This is PROOF that an antenna does not need to be "resonant" to radiate well. What most do not understand is this....IF you can get the load to accept power, it must go somewhere (radiation or heat), but it WILL be dissipated. The trick is to find the impedance of the load, and simply match to it. PS. Walt, you deserve a leather jacket to cut the wind. 73 OM
Hi Walt, Love your stuff that you do, as unlike other ham RUclipsr's you get out and actually show people the antenna set up and test through the bands.
Great video Walt. Hampton Roads has been more like Artic Road lately. Thanks for braving it out there in the cold. You give all of us fans of the channel antenna ideas for when we all emerge from hibernation.
Really good to see you in here. Saw the guys in the Wsky club about a month ago (& a few in the Chesapeake club too). Take care. Have fun. Tootles... Wade
Great video Walt, I used something similar when haing a S9+ noise level at home, had it wrapped around a 15 meter pole and strapped to the verandah, only good to get on digital modes but it did get me on air. Love these type of videos! I also lived in Australia for 12 year many years ago and used to make 11 meter versions and a baking tray for a small ground plain and had it on my caraven when traveling around... worked well. Thanks for the videos. Fantastic as always. 73 ZL1MY
Another quite successful experiment, Walt. Congratulations. Propagation really looked great. There's an antenna sold as "Magitenna", I think that this one would deserve this name. 73, Alain
Hi Walt. I saw that you had a good QSO with a fellow Frenchie. Now that I know that you seem to operate mostly around noon eastern time, I'll do my best to catch you soon when I start using the antennas you've taught me building 😁 I should start from next week-end on, now that I eventually have all I need and that the cold wave is behind us here in France.
Ive mostly been doing FT8/4 lately but I agree 12/10 was a fire. The waterfalls were so packed you could not find any spaces to transmit. Keep it up I love the cheap fun antennas.
Walt pretty neat. You know for a fact you were operating a decently efficient station. Good signals on tx and rx both. 20 watt station working the world. Gives you a great feeling when you grab the mic and get so many contacts. That's what it's all about. Thanks for the work and video. 73
Mornin" Walt... Been watching you for a while... Certainly a breath of fresh air... Thanks for the heads up on the Tram 1499... Although I have used radios nearly all my life (many years in the CAP using modified HF and VHF gear) only amateur licensed for 7 years. Still have my Lafayette HE-20C and D-104 mike when I was 13! Have had my experiences with the "Sad Hams"... never thought these attitudes existed. Had to drive 2:30 hours to take my tech because the 2 nearest clubs couldn't commit. Moved to SW VA 6 years ago, Studying for the gen now running into the same testing problem... may have to drive 6 hours to my sisters whose husband is a tech to take the test with his club there. Anyway... enjoy your antenna experiments. I'm not playing in my sophisticated radios, I will play with antennas... too shaky to do delicate soldering work. I have to move my 10 meter hamstick dipole to the roof of my garage so it will clear the "mountain" that's blocking east of me (and the snow to melt). Hope to make contact with you soon. I'm in Bristol VA. 73's and stay frosty... KM4ZYH David (my real email is dahat001@hotmail; dont know where that other came from)
Hello Walt, I also did that at the beginning to find the right antenna. simply attaching 12 meters of wire to my 12 meter spider beam mast worked perfectly. now my antenna is a inverted V for 10, 20 and 40 meters. It's still fun to keep looking at you, trying and testing keep going what you are dowing. Ron Pd3ron
That was a great experiment, Walt. Worked out well too. I have yet to hear my own G90 on the air but it makes me smile listening to yours. BTW, yours is the COOLEST looking G90! Walt, A windbreaker over that Hoodie couldn't hurt, 73 brother, Joe KC1MTM
Hello Walt. Another great video. No question about whether you are doing it right or not - If It Works, You Are Doing It Right! Now I'll have to get one of those Poles and 41Ft of wire and try that setup here in Crewe. Thanks for the encouragement. 73 - John Aloi Sr - WB3HPE
That was awesome to watch 👏👏👏 This antenna makes a lot of comercial products obsolete 😁😉👍 Ham spirit at finest. Just throw this wire at pole and look what will happen 💪👀
I have experimented and have found the pole is more resistant to wind loading by helically winding the wire, there is far less whipping. This hobby is great, as is your vids, cheers Walt, all the best, 73
That was great . looks like parking ramps on the air. I did something like that with my 66ft 49:1 end fed in the back of a Walmart parking lot same pole strap to wooden fence . late summer changed my tune a bit but 7300 tuned it fine. talked to 2 outher stations doing Walmart parking lots on the air. that was funny to me. one station on a ham stick talking as the wife shopping. the outher in a RV . and I was using speaker wire at the time I got in Walmart. was fun . 73's
I'm gonna try this one for sure. I got almost exactly the same set-up Walt. G90, 10m Sotabeams pole, the thing for use under a wheel of my car ... I'm gonna have some fun soon :p Your video' are allways very inspiring. Hope to catch you one time when you are in Poland. 73 de ON1JV
Hi Walt, thanks for another great video. I made a 41’ vertical with a 17’ counterpoise with a 9:1 unun and I get SWR’s under 1.5 across 10, 12, 15, 17 and 20 meters! No tuner! 40 meters comes in at 1.9 to 2.2 . I can live with that. Thanks again keep um coming. BTW, the nay sayers just don’t get it. Your just trying to help the rest of us tinkerers.
