How to make the easiest 2 Meter Dipole Antenna for your HT- handheld Radio using a BNC binding post.
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- In this video I show how to make a 2 meter dipole Antenna for use with a HT for a SOTA activation. You don't even have to know how to solder!
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Chuck makes me feel like we’ve been friends for years. Very personable 73 Kk7bcs
Thank you for watching and for the nice comment!
Un placer ver sus videos bien detallados y practicos.. .Gracias y un saludo.
Haha. Andrew gifted me two older ARRL books, one was for Antenna Design, both are thick books. He is well known here for making great antennas. Had a good chat with him, a top bloke!👍🤠
P.S... I'm gonna have a look to see if that design is in there. Lol
great video, thanks for putting these out, it really highlights the 2m technician side. I am trying for my General, but your really showing how Technician can be just as fun.
Cheers for linking that Chevy, yup, very useful mate, ta Mark
ThNHR TeamReplay for the win!
So good - thank you!
Great video Chuch❗️ Always FUN experimenting with antenna builds. 👍
Yea it is Mike and I might have a second version of this build! (gain)
I've done one of these for 70cm, it worked quite well!
Hello sir im from philipines
Great video and has me thinking to make a HT portable dipole. Pro tip, when using soft copper wire like stripped romex, before you cut and shape the wire, use a handheld power drill motor and spin a twist into the length of wire. Put one end of the wire in a vise, the other in the drill chuck. Give it a handful of turns and It will remove the kinks and add some stiffness to the wire. (assuming that you want stiff wire).
Great video. Just found your content this evening.
Nice intro clip too
Thank you and thanks for watching!
Hey there!
Thanks a lot!
I uses this fitting to make a 2m/70cm dipole. I used banana plugs to hold the wires then put them into the fitting. I used an antenna analyzer to trim them to the point where the SWR is very low. I did the 2m first, then added the wire for 70cm. That threw the 2m off until I got the 70cm properly trimmed. They are mounted on a frame of 1/2" pvc. Not terribly pretty but works quite well. I used old stranded speaker wire.
Nice! Yea when you add another part it usually mess something else up lol.
Hey Chuck KK6USY. Great video! A quick note though - it's crucial to adress the balance in a dipole. The jacket of the coax acts as ground so if you add a balun, the second element of the dipole also becomes radiant, making it a true dipole instead of an extended 1/4 vertical with a tiger tail. Tiger tails work great compared to the normal ground plane on an HT (your face!) but a balanced dipole is heaps better still. Always great seeing creativity in HT land / levels the field with all the custom antennas for HF. Thank you! 73, SA6HAM.
Love this super easy little antenna. I designed a little bracket that can be 3d printed that fits it perfectly in lieu of your stick of ABS. let me know if you want the STL.
I would take the STL file if you are still offering it. Thanks 73
i like it, gonna build it with a pvc tee fitting, epoxy, & a fiberglass 2’-4’ collapsable painter pole that i have in shed.
Perfect Javi, you made me think of it so you get credit!!
A 5-pack of those BNC binding post is $8 on Amazon. This is a perfect simple build for a portable rig like an IC-705.
Thank you sir 73's
Just found your channel as I’m getting back into HAM radio. I like this antenna idea for the 2 meter HT. I have the Ft-60, what connector would you use to connect it to the radio?
Hello! Congratulations! Your work is excellent! Tell me please or give me a video about how to make the easiest Antenna for VHF / UHF handheld Radio with a wire only to boost the main antenna? Thanks!
Thanks you come up with great ideas 73 KQ4CD Paul
Thanks Paul , glad you liked it.
Isn't the gap too much with this BNC-connector? I guess its 12-15mm gap, but should be as small as possible. What effect has the larger (than necessary) gap?
If you were to build for say 50-100 watt radio, what would be different about it?
Interesting. It could live in my Jeep.
$% I had a chance to use it on our YT campout and it was way better than the rubber duck antennas
I just bought my first beginner ham gear: a GT-5R and a Signal Stuff Dual Band 2 m / 70cm (19" long) antenna. I live near Pearl Harbor. I've barely heard a squeak from anyone on ham, GMRS, or FRS frequencies. Seriously disappointed so far.
Regarding your video (sorry if I'm being SUPER ignorant), you started out cutting two 6-1/2 inch pieces of 14 gauge wire. How did you end up with wire that looked like a couple feet long?
Nice chilled style. Thanks!
Tana, the longer antenna ends were for 2m , the 6.6" elements were for 70cm sorry I probably wasn't real clear on that. As for hearing traffic near Pearl Harbor I do know there are a few nets that you should be able to hear easily. I have a friend Todd that lives near PH and he runs a couple of the nets. If you want to email me , I''m good on QRZ I can find out a list from Todd and they are very welcoming on his net, I joined in on a vacation last year. Also to help get stronger signals you might try a roll up Dipole from Dr. Ed Fong. edsantennas.weebly.com/
@@KK6USYHamRadioAdventures Thank you very much.
I'm looking to make one for my ht and mobile uhf/vhf mobile to use in my house since I dont have 8 million dollars for a home base radio.
Would you not want this to be vertically polarized? Nice video
Yea in the video I say vertical for FM and horizontal for SSB. Thanks !
I want to build that two
mts beam. Need the Measurements on the element and the Boom and am I using square tubing
All the measurements are in the description Paul. th-cam.com/video/oobvufJq2d8/w-d-xo.html
Is the distance end to end (total length) or each end to centre (with the centre gap not counted?).
John I didn't count the distance in the middle. The length is from the 90 degree bend to the end of each piece of wire.
chuck just want you to know you have two diffrent dipole it all depends how u have it you have vertical dipole which is good for 2m repeater and ssb and then you have regular dipole horzonal and i can tell you it can be use with rig at 100w rig i just would not go over 50w is what i figure and have tested
thanks Andrew!
@@KK6USYHamRadioAdventures YW u got another antenna idea for you to try i am trying to get the big time ham tubers to try it
@@AndrewMurphy8383 let me know
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@@KK6USYHamRadioAdventures i want you take ladder line and cut it for the 20 meter band and make a qso there is a site if you need a slim jim calulator i have seen it done but i want to see if it can be done for land base and not mobile sky diving setup
Wait,,, ain’t those 1” squares on your green mat (the one with the yellow lines) throw out the tape measure lol 😂
Lol your right and it has 1/4" marks on the sides , will have to remember that!
All in fun brother. I'm in the middle of making a 5 element 2 meter yagi inspired by your video for a mew to me FT897D. Its all your fault! Lol. 73. KI5IQE
Olá, obrigado pelo vídeo, tenho material para construir uma antena VHF. 73
I just use TV rabbit ears with coax and BNC or SMA rather than twin lead. VE7VIE