Simple Ham Radio Antennas

Thanks to Linas (LY2H) for this low-impact, inexpensive mobile QRP station which uses locally available materials from his "Junk-Box." If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPfVDpjtrYw This is post 2829 in a continuing series of simple ham radio antennas. Here are some comments and suggestions from Linas: This is one more video about the minimalist radio set-ups. This time I took a chance of a nice autumn weather and drove around my native town of Vilnius carrying along probably the best QRP go-box I ever had: the KX2 all-in-one radio and the no-cost, zero-waste mobile whip. I was looking for an answer on how effective could this radio be operating in a noisy and constantly changing mobile environment, running 5W only from its internal battery pack and, even more interesting part, could I be heard radiating with the 122 cm long mobile whip mag-mounted on the roof of my car! So, the answer...