New Radials and Signature 9 Vertical Antenna Up and Ready for Action
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2023
- Today, I made some new radials and moved the Signature 9 antenna from its temporary tilt-over mast to its new home on the ground post. Slight tune required on some of the ham radio bands required due to the different ground conditions (100m wire vs 350m of wire radials for Signature 12.4). I will cover that in the user guide, don't worry about it. But what do you think? Looks nice, eh? Callum.
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A crimp tool! This makes me so happy.
glad to see he's finally using it... even though he did get my name wrong :D but it's all good
Ye old "Nathan Crimp" is a thing of the past! :)
@@DXCommanderHQ glad they're actually useful... found some more stuff for ya, just gotta get hamcation out of the way first :D
Hi Cal,
You made that look easy, but of coarse you've had plenty of practice. 🙂 Hope the orders come flooding in on Friday. You and the family stay safe. 73 WJ3U
Fingers crossed Don!!
Nicely done Callum. That's the sort of garden and antenna I need.
Looking good mate.
Motters M7TRS 73 👍🏻
Thanks 👍
I do like Commander Cal's video wit and commentary, however this particular video was quite soothing with some top shelf background music. Brilliant!
Cool, thanks
That Signature 9 looks awesome. Might be a good idea to drill a 4-5mm hole in the ground plate, just behind the SO239, to fit a little stake through into the ground to eliminate "turning forces" on the antenna in high wind? (No guy lines to prevent it from spinning on planted stay-up pole). Continuous lefty-righty turning forces in high winds might cause unnecessary strain on coax and all radial wire connections. I watched the video the 1st time for the antenna. The 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th time for the music 🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠
Well, if someone can work out how to turn it, let me know :)
Looking good Calum, stalking the web site and waiting for launch.
Glad to see you finally own a crimp tool
Thanks Callum. Looks really good
Lookin' Good! Can't wait to get one here in Canada.
Cant wait for Friday!!
Awesome job Callum.. Very excited to use this beast for POTA 73
Lovely.
I can't wait to see the release Friday.
Glad to see it’s ready!!
Fantastic video❤️
Looks great!
Looking good Callum. 73 Joe
I’m getting up early on Friday so I can hopefully get one on order. I haven’t been this excited since Corgi came out with their die cast Bat Mobile around Christmas of 1967.
Ah yes, the Bat Mobile!
Looking forward to Friday's stream Cal..
Looking good!!
Thanks!
Looking good Buddy...Real good.....
Thanks 👍
Just waiting patiently to buy one myself 😁
great video Cal. I been watching your videos for most of the day. Because my radio has now started giving mums TV TVI, so I'm waiting for a mate to come roun d to help me sort it as you know I cant manage on my own.
Agh!
@@DXCommanderHQ i just hope my mate can help me to sort it or I'm going to be stuck :(😮💨😒
nice antenna!!
Keep up the great work
Thanks!
Nice deployment, I can’t wait to see it in action. On a side note, who is your parrot friend?
Parrto.. He's called Peter :)
AWESOME. Can not wait till tomorrow.
W5KAL
Like to see if I can hear you I may not be able to hear you on 40 but maybe 20 m. Have a great evening Callum.
WD5ENH
Steve
Yes.. Maybe 20m..!
Very nice. If I have to put a vertical in a corner of the yard and can only run the radials out in one direction (90*), will the majority of the propagation be in the direction of the radials or the opposite direction?
It will still be omni-directional however rather than MORE gain in the direction of the radials, there will be some loss where there are none. So to answer your qwuestion, sort of yes - but there won't be a null. I dproved this many years ago with a 180 degrees of radials and promptly crossed the Atlantic on 80m - which was the "wrong" way :)
A couple of plastic stakes either side of the SO239 socket (mounting bracket) may stop the antenna from rotating around the PVC pipe in the ground.
Actually, the coax tends to stop it.. Then as the antenna settles on the ground, it'll stop. But sure, why not.
Excellent! Thinking of getting one but very stormy on the coast here in winter…
Is there a maximum wind speed these can take?
Actually, I have no idea. The Kevlar guy lines / radials at the top are good for 135kg. But probably something else would break in a SEVERE storm. Guys lines and guy points probably...
@@DXCommanderHQ High winds are a concern for me too. I live in a high wind area where 50-60mph / 80-96kph sustained winds are fairly common and 70mph / 112kph gales aren't unheard of. In such a case, it'd be good to know whether I'd need to add guy wires to the Sig 9 to account for that? (Does it come with guy lines?)
If you buy the 18m pole separately, is it still backed by the section warranty? Like you do for the kits inc the pole ? Love how you have the PayPal credit option too I use it often pay in 4 or monthly helps me buy my gear without paying all upfront or paying Credit lots of interest ☺️thanks Cal 🙏
Yes, ,we have a replacement policy for all poles. On 18m, we price them one-at-a-time. Basically I do them individually and come up with an individual plan to assist customer depending on what their issue was. We have replaced only 2. Both times, customers won't mind me saying that they f*k'd up! We do both PayPal and Credit cards now too.
