Antenna mast mount for the beach
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Using a beach umbrella mount to support a vertical antenna. Made SSB & FT8 contact on 10m with half wavelength vertical antenna with no radial.
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Great tip! I'm about to attempt a QRP POTA activation tomorrow and I caught this in time to find a Amazon umbrella sand anchor available overnight. Cheers!
Good idea Peter, thanks for sharing.
When I heard the wind, I had my doubts about the antenna staying vertical in that sand!
The jump from 5 to 20W is a nice increment. It’s only an S point away from the $1.00 but doesn’t have the stupid current draw, and gives you an extra S point over 5W.
Nice power level to work CW.
A good power level for SSB where the duty cycle is a bit lower.
I guess it depends on how many IRF510s you want to send into orbit.
20W SSB is nice. 20W CW is definitely usable, though the X108G seems a little happier at 10W, where I usually run when on a battery for an extended period.
In the car it’s dimed. Full 20W
Still, it all comes down to conditions. One evening, George VK2AOE and I were using microphones, of all things, yes, who would have thought. Chatting on 40m with a back channel over the phone while I did some antenna tests.
So we’re talking Marrickville to Kogarah. 10 minute drive. On 40m we were getting phasing / comb filtering. I put it down to ground wave fighting an NVIS signal. Not nearly as pronounced on 80m and non existent on 14MHz
I’ve got video and audio of it somewhere
@@MidlifeRenaissanceMan it's always fun when you experience unexpected or anomalous RF conditions like you describe. 😮
A Totem tennis pole works for more solid ground. And they are cheap and commonly available.
Neat, i might get one. A 5m.pole is pretty light but I doubt it would support my regular pole which is a DXWire 10m unit with the top two sections removed so 8m. Its quite heavy. But good for a 20m wire as a 40m EFHW. 😊
This is great stuff! Does motivate to go experiment building antennas for beach, park, etc.
Good evening Peter
End fed half wave for the win! 73 Peter.
Im from europe and here it is 10 am
HTX10!! Always wanted one of those!
Miss the HR-2510 too! (sellers remorse)
Nice radio and setup Peter! Some good contacts on that outing.
The is a clone of the Magnum 257 which I still have. Great radio but bit of a faff trying to tune around
Same. I remember seeing it in their catalogues (remember those lol!)
1:12 (Peter screwing the device into his lawn.) Here in Nova Scotia we might need to bring a hammer-drill, drill several holes into the rock, and then install our chosen mounting solution with lag bolts.
Hey there!
Hey, I made a video about what I'm hearing on the 40 CB channels yesterday and posted it on here. Can you make a video so that we can see what you're hearing? The SFI has been over 200 for a while now and propagation stinks.
I have already done many videos on 27 MHz reception when conditions have been good. Here's one: ruclips.net/video/orYtWEXTxzg/видео.html
@@vk3ye Any recent videos?
@@vk3ye Here's what I've noticed... for the past two autumns and winters, propagation, especially the 10 meter band, has been in keeping with a normal solar cycle. The bands open up a few days after the fall equinox and close down a few days after the spring equinox. I live near Pittsburgh. Despite the SFI being over 200 propagation, in a word, stinks. I'm wondering if you have noticed the same thing down under or if it's the opposite of the Northern hemisphere.