I see someone was making use of a 360 cam : ) I have this same base / antenna sitting in a corner of the shack patiently waiting for a look. As soon as I picked up the magmount, I had the exact same response as you...the boots just fall off when you look at them. I've not owned a magmount before, so I don't have anything to compare to. Your effort to improve the manufacturing were stellar! I know these types of antennas get sold, so people must just expect to have to go through the manual tuning process. That, or they get resonant on a band and never change. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Bob! Really appreciate you dropping in and leaving the comment! Yes, learning how to use the Insta360!! ;-) I will be anxious to see if you have the same experience with the wobbliness! I feel like it could so easily be addressed in production with the addition of an extra 20-30 seconds. 73s!!
Thank you so much, I greatly appreciate your comment! I will try to show the soldering setup in a future video. Its nothing too special. I use a HAKKO FX-951 for my pencil, and a QUICK/861DW (be careful on these, there are knock offs on Amazon. If it seems too good of a deal, it is.) for the hot-air station. In this setup right now I'm just using a HAKKO FA-400 fume filter, but will be adding an actual fume extractor soon. Thanks again for the interest and views!! 73s!!!
A coil with that small a diameter and with no space between the turns is going to have very high losses. Low Q, wide bandwith but low radiation efficiency.
I have tried multiple times to use this antenna and cannot get it to tune on any band. It is a 'dummy load' at best - I could not, in good conscience, recommend that anyone purchase it. It was expensive and unusable.
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I see someone was making use of a 360 cam : )
I have this same base / antenna sitting in a corner of the shack patiently waiting for a look. As soon as I picked up the magmount, I had the exact same response as you...the boots just fall off when you look at them. I've not owned a magmount before, so I don't have anything to compare to.
Your effort to improve the manufacturing were stellar! I know these types of antennas get sold, so people must just expect to have to go through the manual tuning process. That, or they get resonant on a band and never change. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Bob! Really appreciate you dropping in and leaving the comment! Yes, learning how to use the Insta360!! ;-)
I will be anxious to see if you have the same experience with the wobbliness! I feel like it could so easily be addressed in production with the addition of an extra 20-30 seconds. 73s!!
This was a great vid and I really like your channel. Could you share your solder station setup with us?
Thank you so much, I greatly appreciate your comment! I will try to show the soldering setup in a future video. Its nothing too special. I use a HAKKO FX-951 for my pencil, and a QUICK/861DW (be careful on these, there are knock offs on Amazon. If it seems too good of a deal, it is.) for the hot-air station. In this setup right now I'm just using a HAKKO FA-400 fume filter, but will be adding an actual fume extractor soon. Thanks again for the interest and views!! 73s!!!
A coil with that small a diameter and with no space between the turns is going to have very high losses. Low Q, wide bandwith but low radiation efficiency.
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Very good reminder!! Thank you!! I even had my box of gloves next to me! Thank you for the view and comments!!!! 73!
I have tried multiple times to use this antenna and cannot get it to tune on any band. It is a 'dummy load' at best - I could not, in good conscience, recommend that anyone purchase it. It was expensive and unusable.