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Could you make a counterpoise from Nitinol as well?

how do i make the wire straight

Consider the Vanguard VEO Range T45.

Nice info

How did you calculate the size? Compared to a normal dipole, the 2m Portion seems to be a bit shorter, the 70cm portion a bit longer. 🤔

Could you set a coil in the NiTinol by chilling it and winding it after heat shrinking it?

What the hell keeps scratching in the background?

i still try to find a way to have a frequency locked out when its not wanted in the scanning process ...

What about NVIS ?

nitinol is too expensive from where i can buy them. . it is like 30usd for 1 meter. cannot find any other supplier.

This is excellent. Very helpful for us new to ham radio. So I am clear, exactly how is your NanoVNA hooked up to the MFJ tuner?? So is it in the order of NanoVNA - coax - MFJ Tuner - coax - antenna?

Will a 1.5mm wire fit in the connector pin?

Hey! Great seeing a new video from you. Cool setup. Very organized. Great idea of adding the antenna mounts to the cart. Makes it very convenient. Nice activation during rough conditions.

How long will your 12ah battery last you?

Bonsoir, tu devrais les fabriquer et mes vendre , tu feras vite fortune, je suis ton premier client ! Bravo.

downloaded everything but my windows 11 laptop would not read with the ft 891 not sure why. please can you advice

Thanks for sharing this video and information 73 Steve de AA4SH

Incredible light show Thanks for posting

A deck of playing cards from the dollar store makes excellent epoxy mixing boards. Just toss them out when cured.

Used PL 259 rather than a BNC worked well

Goo job with the video mate just built one. Quick question as I don't have an analyzer do you need the rat tail when it's on the radio or is that just for the testing.👍

How did you manage to solder the nitinol wire? I've had no luck with it, the titanium oxidizes so fast when heated

does the nitinol wire have 50ohm impedance as well? Does impedance matters at all in this case?

I think you should've tested it without a Poise wire. How is it then ? Great vid.

Hay can you do a newer update version and make a gmrs / 440 mgz ... I want to try this. I am about to order the sma and bnc and 2mm nitinol

THANKYOU so SO much for your review. Cheers.

I've been wanting to do the same thing, except hard mount without the foam, a screen for a RPi running HamClock with other various apps, and a 12v Noctua fan drafting air into the case when open and in use. All running off a compact switching power supply, and a power pole connector for vehicle or external battery use. Like a little command center.

I have used this in the dipole configuration, qrp with an IC-705 and got Spain and Portagal. Other then personal observations and biases I don't hear any reasons or proof of your statements where "You should get more for your money." I love this antenna and have used it on 100 watts and 10 watts works great. It worked better when I upgraded to the 18 foot mast, but I have no complaints other then the tap system. That could be better. Thanksgiving week I was in Wisconsin with my buddies stick deluxe and learned really fast in 17 degree weather to set my taps inside before going out. But over all the Buddie stick and pole deluxe are wonderful antennas.

You obviously are using an SMA-BNC adapter, does the brand selected impact sensitivity? Thanks, and 73 Tom KC3QAC

Is there a formula for length of wire if I want to build this to a specific frequency such as 30 mhz?

Please, what is the name of the cable used?

YSF link manager section isnt showing on my version and ive done everything the same! anyone know how to get it to show up?

In this circuit, transformer insulation will do nothing, because you linked through your USB cable.

Will it work without rattail?

calling those air variable capacitors "big" got a good long chuckle out of me.

Obviously it's a HT antenna build. And most likely better than a factory rubber duck. However have you compared this to, say, a Nagoya or a tactical?

Excellent video! I am going to make one, Thanks, WA2TWF

Great video. Thank you. In the video you mention the Ottophone is resident. Could you give a few more details

That case when shut will keep everything dry if it happens to be in a down pour. I’ve got 2 of the Apache riffle cases permanently mounted on top of my 4Runner. They’ve been up there for just over a year and everything stays dry. Love the set up you have and thinking about doing something similar as well, thanks for the video!

5 watts is a challenge especially with a home brew coax fed (as opposed to balanced line) antenna. There are enough inefficiencies to make 100 watts challenging especially during contests where everyone is QRO with massive pileups. I would like to see what the antenna looks like on a Rig Expert or Nano VNA. I have a Buckmaster 10-80 OCFD which was relatively expensive but very high quality. On my A-55 Zoom, it looks really good except for 60, 30, 15, and 6. Kudos to you for giving it a try. Experimentation to me is what makes the hobby enjoyable. KC5RJL Houston. TX

Just a quick tip. if you are using the Wires-X button to access the reflector list on your Pi-Star, make sure to use tuner A. I spent days trying to figure out why the Wires-X button wouldn't work with my FT5DE. Eventually the penny dropped and I noticed a note in the Yaesu FT5DE Advanced documentation download. It's a pity the normal instruction manual with the radio doesn't highlight this. Now works a treat

Nice

Nice, i can use a guitar string instead?

Max? This Kirk, kd9rek I used to see you at Burger King coffee during Covid when I first got my license. I just bought a ic705 straight from Japan. So I was looking at programming options and found you. I’ve been more active with the club this summer. Perhaps I’ll see you around sometime. Good luck with the channel

Could you please tell me what tripod screw would be the suitable for the base? (Same one as the ground spike) 3/8” x16??? Thank you very much in advance.

When i first made up my cable, I connected the shield and ground together. I had some issues so I added audio isolation transformers. Transmission was great but receive was no good. When I removed the shield I had the reverse. I took a gamble and I used the shield with data out and the ground with data in and it works perfectly. How can this be? Dave [K0PKE]

Video sucks

Quality, dependability and ease of use. Right out of the bag, I tuned 10-15-17 meter bands all 1.2:1 just following manual. And 10 feet up on 10 and 12 meters is 1/4 height and DOES improve all measured parameters for this antenna. Mount it on a fiberglass telescoping mast and you gain 15,17 and 20 meter bumps in performance. Maybe not for everyone, but certainly capable and convenient for POTA

Don’t they have pre loaded software for repeaters for the USA and down load all the repeaters at one time. May be on a thumb drive or disk, or just down load from a soft wear company? Can you use Mac to do any down loads?

What other wire can I use aside from Nitinol?