Thanks so much! I love tinkering versus sitting at my desk making theory videos hahaha. I need to get a bigger pole and build the 41 like you did. 73, Walt
Walt. take a look at the 12M Spiderbeam HD pole. Its a bit heavier than your DXcommander, but it is more stable in wind. For shorter antennas, leave out the top 1-2 sections for even more stability
@COASTALWAVESWIRES You mentioned getting a Stryker, but I would suggest the Anytone AT-5555N II, which is also sold as the Radioddity QT60. They cover 10 & 12 with a slight mod, that takes less than five minutes, and have impressive DSP noise reduction. The slight downside would be the controls arrangement, as they are configured like a CB.
Great video Walt! I use a 71' end fed non resonant stealth sloper, 9:1 unun, 50' coax & common mode choke at my home QTH East Bay of San Francisco CA. SSB on all HF voice bands 160 - 10 with my G90 & XPA125B. Hope we have a QSO sometime maybe on 10 or 12 meters! Jon - K3MAH
This gives me an idea for the old tv tower that came with my house. Wrap the top of the tower with the wire on standoffs. Wife wouldn’t see the wires. She hates seeing wires hanging all over the place. LOL
I recently found your channel, subbed. I've learned alot from you. In fact I bought a 25' crappie pole and an umbrella anchor today on Amazon haha. I have a spool of 16g speaker wire perfect for it! I figure that'll get me on HF, I've been looking at base station antennas and dont know what i want really haha. Good stuff. Jeremy KF4CHW
I have the same kind of antenna. 10m pole + 29 feet random wire antenna + 17 feet ground + 9:1 balun. The antenna stand behind a vehicle with a steel pile. The performance is good. This antenna is much better than my other car load HF antenna such as Diamond HF20CL, HF40CL.
Excellent. Almost tempted to get in the shack but still a bit too cold (and stormy) but the quality of daylight has got a hint of spring to it so hopefully will not be long. 73 M7BLC
Love these orange colored Knobs on the G-90. Hey Uncle Walter, there were People telling me like 3 Years ago wrapping the Wire around the Fiberglass Pole gives my Antenna System a shitty Performance. I tested it running the Comparison 2 EFHW 39ft.10inches 49:1 side by side. 1 with a straight running Wire and the other EFHW wrapped around the Pole with 4 Loops per Mast Section. No Difference in the Signals Reports I received. No Difference in the RX Signal. Only one little Difference the SWR on the wrapped around Pole Antenna was a little bit higher than on the Straight Up Version. Tnx for Your Video & have a good new Week. 73 de wrinkly old Günter not to be confused with weird Al Yankovic. Over over...💯🙋♂
Good and Great work with both 40foot wire antenna an QRP rig XIEGU G90! CONGRATULATIONS! 8800miles with only 20WATT! TEST A DELTALOOP WITH TIP OF THE DELTALOOP DOWN WITH FEEDER! MOUNTED AT THE TIP! 130 OHM USE 2:1 OR *4:1 BALUN! [* MATCHBOX ] 73s de sm6oer /Gunnar, Sweden
Nice to see that you are getting so many stations across the bands with such a simple setup. I am finding it hard to get many stations with my 40 m and 20 m dipoles. I have asked for a long fibre glass pole. Let me see if something like this will work for me! 73 de Jon, VU2JO
Great stuff Walt. I am at my ladies friends and she dont like wires and it's raining all week in UK, Grrrr! But wait until I get home, now where did I put that balun! Cheers. Mike
Excellent 👌👍 Walt. Wow 29 degrees that's ❄️🥶. Yesterday my wife and I went to a state park here in FL, and we were at 54 and I thought it was cold😂😂. Great antenna! Hey, where can I find this orange Knobs for my G90? 73
This was an exciting video! Thanks for trying this out. It's encouraging to see and now I want to do this some time. I'll have to get me a DX Commander one of these days. Hey, got a question for you. I've got the G90 myself and I've pulled together all the stuff I need to make your 7-5 vertical, including the Amazon fishing rod. I'm looking to communicate with my grandpa who lives 470 miles away. Would that antenna get the job done, or would the distance be to close?
