 20m or 40m long (the length will need to be adjusted to get the best SWR on the lowest band that it is a Half Wave on). It must use a 49:1 Unun. We did not earth any part of the system for the video, however if being used at a home location it may help with noise to either use a counterpoise at the Unun and / or ground at the radio end.