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I used a dog training dummy launcher, tied the arborist line (looks like your pull line) around the dummy and fired it over the tree. The dummy launchers use .22 blanks of the same sort that are used for the powder powered tools, a box of 50 is a few bucks. Dummy launchers are not considered firearms in the US, the devices and blanks can both be mail ordered. But it saved a step.

TNX FOR GREAT VIDEO 73 DE K9IOU

You mentioned that you hoped the video wasn’t too long and too much detail. Well, for me it was perfect! So much information of value! The “little details” explaining why you do certain things are invaluable. Like leaving things a little loose, but not too loose, so as not to fight mother nature in a temporary setup. Things you’ve learned from trial and error. Thanks for the very interesting and informative video!

You mentioned that you hoped the video wasn’t too long and too much detail. Well, for me it was perfect! So much information of value! The “little details” explaining why you do certain things are invaluable. Like leaving things a little loose, but not too loose, so as not to fight mother nature in a temporary setup. Things you’ve learned from trial and error. Thanks for the very interesting and informative video!

You can use the SOTA app on a cell phone, running the POTA portion of the app, and FT8 to to spot yourself, even though you have no cell phone connectivity. You enter your park number, your call sign, and the operating frequency into the POTA side of the app on the phone. The phone will play out tones (FT8) reflecting call sign, park, frequency, etc. on its speaker, and use the radio mic to xmit the tones on the appropriate HF data frequency (i.e., 14.074 for 20M). The FT8 signal will be picked up, and the online (Internet) POTA app will spot you. There are a few videos on RUclips that show how this works.

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Loved the video and was just what I was looking for to use to activate a POTA site. Curious, what feed line did you use for the LEFS 8010?

This must be K7SW day! Thanks for the test.

Awesome. Brilliant idea! Thank you. I'm about to build something like this too. I see this is tuned for 2m but have you tried it as a 137.xx for NOAA sat or ISS SSTV reception? I'm assuming it should pull this duty just fine, but was looking for your thoughts. Also as an option, I'm going to use insulation supports. You can get it at Lowes. I recently insulated the ceiling of my tool shed and have a bunch left over. They are less than $20 for 100 carbon steel 12 ga rods. They are 24" long but fastening both the director and reflector like you did on your reflector, should be a good option. They are very rigid, but can flex just a bit and real hard to put a bend in them. Also thinking about a 70cm version.

Use the 23m antenna wit a 9:1 UNUN by VK6YSF from Australia. Low swr over the entire 3 to 30 MHz segment!!!!!!!

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Enjoyed watching. Good Information. Thanks & 73

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Дякую за відео! Я в цьому році піднімався на Говерлу. І зрозумів це треба робити на вихідних. У робочі дні всі зайняті. Планую, ше піднятись на Говерлу!. Можливо, у наступному році війна свінчіться і буде можливість придбати деякий інвентар для походу. 73 ( UR6EF )

Can you make a video! I have a suggestion this antenna vs long speaker wire around a broom or stick with cheap Matchbox? Who would win?

That camper is sick bro!

When is Quartsfest ?

I have grest success with an NVIS configuration on a 40m dipole, 4 feet off the ground, 10 watts SSB, 5 watts digital. 73.

I'm calling from the future. I built one out of 3/4inch rigid copper 2.6 feet diameter with a 250pf capacitor out of an old full power tuner. It tunes from 40-15 meters. I'm just wondering what the dimension of the aluminum loop is. I'm going to build another one using the other cap out of that old tuner adding doorknobs to lower or raise the bands. I enjoyed the video and realize it's 2 years old, you made it interesting. 73's🎙KD9OAM🎧

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Why was the tree on fire

awesome!

The curve would be risky. I enjoyed your post.

Looks good. I looked up the antenna and see it's $600 + or -. Wow. Looking for alternatives to lower my monetary output. Thanks

One more thing - I printed a ‘top’ for my fishing pole masts. A cylinder with the lower part diameter slightly less than the top inner diameter of the top section of the mast. The upper part of the cylinder have a diameter about 2 mm more - to prevent the cylinder falling down the mast. On the top of the cylinder I rounded the edges - like a pistol bullet - and cut a 2mm slot down for an antenna wire. Finally I hot glued the cylinder to the top mast section. Now I can grab the tube to raise the mast, run my EFHW wire through the slot and raise the mast. A horizontal hole through the cylinder near the top allows you to insert a safety ‘pin’ to secure the wire - kind of like a fire extinguisher safety pin..

You have a good “fan” reflector behind antenna 😂 - Those powerlines likely affect horizontal antennas more than vertical, but would be interesting to do a wspr test. You live in a beautiful place

Great video but why would anybody ever move into a house controlled by an HOA ????????????? MOVE. N2SN in rural NE Florida.

