HF Ham Radio Random Wire Portable Antenna Back Yard. Post #1564.
If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U44aXzD2LB4. A properly designed and built random wire antenna makes an excellent portable or emergency antenna. In this video, Larry (WD0AKX) shows us how he set up a simple, backyard ham station using only the materials found in his shack. All you need is a rig (in this case Elecraft KX-3), an antenna "tuner", a unun matching unit, a random length of wire, a power supply, and a simple ground radial or counterpoise system. To choose a suitable random length of wire for the antenna, please visit this website: http://udel.edu/~mm/ham/randomwire/. Good luck with this simple, fun to use 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/arrl-audio-news (a weekly podcast which is updated each Friday). https://hamradiohawaii.wordpres