Building Antennas for the Beach
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- Опубликовано: 31 июл 2024
- An overview of some of the antennas I've built and some tips for successful DX while operating portable on the beach. #PortableAmateurRadio #PortableHamRadio #BuildingAntennasForHamRadio #HamRadioOnTheBeach
This is one of the best summaries of portable vertical antenna options. Nice job!! 73
Thank you so much, 73 Walt, K4OGO
This is a great video. Awesome ham info. But also one of my favorite videos Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much for watching! 73 Walt K4OGO
@@COASTALWAVESWIRES I just stripped some insulation from some old speaker wire. I’ll find a sinker and toss it in the ocean to test out the Atlantic counterpoise this week.
I can't play HF at home so usually set up on the coast of the Irish sea, this is a great overview! Thanks!
Thanks! 73 K4OGO
Hey Walt! Coastal Waves & Wires is my personal therapy session for inspiration and motivation in the amateur radio universe. 👍📻⚡️ So many great ideas and examples! Thanks so much! Tom - WA7FLY
Thanks so much for saying that Tom, that means a lot to me! All the best and great DX!
Aloha Uncle Walter, I always enjoy watching your Videos. You really knowing a lot about Antennas. Happy Tuesday Sir, keep up the Good Work! 73 de YFUG 😎👍
Thank you Uncle G! Have a great Tuesday my friend!!
Hi Walt. Thanks for this great post. I am vacationing at Miramar Beach, FL in July and I intend to use a number of your suggestions. Thanks again! 73
Thanks for watching and good DX on the Beach! I go to Destin often, you’re going to have an amazing experience on the beach there! 73 Walt
Nice collection. Some day, I'm going to drive down to the Gulf coast and try this. I live about 80 miles North of PC.
Awesome, I used to live in PC
Nice job with the video Walt 👍
Thanks Ape!!!
Nice video Walt as always. The copper pipe/ham stick has given me some ideas I would have never considered without watching 👍🏼
Thanks so much! Was hoping this video would give people ideas!
Hi Walt, once again a great video from you. I did some beach work last week using the coil and a whip. Didn't manage over the pond but got well into Europe on 5 watts.
Many thanks and good DX
G7HUJ.
Thanks Steve! Bands have been strange over here this past week, hoping to do some 5 watts pond hops soon! 73!
Great video. I would never have thought of dropping a radial in the water. I'll try it later today at the beach. 73's WA6MOW
Thanks for watching! 73
Been using ham sticks (Shark Antenna & MFJ) since last August for my POTA activations. They do work great on top of my SUV with a tri-mag mount. I need to use my KM4ACK EFHW as little more. I use my Chameleon MPAS 2.0 from time to time also.
Love my HamSticks, I use Shark brand. 73!
Hi Walt, hope your well. What a great video, with so many good ideas for those who can get near the sea. My simple 20m vertical with 4 radials works just fantastic, the sea is a great amplifier, sometimes up to 4 s points.
I actually found 1 radial in the sea with a weight on the end, works as good as 4 radials on the sand.
Keep up the good work, hope to catch you on 20m soon.
Best wishes my friend, zl3xdj.
Thank you my friend! 73 Walt
Fantastic video - I have the toybox antenna on the IC705 - it has 30m of radials with 5m lengths coming off it, or just clipping an extra long wire to get into the sea sounds like a way to get good DX on 10W of power.
Thanks! Give that single wire a try. It’s the surface of the sea that’s important. Don’t go deep with the wire. 73 and good luck!
@@COASTALWAVESWIRES thanks again for the tips ! it will be an amazing experience to even try this out, might go local in Bournemouth or Poole (UK) to give it a try !
I live on the Oregon coast, I love setting up next to the Pacific Ocean in the sand, with a vertical. Hope to work you one day Walt. Thanks K7WHN
Looking forward to that East Coast to West Coast QSO! 73!
Hi Walt! What a great video - very instructional for a beginner ham like me! I have one question - what is the 1:1 balun you use often in many of your antenna setups
Hi Rohan! Thanks! I use banana clips on my verticals in a 1:1 situation, not really a balun but they work well. Here’s a link to where I get mine on Amazon:
onelinkmore BNC Female to Dual Banana Female Socket Binding Post RF Coax Splitter Adapter Connector for HF Radio Antennas Pack of 2 a.co/d/hhCCSb5
A vertical 2 element parasitic array would awesome on the beach.
Yes, I actually mentioned wanting to build an array at the end of the video, it’s on my wish list!
@@COASTALWAVESWIRES yes, I was agreeing :)
@@JReed305 haha Yes!!! Thanks
Thanks for the summary - I'm on the left coast and good excuse to get that ham stick setup - have all the parts, just need to make some cp wires and give it a go. What length ground rod do you use? 8 foot seems a bit much - 73, AI6OU
Thanks for watching! I use a 4 foot ground rod. 73, K4OGO
great vid. like always. some great tips!!!
thank you
btw
where you got the 17 ft telescopic fishing pole from?
73 de KP4MI
Thanks! I got the pole on Amazon, there are several there. Do a search for Telescopic Crappie Pole. I don't think the one I have is available anymore but there are other brands.
Thanks again for excellent video, Walt. I'm going to Iceland with my motorcycle in June, bringing a QRP radio. There will obviously be many beaches, but there aren't any trees so going with vertical. For 20 meters, would you recommend the 1/4 wave resonant vertical? Would of course be nice to have the possibility of 10, 15 and 30m - maybe 40. But worried that performance will suffer on 20m if I make a multiband antenna. Or ... what would you have done? My most important goal is CW contacts with Norway (approx 1000 miles).
I would absolutely pack a collapsible whip and a coil. Absolutely the easiest and best performing antenna to travel with. I’ve done some videos using this setup and I ranked it number 1 in my recent Top 10 video.
@@COASTALWAVESWIRES Thanks, Walt! Yes, I saw those videos. Looks like a nice and very portable setup. I have the military whip already - just need the coil (I have a buddipole coil, but not nearly as easy to tune as the Sidewinder). Only worries with the coil might be the extremely windy conditions on Iceland.
Is there a BOTA event in the future? I want to try some of these on Jekyll Island beaches.
Great location for some beach DX! 73
Greet vid Walt. Which would you say would work better, 9:1 + random, or 49:1 efhw? Cheers, Gary (UK op)
Thanks! That’s a hard one, both were excellent antennas. If I had to chose one over the other it would probably be the 49:1 EFHW.
@@COASTALWAVESWIRES Thanks for the quick reply. I have a 9:1, with the hope of making a 49:1 at the club. But always good to seek advice from those who try and test.
Where can I get a couple of those CW&W stickers?
Email me your address: hudson.walt@yahoo.com
Good video, saw you on Coffee and Ham Radio this morning and really enjoyed it, I watch them all the time and it looks like you have the same interest that I do so i just Subscribed, nice to meet you❗️73. KV5P
Thanks so much Mike! 73 Walt K4OGO