Thanks! I make contacts all the time at that distance, it really depends on the band and time of day. I would say that 40 and 20 meters when open are your best bet. One easy way to find out is to look on the POTA spot for people in that range and see if you can make contact. That might give you a good feel from your location. 73, Walt
Thanks for another video Walt! Would you happen to know how close wound an antenna like this can be before the windings significantly attenuates its signal? 73 mike
Tried it out today ... worked great on 10, 12 and 17m. Identical set-up G90 20W, same wire lengths. Did an Antscope scancheck (Rigexpert software) On 17m and 15m the SWR was really good but swr rised strongly outside those 2 bands. Highest SWR 5.4 :1 on 80m. The other bands were lower. 10m ended up around 3.4 : 1 . Now I'm wondering what possibilities I have to get this even better ;) Everything was tuneable dough with my G90.
Walt: I run a 29 foot wire with a 13 foot counterpoise. My drive-on mount is a plywood base, floor flange and 16 inch long length of 4 inch DVW pipe. And, yes, fed with a 9:1 Unun into my G90. I have activated POTA sites around Buffalo, NY with this set up. 58 years into the hobby and still finding new fun things to do, hi! de WB2VUO
I've done it both ways and it works well with the cigarette lighter plug. I just use the battery to simulate a true portable outing versus a mobile one.
This is such a neat experiment, and I have the parts on hand! I see 41' is one of the "not so random" random wire lengths. So this is a random wire, vertical? Wonder if it will work well, over in the deep "holler"?
Love the videos. Only thing better would be for you to use a wireless mic with a good windscreen. Your videos sound great indoors or in the car at arms length, but as soon as you go outside or move to a wide shot, the audio leaves a LOT to be desired. (and sometimes hard to understand you) Keep up the great videos.
Thanks for making the video Walt. I believe the DX Commander is a fibre-glass pole, have you tried this with a carbon fibre pole? I think it may absorb some of the signal but you have inspired me to experiment with spiral wound verticals. It's like going back to CBs and Firestick antennas! I was pleased to see your G90 doing so well as I have one sitting in a box waiting for me to fire it up. Best 73, G0ACE
Thank you for this video! I have 2 questions please. What ratio has your un-un at the feeding point? And where can i get a set of this beautiful knobs for my G90! ... vy73 from Hamburg/Germany, Dietmar, DL4HAO :)
I would like to see the formulas used to decide length of the radiator and counterpoise wires. And I'd like to know pros and cons of 5/8 wavelength over full wavelength or quarter... Is there a book?
Walt, You didn't mention it, but will this antenna tune up on 40 meters as well? Just love your videos Walt. You are my favorite Ham on YT. 73! David 👍
I have thoroughly enjoyed your videos Sir. You mentioned a good 10, 11, 12 meter? I purchased an Anytone AT-5555 about 15 years ago and after 10 years I purchased an Anytone AT-5555n. I have had such success with both radios. The AT-5555n has, in my opinion, a richer RX audio and frequency response. And it's got a VFO type of control or channelized. Just my suggestion Sir. Love the videos Walt. 👍 Still don't have my Tkt. Chicken Band for Life🤣 Freebander: 107 The Village Idiot North Texas 73's from Big D P.S. "ONLY 11METERS ONLY QRP" Better electronics in amateur radios for 11 meter freebanding. Sorry if I offend anyone
This is an interesting concept. Unfortunately the 10m pole I have wouldn't fit in the drive on pole mounts we get here. They have a 2" max pole diameter. Might need to try one and see if the pole could slide over it if I left the bottom cap off.
Walt, you need to get a piece of thick sock, or grab open cell foam, or both, and if your using an external mike, shove the mike INSIDE of those items, and the wind noise will virtually gone. Tape around the bottom of the device (it's entrance) to ensure it'll stay put, and VIOLA! all's quiet. Thanks
lots of my mates in the uk use that ant. I dont personally use the high bands, but I would like to see you tune that up on 40m, and see what results you get. I have used a 10m wire on a 7m mast like that, and it worked 10,000 miles. 73.
Hi Walt, next step maybe would be to also wind the 17ft (5 metre) counterpoise on the bottom of the pole. Would that make the antenna then an off-centre-fed random length antenna?
Hi Walt, My question is, what gauge wire do you use? I've been using a #18 stranded wire, but recently bought a spool of #16 speaker wire, which I can split into two lengths. I thought I noticed you using a single run in your recent video. Any benefit switching? I have the Ziegu-G90 as my radio, and love the way it preforms. So I split it and give it a try. But would like your input on the subject. I think I've made every one of the vertical antennas that you have shown us over the last six months! Keep up the great videos, and I'll keep building. 73 my friend! Paul W1BIU
Hi Paul, I typically use 22 AWG wire and I also use 16 gauge speaker wire which I split and use one side. A 100 foot roll of Walmart 16 gauge Monster speaker wire gives me 200 feet of wire. Thanks and 73 my friend!