Hi Kevin, I was excited to see another one of video adventures. The Mirror Lake area is one of our favorite places to camp. We were at Washington Lake just a few months ago and loved it. Thanks for your product reviews. Having a portable vertical that doesn’t require a large footprint should be in everyone’s go kit. I use the Super Antenna MP1 which is similar to the Chameleon. Both are great antennas. Thanks again for your video. 73 W1UTE

The elevation extension rods appear to provide an RF pathway to ground. To reduce ground loss (the primary objective of an elevated radial or counterpoise system), it seems to me that the elevated PRV should be fully isolated/insulated from ground. With both the antenna and counterpoise isolated from ground, only one or two tuned radials would be required. With the PRV connected to a good conductive ground, via the extension rods, the elevated radials function more like a capacitive loading element than a true counterpoise. When the soil/ground is a poor conductor (which appears to be your case), then the PRV's connection to ground will be highly resistive (semi-isolated) and the radials will carry more RF current than the extension rod; i.e., function more like a true counterpoise than a capacitive loading element. Whatever the case, to optimize performance both the antenna (PRV) and its elevated radials should be *fully* isolated from ground. [Edited afterthought: mount the PRV and its radial puck on the ground rod, attach the extension rods and whip to top of PRV, lay the untuned radials on the ground. Much easier to deploy than elevated radials.]

Kevin that's a nice looking antenna and look well made 73 buddy!

Would a portable antenna like the PRV help your activations?

Outstanding, thanks.

Very good way to 'real' tune an end fed going remote tuner, I use one like this at home. Thanks for the great demonstration, best 73 GM0KET 😎 👍

Great video and very well explained.

Thanks for the video review, 73! de Mekhman. 4K6MAR

Great setup. Where can I find extra connectors for the resonators? You only have the full quick connect pair listed but I only need one mount for multiple resonators.

Do you have to manually tune it when changing bands? That's a bit pointless for me, just saying.

Best DX at beach with doublet held up with palms. Aloha.

I’m in the middle of doing a 160m loop. For right now I am going to test in a wide open field, so it should go up easy.

Thanks!

Hi everyone! Great video K7SW ham radio! I loved that New Zealand contact you made and for over 7 minutes! I'm trying to get enough chutzpah up to build myself some kind of easy multi-band antenna to use with either my HACKRF ONE (This thing utilizes 0.50 MHz to 6000 MHz or 6 GHz, WOW!) in a PORTAPACK H2N+ with MAYHEM 2.0.2 software (latest as of 10-07-2024 at 3:26AM Pacific Daylight Time) or with any of my BAOFENG PORTABLE HANDHELD radios, I've got two BAOFENG models, a BaoFeng BF-F8HP which kind of oddly they arrived adorned with BAOFENG UV-860 stickers on it, not the BF-F8HP model number someone on reddit told me to download drivers and software for it under that model number instead (UV-5R 3rd Gen) 8-Watt Dual Band Two-Way Radio (136-174MHz VHF & 400-520MHz UHF) and I used to have two of these but threw the other one at a clearly inebriated driver who failed to stop for some kids at a crosswalk and nailed the rear of his pickup truck's box edge and I guess the radio got tired with the truck so on it went, kind of ironically, into a "Neighbourhood Watch/Crimestoppers" metal sign which read in part, "Did you see a crime? Be a good neighbour to help make our community a safer place to call home! Report crimes against property, theft, grand theft, shoplifting, courier service drop thefts..... Call 1-800-XXX-XXXX" yadda yadda. And lastly, I just received 2 new BAOFENG UV-5R HANDHELDs and I "FACTORY" hacked them already (came w/4 batteries total, 2 big long ones and 2 short regular ones) & these BAOFENGS were indeed AUTHENTIC, unlike the UV-860/BF-F8HP "Drunk Driver Annoyances" because it seemed that was all they ever did, other than made really crappy, but useful all the same, flashlights. So thats what I have to work with, also several metal tape measures, 10 feet of recently purchased white 3/4 PVC pipe along with two end caps and I already have PVC pipe glue, a box of eyelet wire end thingies, a roll with 25 feet of 16 gauge multi strand copper wire in one sheath not two like speaker wire, a soldering iron and assorted crucial addons and accessory products. If anyone has any suggestions as to what I can do with the items at hand so I can possibly do some DXing I'd love to hear about it! Thanks sooooo much! Daniel.

Great Video, can you tell me where you got your 43 foot painters pole???

What loop are you using

Sure wish you could have used the mfj 2275 buddy pole using the 75meter ham sticks.

Excellent video! Excellent!

How well do the bullet connectors hold-up over time? It seems that repeatedly connecting and disconnecting may cause problems, especially out in the field. Any corrosion issues with the connectors?

Nice video. BTW, there are 3 different sizes of hitch receivers.

Kevin: When you use the 25 foot mast for a vertical on top--which components are you using for that vertical? Thanks. Russ

This guy is an icon in the gay ham world. Not many gay men are as active in both the ham world and freaking.

I wonder how 160 would work NVIS? Lots and lots of wire! Great video!