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On All Bands-An Amateur Radio Blog

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"Field Day Gear Series Part 3:  Portable HF Antennas." Views expressed in this Amateur Radio Antenna discussion are those of the reporters and correspondents.  Accessed on 15 May 2024, 2132 UTC. Content and Source:  https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzGxTNtmhXptwZjDRWWWwPXNwWhV/DXEngineering.com. Please scroll down to read the full article from "On All Bands" from DXEngineering.com. Thanks for joining us today. Russ Roberts (https://www.simplehamradioantennas.com). "" "OnAllBands - An Amateur Radio Blog by DX Engineering 1" Edit Unfollow " Field Day Gear Series Part 3: Portable HF Antennas " May 15, 2024 If you’re looking for proven, highly transportable, and easy-to-deploy options for getting on the air during the 2024 ARRL Field Day (June 22-23), you can’t go wrong with any number of   portable HF antennas available at DXEngineering.com . This article represents just a sampling of what you’ll find online. Let’s begin our sur
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Setting Up A Home-Based Field Day Station

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  If you can't attend the ARRL Field Day with your Amateur Radio Club, why not set up your operation in the backyard?  You could run emergency power, string up a few long wires, and bunk for the night with that tent you have stored in the garage. In this video, Tracy ("Outdoors On The Air") does just that and managed to get many contacts without fighting traffic to get to an official ARRL Field Day site. Tracy offers many ideas for making your home station your Field Day Ham Station. If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeumSDLXBKM. Thanks for joining us today. Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM). Here are some comments from Tracy: Can't get out into the "real field" for ham radio Field Day? Maybe you should mount an expedition into your backyard. I'll show how I used to do it. I hope this is an encouragement to those who cannot get out to the field for themselves, but still
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160 Meters Buddipole Vertical Antenna

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 If you have some left over parts from a Buddipole Antenna and a few components from various Chameleon projects, you have the makings of a compact 160 meter antenna for your home station. In this video from Timothy Tucker (AE6LX), we see how some spare parts and a little ingenuity can bring "The Top Band" (i.e. 160 Meters) to your home. Despite its small size, this 160 meter vertical antenna works fairly well.  So, collect some spare components and a telescoping fiberglass mast to have some fun on 160 meters. If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHs6V4eZB8g. Thanks for joining us today. Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM).
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Horizontal Loop Antenna Experiements

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  If you can only build one multiband HF antenna, please consider this horizontal loop project from Rob Wagner (VK3BVW). Properly designed, built, and supported, this antenna delivers multiband performance at an affordable price.  This antenna is quiet on receive and is easy to build. If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLq3nBQppqg. Thanks for joining us today. Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM). Here are some comments from Rob (VK3BVW): This video describes my experiments with a new antenna for me, the horizontal loop a.k.a. sky loop antenna. We talk about the design and installation, and strengths of this antenna in terms of low noise. There are some examples of this antenna in action in comparison to dipoles. For more information go to the Mount Evelyn DX Report: http://www.medxr.blogspot.com.au SUBSCRIBE to this channel. Thanks for watching! Key moments View all Horizontal Loop Antenna Experiments
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