If I was to do something like this, but attach a pole to my vinyl sided house, how much would you think the house would effect it? I would try it, but I do not have a pole and I hate to waste the money on conduit if it does not work.
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This is PROOF that an antenna does not need to be "resonant" to radiate well. What most do not understand is this....IF you can get the load to accept power, it must go somewhere (radiation or heat), but it WILL be dissipated. The trick is to find the impedance of the load, and simply match to it. PS. Walt, you deserve a leather jacket to cut the wind. 73 OM
There’s about 80 years of proof on that topic. lol. Just not in today’s marketing schemes.
EXACTLY!!!!! Thanks for the great comment my friend!
Very nicely said 73…
You know you’re doing it right when you’re having fun.
Exactly!!!!
I am learning radio etiquette listening to you and hearing how much fun you are having.
Hi Walt, Love your stuff that you do, as unlike other ham RUclipsr's you get out and actually show people the antenna set up and test through the bands.
Thank you so much! 73, Walt
Well done. Thanks for demonstrating that portable operations can be very simple but still effective.
👍Nice. That was a good one.
Thank you so much! 73, Walt
The duck looks happy to be out of the cold. Bathtub duckies are more cold resistant, but warm ducks are nice.
I like your enthusiasm, great attitude towards all you do on this channel to share your knowledge. Thanks 73 ✌🏼
Thank you so much! 73, Walt
Thanks Walt, Awesome stuff as always.
Thank you so much! 73, Walt
these are great videos Walt. Thanks for posting.
Thank you so much! 73, Walt
Excellent! Thanks Walt!
Thank you so much! 73, Walt
Great video Walt!!! You give me many great ideas to try. Keep them coming!
Thank you so much! 73, Walt
Hey Walt. Great video as always. The 41ft random is the sweet spot. That's what I use for a quick vertical while camping. Best 73 de W8RD
Thanks! It's a great length and really performed!
Great video Walt, that's my favorite way to deploy that antenna.
Thank you so much! 73, Walt
I really like all the antenna videos you make Walt, it's crazy how far you can make a contact with just a simple piece of wire!
HF is very forgiving.
Thank you so much! 73, Walt
Great video Walt. Hampton Roads has been more like Artic Road lately. Thanks for braving it out there in the cold. You give all of us fans of the channel antenna ideas for when we all emerge from hibernation.
Holy Cow it's been cold! I'm ready for spring. Looks like it will be warm but rainy this weekend. I'm going to the Outer Banks LOL
Well done! Simple setup but effective. Exceptional.
Thank you so very much! 73, Walt
You are having mate but, in the process, you make us have fun and curiosity. Thank you for that!
Thank you so much! 73, Walt
Really good to see you in here. Saw the guys in the Wsky club about a month ago (& a few in the Chesapeake club too). Take care. Have fun. Tootles... Wade
Thanks Wade! Catch you soon my friend!
Great video Walt, I used something similar when haing a S9+ noise level at home, had it wrapped around a 15 meter pole and strapped to the verandah, only good to get on digital modes but it did get me on air. Love these type of videos! I also lived in Australia for 12 year many years ago and used to make 11 meter versions and a baking tray for a small ground plain and had it on my caraven when traveling around... worked well. Thanks for the videos. Fantastic as always. 73 ZL1MY
Thank you so very much for the kind words my friend! 73, Walt
Great video Walt! Love seeing your antenna experiments. This one looks like a winner. Keep up the great work! 73, George K2WO
Thank you so very much George!
Many thanks for that. Best wishes from Norfolk Uk
Thanks! Best wishes for the Norfolk on this side of the pond!
Great video! Super simple and it works!!
Thank you so much my friend! 73, Walt
Great video Walt! Awesome contacts. 🤝
Thank you so much! 73, Walt
Another quite successful experiment, Walt. Congratulations. Propagation really looked great.
There's an antenna sold as "Magitenna", I think that this one would deserve this name.
73, Alain
Hi Alain! yes it was a great successful day. 73, Walt
Hi Walt. I saw that you had a good QSO with a fellow Frenchie. Now that I know that you seem to operate mostly around noon eastern time, I'll do my best to catch you soon when I start using the antennas you've taught me building 😁
I should start from next week-end on, now that I eventually have all I need and that the cold wave is behind us here in France.
Ive mostly been doing FT8/4 lately but I agree 12/10 was a fire. The waterfalls were so packed you could not find any spaces to transmit. Keep it up I love the cheap fun antennas.
Thank you so very much! 73, Walt
You're smashing it Walt. It certainly works well for you.👍
Thanks so much my friend!
"Wrapper ... wrap ... you know what he's after!" .... Yes, DX! Keep wrapp'n that wire! Nice performance Walt!
