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If you need a light weight, highly portable HF antenna for POTA/SOTA or other emergency operations, then this "Smol emergency antenna" from Tim (N7KOM) is for you.
Despite its small size (8 feet/ 2.438 meters), this simple wire antenna performs very well. Tim shows you how to make it and use it in the field. Nicely done project!
If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy2ECSp8Mp4.
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Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM).
Here are a few comments from Tim (N7KOM):
This lightweight and highly portable antenna design by K6STR is an 8-foot loaded endfed random wire built on the center pin of a BNC. I keep this antenna in my ham radio emergency backup kit. If I ever forget my main antenna. This one will work in a pinch. Thanks for the QSOs!
If DIY isn't your thing, check out the professional version of this antenna by N6ARA and K6STR: https://n6ara.com/product/tinyantenna/
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If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeNHIQ_j4Dk This well-produced and richly illustrated tutorial on the classic G5RV HF Dipole Antenna was presented to the Brandon Amateur Radio Society in Brandon, Florida in 2017 by Bernie Huth (W4BGH). Bernie does an excellent job of explaining the pros and cons of this popular HF antenna from the late Louis Varney (G5RV). Although Varney envisioned his design primarily as a 3/2 wavelength antenna for the 20 meter Amateur Radio band, radio amateurs have used the antenna for multiband use. The G5RV is an excellent choice for the 20 meter band. Performance on other HF Amateur Radio bands is good enough to qualify as stand alone HF antenna if you can only erect one HF antenna. For the latest Amateur/Ham Radio news and information, please visit these websites: http://www.HawaiiARRL.info. http://www.arrl.org. http://www.arrl.org/ar...
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Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM).