Hi ive seen this somewhere else and thought i would try it today, finaly some nice weather and wanted to fix some antenna stuff, so what I meen is that you use CATV Cable, that i allready knew however i am commenting on using the center lead only to a random antenna.
It was all fine until you started talking about the "antenna" . What is that thick white tube? Is the blue wire the antenna? It seems really short. Did you say this mockup has to be at least 5 meters from the house ? Thats 15 feet away from the house. How is the radio connected to this thing 15 feet away? Sorry, I dont understand any of this. I guess youre talking to people with previous knowledge. I dont have it .
dear DX collegue Brian, I am handicaped and my wife does all activity for me, but I want to congratulate you for a fine video which is short and exact. This UNun is easy to build and very easy to understand. So we all DX-ers have to say: "Thank you!" , best wishes from Klaus
Got so happy getting my china rigs. That my sister sat and called me nuts.. i went to the wallyworld and got a bolt of cloth...then made baggs for my radios. For the bags that carry the antenna and even mats to set my radios. No unun though i use 3 cut to 1/4 wave antenna then carry my antennas i choose. Salute, via con dios, chow, and avedahouen.
"Gone off into outer space...etc." Lots of Hams (and possibly SWL-ers also) do that. They go off on advanced technical data binges, possibly because they have learned to think in complicated ways. Ham operators will usually introduce newcomers to all the technical info about 2 meter Handhelds. That never helped me at all, and they do not even realize that they. Then, they answer questions about what equipment to start with a 2 hour dissertation about; "It all depends upon what you want to do." Nobody has the sense to suggest a basic HF radio and a single frequency to explore. No, it has to be EVERYTHING--ALL--JUMBLED---UP--AT--ONCE. The last visit I had to a Ham Club, I got criticized by some 24 year old (I am 73) for not getting involved in ARRL emergency operations, and I have never even set up a radio before. It is a bit interesting I guess to examine the primitive urges to dominate others that appear among the amateurs.
One of the best times is if you have a battery radio and the power in you town or neighborhood goes off. That is the greatest SWL time. So much noise will have disappeared when all the power is off. One other thing to do when the power is on is take your portable around the house and unplug various items that are on, especially those related to computers, TVs, et cetera. When I want to listen to weak signals, I turn off the computer, the TV, the WiFi, and the cable modem. The worst item in my place is the VOIP box for my telephone. Also beware of various lights. Some of them are very noisy in the various radio bands.
I know you did this years ago but I did one years ago on how to fix a printer problum and I still have people thanking me for making it. I want to say thank you. I've watch a bunch of videos and read but they get off fast to things I don't have a clue about. I just got my little radio a week ago with a book to read but I just wanted to be able to setup something to use my new shinny radio fast and learn as I go. I heard long wire and toss it into a tree and your ready to go. I did that and got a bunch of people talking but I can't understand what they are saying. So I was getting like forget it till I read my book and was bummed I couldn't really use the radio unless it was coming in very strong. I'll try what you say ASAP. thanks
I have four sw radios and thank you for saying what to use to keep them looking new and cleen. Also I found the tips on your advice on random wire antennas very helpful.
love the NO B/S approach to this video, informative and clear without heaps of technical speak, learned more in a few minutes here than 20 or more on other videos, thanks
Thank you! I was starting to wonder if I had found the right hobby with all the techno gabble out there! You have restored my faith in shortwave listening in one short video. Thank you! Subscribed.
Thank You so much for this!! I had a stoke and have decided to take up shortwave in my retirement to keep my brain active! But, trying to get over the noise I was getting on my Grundig and get (what I believed) was a decent aerial, all I got on RUclips was mumbo jumbo malarkey and technical crap that almost left me at a point. where I was almost about to give up on my new found hobby! Finally I found your video that a) made sense b) that I could understand and c) gave me inspiration and impetus to continue ''having a go' and know this is all within my (now diminished) capabilities! So thank you very much my good sir!
Hi ive seen this somewhere else and thought i would try it today, finaly some nice weather and wanted to fix some antenna stuff, so what I meen is that you use CATV Cable, that i allready knew however i am commenting on using the center lead only to a random antenna.