73 - KF6IF
hahahaha roger that!!!! 73, Walt
Walt pretty neat. You know for a fact you were operating a decently efficient station. Good signals on tx and rx both. 20 watt station working the world. Gives you a great feeling when you grab the mic and get so many contacts. That's what it's all about. Thanks for the work and video. 73
Thanks so much for the kind words my friend! 73, Walt
Mornin" Walt... Been watching you for a while... Certainly a breath of fresh air... Thanks for the heads up on the Tram 1499... Although I have used radios nearly all my life (many years in the CAP using modified HF and VHF gear) only amateur licensed for 7 years. Still have my Lafayette HE-20C and D-104 mike when I was 13! Have had my experiences with the "Sad Hams"... never thought these attitudes existed. Had to drive 2:30 hours to take my tech because the 2 nearest clubs couldn't commit.
Moved to SW VA 6 years ago, Studying for the gen now running into the same testing problem... may have to drive 6 hours to my sisters whose husband is a tech to take the test with his club there.
Anyway... enjoy your antenna experiments. I'm not playing in my sophisticated radios, I will play with antennas... too shaky to do delicate soldering work. I have to move my 10 meter hamstick dipole to the roof of my garage so it will clear the "mountain" that's blocking east of me (and the snow to melt). Hope to make contact with you soon. I'm in Bristol VA. 73's and stay frosty...
KM4ZYH David
(my real email is dahat001@hotmail; dont know where that other came from)
You can test remotely at a few places.
Hi David! hope to make that QSO across the state soon my friend! 73, Walt
Hello Walt,
I also did that at the beginning to find the right antenna.
simply attaching 12 meters of wire to my 12 meter spider beam mast worked perfectly. now my antenna is a inverted V for 10, 20 and 40 meters.
It's still fun to keep looking at you, trying and testing
keep going what you are dowing.
Ron
Pd3ron
Hello Ron! thank you, I'll keep trying and testing! 73, Walt
Man you sure picked a great "the bands are open" day to try out that antenna. Fun stuff!
Yes I did, what a great day!
Fantastic antenna. So simple and effective. Great work. More of these antenna experiments thank you
M7LDK
Thank you so much! 73, Walt
That was a great experiment, Walt. Worked out well too. I have yet to hear my own G90 on the air but it makes me smile listening to yours. BTW, yours is the COOLEST looking G90! Walt, A windbreaker over that Hoodie couldn't hurt, 73 brother, Joe KC1MTM
Get that g90 on the air 😀, mine works brilliantly.
Get that G90 on the air and let's make contact! 73, Walt
I love a good vertical and have always had good luck with them at my location. Great video Walt and thanks for sharing 73’s M3VWN
Thank you so much! 73, Walt
Walt thats cold mate lol you do a great job, this is another great video keep them coming keep warm
Thank you so very much! 73, Walt
Hello Walt. Another great video. No question about whether you are doing it right or not - If It Works, You Are Doing It Right!
Now I'll have to get one of those Poles and 41Ft of wire and try that setup here in Crewe. Thanks for the encouragement.
73 - John Aloi Sr - WB3HPE
Roger that my friend! 73 from Hampton Roads
Truly amazing what you can receive with this antenna on 12 meters, from miles away.
Yes it’s very good on that band!
That was awesome to watch 👏👏👏 This antenna makes a lot of comercial products obsolete 😁😉👍 Ham spirit at finest. Just throw this wire at pole and look what will happen 💪👀
Thank you so much my friend! 73, Walt
I have experimented and have found the pole is more resistant to wind loading by helically winding the wire, there is far less whipping. This hobby is great, as is your vids, cheers Walt, all the best, 73
Thanks, I agree! 73, Walt
Awesome video as usual Walt! Thank you very much for taking the time to make them!! Greg / KF0LZX
Thank you so much Greg! 73, Walt
I have several 18 ft masts that I accumulated over the last few months that are collecting dust. This looks like a great project.
Go for it!
That was great . looks like parking ramps on the air. I did something like that with my 66ft 49:1 end fed in the back of a Walmart parking lot same pole strap to wooden fence . late summer changed my tune a bit but 7300 tuned it fine. talked to 2 outher stations doing Walmart parking lots on the air. that was funny to me. one station on a ham stick talking as the wife shopping. the outher in a RV . and I was using speaker wire at the time I got in Walmart. was fun . 73's
Thank you so much! 73, Walt
I'm gonna try this one for sure. I got almost exactly the same set-up Walt. G90, 10m Sotabeams pole, the thing for use under a wheel of my car ... I'm gonna have some fun soon :p
Your video' are allways very inspiring. Hope to catch you one time when you are in Poland. 73 de ON1JV
Hi Walt, thanks for another great video. I made a 41’ vertical with a 17’ counterpoise with a 9:1 unun and I get SWR’s under 1.5 across 10, 12, 15, 17 and 20 meters! No tuner! 40 meters comes in at 1.9 to 2.2 . I can live with that. Thanks again keep um coming.
