Nice one and I love the way you used the no overnight parking sign! Amazing what you can do with little more than a length of wire! Just wish I had a longer garden!
Thanks Richard, the sign is handy for sure. I have a small garden and have no antennas for HF at my QTH at all, but on top of that I found trying to deal with urban noise tiresome so concentrating on portable and mobile operating was a choice I made years ago and I have never looked back. Thanks for watching, 73 Kevan
Hi Kevan! Glad to see you are OK and outdoor despite of the WX. I like your build very much. Simple, light and maximal performance on each band! Thanks for sharing. 73 de Alex, HB9CKR
Cheers Alex, the linked dipole is my go to antenna if I want to be able to change bands quickly but still use a resonant antenna. Like you say, it is so simple, and keeping it low means I can swap bands very quickly, maybe not great for DX but it just works. If I am looking for DX I try to get next to saltwater and go for a vertical. In the winter I operate more from inside the car but still try and get out portable including in the kayak. Thanks for watching…
Kevan, great video! I’m in CA, and also use linked dipoles made from SOTA Beams wire. I’d love to come back to the UK and work portable one day. All that lovely EU DX just “up the road” 😂😂. Thanks again. And please keep creating content like this. K6KWI
Thanks Keith, having EU so close does mean you can work a lot of different countries in quick order. I spent quite a bit of time in Canada and it’s notable that most of the time I was working USA and some Canada as there are not the huge number of different countries so close by, although working into the Caribbean was much easier from there. Although, when EU is on your doorstep you don’t consider it DX of course, so I got more of a buzz working it from Canada, especially working back into the UK. From here on the East coast it’s quite easy to work into EU on VHF/UHF, it is that close. The linked dipole works great even at only a few feet off the ground which makes it easier to swap bands in no time. That and my home made quarter wave verticals with elevated radials are my go to antennas. Thanks for watching, 73 Kevan
Very informative, thanks for the tip about the calculator!
Nice one and I love the way you used the no overnight parking sign! Amazing what you can do with little more than a length of wire! Just wish I had a longer garden!
Thanks Richard, the sign is handy for sure. I have a small garden and have no antennas for HF at my QTH at all, but on top of that I found trying to deal with urban noise tiresome so concentrating on portable and mobile operating was a choice I made years ago and I have never looked back. Thanks for watching, 73 Kevan
Hi Kevan! Glad to see you are OK and outdoor despite of the WX. I like your build very much. Simple, light and maximal performance on each band!
Thanks for sharing.
73 de Alex, HB9CKR
Cheers Alex, the linked dipole is my go to antenna if I want to be able to change bands quickly but still use a resonant antenna. Like you say, it is so simple, and keeping it low means I can swap bands very quickly, maybe not great for DX but it just works. If I am looking for DX I try to get next to saltwater and go for a vertical. In the winter I operate more from inside the car but still try and get out portable including in the kayak. Thanks for watching…
Sotabeams wire is lightweight but it does snap and break often
Kevan, great video! I’m in CA, and also use linked dipoles made from SOTA Beams wire. I’d love to come back to the UK and work portable one day. All that lovely EU DX just “up the road” 😂😂. Thanks again. And please keep creating content like this. K6KWI
Thanks Keith, having EU so close does mean you can work a lot of different countries in quick order. I spent quite a bit of time in Canada and it’s notable that most of the time I was working USA and some Canada as there are not the huge number of different countries so close by, although working into the Caribbean was much easier from there. Although, when EU is on your doorstep you don’t consider it DX of course, so I got more of a buzz working it from Canada, especially working back into the UK. From here on the East coast it’s quite easy to work into EU on VHF/UHF, it is that close.
The linked dipole works great even at only a few feet off the ground which makes it easier to swap bands in no time. That and my home made quarter wave verticals with elevated radials are my go to antennas. Thanks for watching, 73 Kevan
Brilliant video, many thanks.
Thanks for watching Pete👍
Great job Kevan! 73
Thanks Tim😊