It was all fine until you started talking about the "antenna" . What is that thick white tube? Is the blue wire the antenna? It seems really short. Did you say this mockup has to be at least 5 meters from the house ? Thats 15 feet away from the house. How is the radio connected to this thing 15 feet away? Sorry, I dont understand any of this. I guess youre talking to people with previous knowledge. I dont have it .
Thanks for sharing your knowledge as i quit learning after my husband passed. I really enjoyed listening to what he tuned in.
dear DX collegue Brian, I am handicaped and my wife does all activity for me, but I want to congratulate you for a fine video which is short and exact. This UNun is easy to build and very easy to understand. So we all DX-ers have to say: "Thank you!" , best wishes from Klaus
A gold star to the Signal Hunter.⭐ Most everyone else just ends up making it too complicated.
4 minutes in and it's all been waffle so far...signal to noise ratio non-existent so far.
Got so happy getting my china rigs. That my sister sat and called me nuts.. i went to the wallyworld and got a bolt of cloth...then made baggs for my radios. For the bags that carry the antenna and even mats to set my radios. No unun though i use 3 cut to 1/4 wave antenna then carry my antennas i choose. Salute, via con dios, chow, and avedahouen.
This antenna is meant for beginners ….and the he starts to solder wires...I wunder how many beginners can solder.
"Gone off into outer space...etc." Lots of Hams (and possibly SWL-ers also) do that. They go off on advanced technical data binges, possibly because they have learned to think in complicated ways. Ham operators will usually introduce newcomers to all the technical info about 2 meter Handhelds. That never helped me at all, and they do not even realize that they. Then, they answer questions about what equipment to start with a 2 hour dissertation about; "It all depends upon what you want to do." Nobody has the sense to suggest a basic HF radio and a single frequency to explore. No, it has to be EVERYTHING--ALL--JUMBLED---UP--AT--ONCE. The last visit I had to a Ham Club, I got criticized by some 24 year old (I am 73) for not getting involved in ARRL emergency operations, and I have never even set up a radio before. It is a bit interesting I guess to examine the primitive urges to dominate others that appear among the amateurs.
One of the best times is if you have a battery radio and the power in you town or neighborhood goes off. That is the greatest SWL time. So much noise will have disappeared when all the power is off. One other thing to do when the power is on is take your portable around the house and unplug various items that are on, especially those related to computers, TVs, et cetera. When I want to listen to weak signals, I turn off the computer, the TV, the WiFi, and the cable modem. The worst item in my place is the VOIP box for my telephone. Also beware of various lights. Some of them are very noisy in the various radio bands.
I know you did this years ago but I did one years ago on how to fix a printer problum and I still have people thanking me for making it. I want to say thank you. I've watch a bunch of videos and read but they get off fast to things I don't have a clue about. I just got my little radio a week ago with a book to read but I just wanted to be able to setup something to use my new shinny radio fast and learn as I go. I heard long wire and toss it into a tree and your ready to go. I did that and got a bunch of people talking but I can't understand what they are saying. So I was getting like forget it till I read my book and was bummed I couldn't really use the radio unless it was coming in very strong. I'll try what you say ASAP. thanks
I appreciate the no nonsense practical advice.
I have a PL600 RX using a 10m wire.
You can eve use a ROUND brush from the Home Depot/Lowes store, or a new makeup brush to dust your stuff, and get the dust pout of the crevices.
I have four sw radios and thank you for saying what to use to keep them looking new and cleen. Also I found the tips on your advice on random wire antennas very helpful.
love the NO B/S approach to this video, informative and clear without heaps of technical speak, learned more in a few minutes here than 20 or more on other videos, thanks
i liked the little coil that you used to enhance the antennas capability
Thank you! I was starting to wonder if I had found the right hobby with all the techno gabble out there! You have restored my faith in shortwave listening in one short video. Thank you! Subscribed.
Thank You so much for this!! I had a stoke and have decided to take up shortwave in my retirement to keep my brain active! But, trying to get over the noise I was getting on my Grundig and get (what I believed) was a decent aerial, all I got on RUclips was mumbo jumbo malarkey and technical crap that almost left me at a point. where I was almost about to give up on my new found hobby! Finally I found your video that a) made sense b) that I could understand and c) gave me inspiration and impetus to continue ''having a go' and know this is all within my (now diminished) capabilities! So thank you very much my good sir!
Simple straight to the point no bs video.