BTW, the nay sayers just don’t get it. Your just trying to help the rest of us tinkerers.
Thanks so much! I love tinkering versus sitting at my desk making theory videos hahaha. I need to get a bigger pole and build the 41 like you did. 73, Walt
Walt. take a look at the 12M Spiderbeam HD pole. Its a bit heavier than your DXcommander, but it is more stable in wind. For shorter antennas, leave out the top 1-2 sections for even more stability
Thanks! That one is definitely on my want list.
@COASTALWAVESWIRES You mentioned getting a Stryker, but I would suggest the Anytone AT-5555N II, which is also sold as the Radioddity QT60. They cover 10 & 12 with a slight mod, that takes less than five minutes, and have impressive DSP noise reduction. The slight downside would be the controls arrangement, as they are configured like a CB.
Well and another antenna i have to try, because of you
hahahaha sorry about that!
Great video Walt! I use a 71' end fed non resonant stealth sloper, 9:1 unun, 50' coax & common mode choke at my home QTH East Bay of San Francisco CA. SSB on all HF voice bands 160 - 10 with my G90 & XPA125B. Hope we have a QSO sometime maybe on 10 or 12 meters! Jon - K3MAH
Thanks! Hope to catch you on 12 or 10 soon my friend!!
This gives me an idea for the old tv tower that came with my house. Wrap the top of the tower with the wire on standoffs. Wife wouldn’t see the wires. She hates seeing wires hanging all over the place. LOL
you are right a wire and radio works great.
Yes indeed!!!
Wow.... I Love this video....!!!!
Thank you so much my friend!!!
I recently found your channel, subbed. I've learned alot from you. In fact I bought a 25' crappie pole and an umbrella anchor today on Amazon haha. I have a spool of 16g speaker wire perfect for it! I figure that'll get me on HF, I've been looking at base station antennas and dont know what i want really haha. Good stuff. Jeremy KF4CHW
Thanks so very much Jeremy! I think we never stop looking for the next antenna LOL
Great video Walt, watching your videos is going to make me go out and buy a G90.
Thanks! You won't be sorry, it's a great little radio!
I have the same kind of antenna. 10m pole + 29 feet random wire antenna + 17 feet ground + 9:1 balun. The antenna stand behind a vehicle with a steel pile. The performance is good. This antenna is much better than my other car load HF antenna such as Diamond HF20CL, HF40CL.
Roger that!
Excellent. Almost tempted to get in the shack but still a bit too cold (and stormy) but the quality of daylight has got a hint of spring to it so hopefully will not be long. 73 M7BLC
Thank you so much! 73, Walt
Love these orange colored Knobs on the G-90. Hey Uncle Walter, there were People telling me like 3 Years ago wrapping the Wire around the Fiberglass Pole gives my Antenna System a shitty Performance. I tested it running the Comparison 2 EFHW 39ft.10inches 49:1 side by side. 1 with a straight running Wire and the other EFHW wrapped around the Pole with 4 Loops per Mast Section. No Difference in the Signals Reports I received. No Difference in the RX Signal. Only one little Difference the SWR on the wrapped around Pole Antenna was a little bit higher than on the Straight Up Version. Tnx for Your Video & have a good new Week. 73 de wrinkly old Günter not to be confused with weird Al Yankovic. Over over...💯🙋♂
haha hello Uncle G! Those orange knobs came off a RS-918 I have. I never listen to "THE EXPERTS", looks like you don't either. 73 my friend
Good and Great work with both 40foot
wire antenna an QRP rig XIEGU G90!
CONGRATULATIONS! 8800miles with
only 20WATT!
TEST A DELTALOOP WITH TIP OF
THE DELTALOOP DOWN WITH FEEDER!
MOUNTED AT THE TIP! 130 OHM USE
2:1 OR *4:1 BALUN! [* MATCHBOX ]
73s de sm6oer /Gunnar, Sweden
Thanks! I will try that! 73, Walt
i like the orange knobs on the G90!
Thanks, They came off a RS-918 transceiver.
Nice to see that you are getting so many stations across the bands with such a simple setup. I am finding it hard to get many stations with my 40 m and 20 m dipoles. I have asked for a long fibre glass pole. Let me see if something like this will work for me! 73 de Jon, VU2JO
Thank you! 73, Walt
Great stuff Walt. I am at my ladies friends and she dont like wires and it's raining all week in UK, Grrrr!
But wait until I get home, now where did I put that balun!
Cheers.
Mike
Hahaha thanks Mike! Cheers my friend!
Excellent 👌👍 Walt. Wow 29 degrees that's ❄️🥶. Yesterday my wife and I went to a state park here in FL, and we were at 54 and I thought it was cold😂😂. Great antenna!