@@DXCommanderHQ thank you Cal, pp is huge help with pay in 4 esp when buying amps radios and tuners ☺️
The white spacers make it more noticeable, can they be painted matt black or maybe option black ones from you to be more stealthy?
OK.. long story.. Watch a few videos previous about how we're tackling this.
its like watching the A TEAM
Hi Callum, would be the S9 manageable for a mobile/portable use? or is it to much of a hassle for a Sunday afternoon in the field?
Kirk.. Go with Expedition - heck of a lot faster and you can still pop it over a pole because it's temporary and franky if there's a storm outside, you're not going be sitting on a beach giving out signal reports :)
Cal,I take it wire lengths would be same length as wires on the classic?? Defo ordering one,lovely work 👍👍
Almost correct...
As a term I use myself we need an official SI Unit for Twang, and related terms for lesser and greater twang 🤔
Good point Ian.. I'll give it some thought.. Maybe a scale. 0-5 Twang factor..!
How do the radials you putting down for the Sig9 interact with the ones already under the grass for the other antennas you’ve put down in the past. ? And do you have to take this into account.
Is this an exam question! LOL I happen to know there's not a lot because the tune changed by 200kHz on 20m band.
Those poles shown in the previous video look quite strong.
The ground posts? Hopefully I have over-specified tham!
@DXCommander I meant the 9m poles, but yes, those ground posts, too.
I'm working out a build for a "portable" tilt-over pole base for my 12.4 with latch(es). So I just place the base, run 3-4 low guys down, some smallish stakes (or big ones for grounding), slide the Signature onto the pole, and raise to "click." Then guy the Signature. The base raises the Signature up a foot or two ( a meter?) out of the snow and muck, and braids connect the ground plate to the radial wires at the base. I may use my DX Engineering ground plate or just fab a sheet of aluminum. This would work for the 18m Signature as well.
Callum can I use the mounting post for the signature 9 on a Classic multiband +80? I feel I need the extra support - I live a half block off Lake Michigan, and it can be windy at times.
OK, a) it's not a good fit on the classic and b) assuming it's guyed, the post won't do anything. I understand about the wind and sure, it can be disconcerting to watch your antenna blow about however in the main, it'll just blow about.
@@DXCommanderHQ Thank you, sir! You just saved me money! I appreciate you!
Are you always this happy?😊
Calum I Don't suppose you could do a video showing how you tune the elements
Tuning elements.. Sure. I'll add it to the list. Here's one for the time being, watch all of this: th-cam.com/video/DvYp-gf3Rng/w-d-xo.html
what would be the wind max load ?? its a work of art
Well, that's a huge story. Only because I think most "wind survivablility" numbers are guessed - and I'm a man of fact. So I don't know. I would guess it won't be the wind but what would knock most things off would be gusts and frequency of those gusts.. I'll maybe make a video about this.. But one of the reasons you can't get insurance on a fence post - same issue..
Did you pick the 10th because its the first day of HamCation? Will you be at HamCation?
No, I picked it because I knew it would be ready then... :)
I have a question for those of you who are experienced in HAM radio. I recently retired from the fire service, and I still have my Kenwood NX-5200-K2 VHF radio that I used for communicating with my fire repeaters. I am working on getting my Tech and General license, and I was wondering if I would be able to use this HT for HAM radio as my first rig. I know it has a range of 136-175MHz but I am not certain if this radio is reprogrammable for the layman.
2m in the UK is from 144 Mhz to 146 Mhz there is various modes used such as FM, SSB and digital modes transmit and reception is on the same frequencie
Yeah, I just googled it. Looks like you could reprogram it - on the other hand, maybe look at something ham specific? A second hand FT-8800 was a nice rig. Mine just got stolen. I'll buy another in a heartbeat.
@@DXCommanderHQ Thank you very much! I will probably end up getting something HAM specific as Kenwood apparently keeps the programming software under a pretty heavy lock and key… I’ll take a look at the one you recommended, I appreciate it!
What’s the advantage of this over the Classic?
Guyless - more robust
Cal, hoping to work you Friday. Got a new call. KE8WLW
Oh nice!
@@DXCommanderHQ hoping to hear you on my yaesu ft891 and atas 120a
Poised with debit card in hand 🎉😂
You made an antenna that only 10% of hams have the room for, but if they have the room for that they have the room for far better antennas...😂
Definition of better?
@@DXCommanderHQ Better than bits of wire on fibre glass.
Martin.. I am seeing a pattern with your comments.. Are you some sort of fucking retard?
BuryFlex10 hi hi 73
Looks great!!
KN6JHC
Good day Callum, Have you ever thought about elevating one of your antennas say 3 meters off the ground? so you could have elevated radials coming off your ground plate. I have been watching videos by SteppIR and Waltersstanton th-cam.com/video/enb7pcv9ZBI/w-d-xo.html that are reporting massive gains by elevating their radials. I thought if anyone knows if this is worth while it would be the DXCommander. All the best to you and thanks for all the great videos.
No. No point. Despite what you read, it won't do you any good.. It's not like you would get a 3dB or anything.. Now then.. lifting it off the ground say half a wavelength.. That's different.
@@DXCommanderHQ this is why I asked thank you Callum love your vids the truth.