Hey, where can I find this orange Knobs for my G90?
73
Thanks! Those knobs came off a RS-918 transceiver. If you can find some replacement parts for that radio that would be the ones. 73, Walt
Good job.
Many many thanks
This was an exciting video! Thanks for trying this out. It's encouraging to see and now I want to do this some time. I'll have to get me a DX Commander one of these days. Hey, got a question for you. I've got the G90 myself and I've pulled together all the stuff I need to make your 7-5 vertical, including the Amazon fishing rod. I'm looking to communicate with my grandpa who lives 470 miles away. Would that antenna get the job done, or would the distance be to close?
Thanks! I make contacts all the time at that distance, it really depends on the band and time of day. I would say that 40 and 20 meters when open are your best bet. One easy way to find out is to look on the POTA spot for people in that range and see if you can make contact. That might give you a good feel from your location. 73, Walt
I've used similar with a 12m pole and a remote tuner at the base no radials or counterpoise . I made contacts on 160m with it .
That's awesome!
EXCELLENT
Thank you so much! 73, Walt
Very good antena
Roger that!
@@COASTALWAVESWIRES 73 My friend
Thanks for another video Walt!
Would you happen to know how close wound an antenna like this can be before the windings significantly attenuates its signal? 73 mike
Great work Walt. Looks like you had a blast. Still makes me want a G90. Waiting to see if th x6200 will be 20w output 🤞🏽 73
Thank you my friend! Get a G90!!!!!
Has been working fine for me. 31 foot Jackite with random length wrapped around it, home made 9:1. POTA on WB2SMK
awesome! 73, Walt
I did the same antenna but I installed a 9:1 unun with 500 watts so I could use my amp. I worked 180 counties with 59 in 3 hours.
That's awesome!
Tried it out today ... worked great on 10, 12 and 17m. Identical set-up G90 20W, same wire lengths. Did an Antscope scancheck (Rigexpert software) On 17m and 15m the SWR was really good but swr rised strongly outside those 2 bands. Highest SWR 5.4 :1 on 80m. The other bands were lower. 10m ended up around 3.4 : 1 . Now I'm wondering what possibilities I have to get this even better ;) Everything was tuneable dough with my G90.
That’s really interesting, thanks for sharing. Yes that G90 will tune anything!
Walt: I run a 29 foot wire with a 13 foot counterpoise. My drive-on mount is a plywood base, floor flange and 16 inch long length of 4 inch DVW pipe. And, yes, fed with a 9:1 Unun into my G90. I have activated POTA sites around Buffalo, NY with this set up.
58 years into the hobby and still finding new fun things to do, hi! de WB2VUO
Awesome setup! Yep, always looking!
Nice video Walt as always. Do touch turn the jeep off while operating? Is that why you’re using a separate battery?
I've done it both ways and it works well with the cigarette lighter plug. I just use the battery to simulate a true portable outing versus a mobile one.
Great job Walt, this is my kind of ham radio. 73's🎙KD9OAM🎧📻📡
Thank you! 73, Walt
This is such a neat experiment, and I have the parts on hand! I see 41' is one of the "not so random" random wire lengths. So this is a random wire, vertical? Wonder if it will work well, over in the deep "holler"?
Thanks, this is a random wire vertical for sure. Give it a try over the holler!!!
My GS is stationed there.
Love the videos. Only thing better would be for you to use a wireless mic with a good windscreen. Your videos sound great indoors or in the car at arms length, but as soon as you go outside or move to a wide shot, the audio leaves a LOT to be desired. (and sometimes hard to understand you)
Keep up the great videos.
Roger that, thanks
well done Walt, 73 🦆🦆🦆🦆
Another great video Walt does this load up on 40 m as well
Thanks! yes it worked on 40, I should have put that in the video!
Great vid Walt! How high up the pole did that 41 foot wire reach?
Thanks! all the way to the top, I started winding it tighter as I got farther up the pole
Thanks for making the video Walt. I believe the DX Commander is a fibre-glass pole, have you tried this with a carbon fibre pole? I think it may absorb some of the signal but you have inspired me to experiment with spiral wound verticals. It's like going back to CBs and Firestick antennas! I was pleased to see your G90 doing so well as I have one sitting in a box waiting for me to fire it up. Best 73, G0ACE
Fire that G90 up! you're going to love it. I have used shorter carbon fibre poles and they worked well. no issues. 73, Walt
@@COASTALWAVESWIRES Thanks for your reply Walt, I'll give my carbon rod and G90 a try.
Thank you for this video! I have 2 questions please. What ratio has your un-un at the feeding point? And where can i get a set of this beautiful knobs for my G90! ... vy73 from Hamburg/Germany, Dietmar, DL4HAO :)
I would like to see the formulas used to decide length of the radiator and counterpoise wires. And I'd like to know pros and cons of 5/8 wavelength over full wavelength or quarter... Is there a book?
Check out the ARRL Antenna Book. You can get used ones on eBay for a great price.
Walt, You didn't mention it, but will this antenna tune up on 40 meters as well? Just love your videos Walt. You are my favorite Ham on YT. 73! David 👍
Thank you so much David. Yes this thing worked on 40 and I should have shown that, sorry.
About $70 for pole, $85 for drive-on mast base plate and $30 for 9:1 UnUn. Total: ~$190. Not exactly cheap setup, but I like how easy it is to deploy.
Well I have used all those parts on many antennas so for me it was a bargain and not $190.
@@COASTALWAVESWIRES yeah, im not knocking it. it looks great. i might even give it a try after I order the DX Commander 10M pole
Did you say your counterpoise was 16.5 feet?
@dan_in_sd 17 feet
Impressive! That G90 works really good with those 20 watts. 😮 What kinda battery was that?
That was a Miady 12V 20Ah Deep Cycle LiFePO4 Battery. Got it on Amazon.
I have thoroughly enjoyed your videos Sir. You mentioned a good 10, 11, 12 meter?
I purchased an Anytone AT-5555 about 15 years ago and after 10 years I purchased an Anytone AT-5555n.
I have had such success with both radios. The AT-5555n has, in my opinion, a richer RX audio and frequency response. And it's got a VFO type of control or channelized. Just my suggestion Sir.
Love the videos Walt.
👍
Still don't have my Tkt.
Chicken Band for Life🤣
Freebander: 107
The Village Idiot
North Texas
73's from Big D
P.S. "ONLY 11METERS ONLY QRP"
Better electronics in amateur radios for 11 meter freebanding. Sorry if I offend anyone
That's awesome and don't worry about offending anyone here! I enjoy 11 meters and there are some Freebander RUclipsrs I watch and enjoy. 73 my friend!
This is an interesting concept. Unfortunately the 10m pole I have wouldn't fit in the drive on pole mounts we get here. They have a 2" max pole diameter. Might need to try one and see if the pole could slide over it if I left the bottom cap off.
Give it a try!
Walt, you need to get a piece of thick sock, or grab open cell foam, or both, and if your using an external mike, shove the mike INSIDE of those items, and the wind noise will virtually gone. Tape around the bottom of the device (it's entrance) to ensure it'll stay put, and VIOLA! all's quiet. Thanks
Will give it a try! 73
If need be, let me know, and I will make one for you, only need a pic, and dimensions of said mic, no prob
@@COASTALWAVESWIRES
Wowie, Some great contacts! KO4HPC 73 :)
Thank you so much! 73, Walt
lots of my mates in the uk use that ant. I dont personally use the high bands, but I would like to see you tune that up on 40m, and see what results you get. I have used a 10m wire on a 7m mast like that, and it worked 10,000 miles. 73.
It tuned up on 40, I should have shown that in the video.
The signals were very strong. I wonder if that setup would have worked on 40 or 80 meters?
It worked on 40, I should have put that in the video. 73, Walt
That SWR plot is after the antenna has been tuned by the G90 ATU right? I assume it was off the scale on most bands before tuning.
No that was before tuning
I like this. I wonder would it work on 80 meters too?
Yes I'm sure it would. I need to give it a try.
Hi Walt, next step maybe would be to also wind the 17ft (5 metre) counterpoise on the bottom of the pole. Would that make the antenna then an off-centre-fed random length antenna?
Great idea, we will have to find out!
Hey, have you considered a larger 9:1 like on a 240 sized core? Testing has shown them to be more efficient.
I haven't but will look into that. I've had good results with the LDG one.
Hi Walt, My question is, what gauge wire do you use? I've been using a #18 stranded wire, but recently bought a spool of #16 speaker wire, which I can split into two lengths. I thought I noticed you using a single run in your recent video. Any benefit switching? I have the Ziegu-G90 as my radio, and love the way it preforms. So I split it and give it a try. But would like your input on the subject.
I think I've made every one of the vertical antennas that you have shown us over the last six months! Keep up the great videos, and I'll keep building.
73 my friend!
Paul W1BIU
Hi Paul, I typically use 22 AWG wire and I also use 16 gauge speaker wire which I split and use one side. A 100 foot roll of Walmart 16 gauge Monster speaker wire gives me 200 feet of wire. Thanks and 73 my friend!
If I was to do something like this, but attach a pole to my vinyl sided house, how much would you think the house would effect it? I would try it, but I do not have a pole and I hate to waste the money on conduit if it does not work.
Give it a try, I think it might work well.
I need to swing back to 12m… Just did 17m this past weekend as it’s been a while I was on there. 73
12 was on fire that day!
Hi Walt, do you try 80M band and longer wire? Maybe 20,5m?
I need to give that a try. 73, Walt