Nice one and I love the way you used the no overnight parking sign! Amazing what you can do with little more than a length of wire! Just wish I had a longer garden!
Thanks Richard, the sign is handy for sure. I have a small garden and have no antennas for HF at my QTH at all, but on top of that I found trying to deal with urban noise tiresome so concentrating on portable and mobile operating was a choice I made years ago and I have never looked back. Thanks for watching, 73 Kevan
Hi Kevan! Glad to see you are OK and outdoor despite of the WX. I like your build very much. Simple, light and maximal performance on each band! Thanks for sharing. 73 de Alex, HB9CKR
Cheers Alex, the linked dipole is my go to antenna if I want to be able to change bands quickly but still use a resonant antenna. Like you say, it is so simple, and keeping it low means I can swap bands very quickly, maybe not great for DX but it just works. If I am looking for DX I try to get next to saltwater and go for a vertical. In the winter I operate more from inside the car but still try and get out portable including in the kayak. Thanks for watching…
Kevan, nice video. Just came upon your channel. And subbed! You do a lot of stuff that I do on my channel. Im a bit new to ham radio hobby but love to tinker and experiment. Nice linked dipole setup. cheers Dan W6DKW 73.
Cheers Dan, I’ve been licensed 20 years on the 21st of this month and still love the hobby as much as ever and always have a few projects on the go. Thanks again for watching, 73 Kevan 2E0WMG
Kevan, great video! I’m in CA, and also use linked dipoles made from SOTA Beams wire. I’d love to come back to the UK and work portable one day. All that lovely EU DX just “up the road” 😂😂. Thanks again. And please keep creating content like this. K6KWI
Thanks Keith, having EU so close does mean you can work a lot of different countries in quick order. I spent quite a bit of time in Canada and it’s notable that most of the time I was working USA and some Canada as there are not the huge number of different countries so close by, although working into the Caribbean was much easier from there. Although, when EU is on your doorstep you don’t consider it DX of course, so I got more of a buzz working it from Canada, especially working back into the UK. From here on the East coast it’s quite easy to work into EU on VHF/UHF, it is that close. The linked dipole works great even at only a few feet off the ground which makes it easier to swap bands in no time. That and my home made quarter wave verticals with elevated radials are my go to antennas. Thanks for watching, 73 Kevan
I use it all the time on my verticals and counterposes and it has always been fine, but on a dipole it will be under more tension, but is easier to repair in the field than DX wire so I will have to wait and see👍
Very informative, thanks for the tip about the calculator!
Glad it was helpful👍
Nice one and I love the way you used the no overnight parking sign! Amazing what you can do with little more than a length of wire! Just wish I had a longer garden!
Thanks Richard, the sign is handy for sure. I have a small garden and have no antennas for HF at my QTH at all, but on top of that I found trying to deal with urban noise tiresome so concentrating on portable and mobile operating was a choice I made years ago and I have never looked back. Thanks for watching, 73 Kevan
Hi Kevan! Glad to see you are OK and outdoor despite of the WX. I like your build very much. Simple, light and maximal performance on each band!
Thanks for sharing.
73 de Alex, HB9CKR
Cheers Alex, the linked dipole is my go to antenna if I want to be able to change bands quickly but still use a resonant antenna. Like you say, it is so simple, and keeping it low means I can swap bands very quickly, maybe not great for DX but it just works. If I am looking for DX I try to get next to saltwater and go for a vertical. In the winter I operate more from inside the car but still try and get out portable including in the kayak. Thanks for watching…
Brilliant video, many thanks.
Thanks for watching Pete👍
Great job Kevan! 73
Thanks Tim😊
Kevan, nice video. Just came upon your channel. And subbed! You do a lot of stuff that I do on my channel. Im a bit new to ham radio hobby but love to tinker and experiment. Nice linked dipole setup. cheers Dan W6DKW 73.
Cheers Dan, I’ve been licensed 20 years on the 21st of this month and still love the hobby as much as ever and always have a few projects on the go. Thanks again for watching, 73 Kevan 2E0WMG
Kevan, great video! I’m in CA, and also use linked dipoles made from SOTA Beams wire. I’d love to come back to the UK and work portable one day. All that lovely EU DX just “up the road” 😂😂. Thanks again. And please keep creating content like this. K6KWI
Thanks Keith, having EU so close does mean you can work a lot of different countries in quick order. I spent quite a bit of time in Canada and it’s notable that most of the time I was working USA and some Canada as there are not the huge number of different countries so close by, although working into the Caribbean was much easier from there. Although, when EU is on your doorstep you don’t consider it DX of course, so I got more of a buzz working it from Canada, especially working back into the UK. From here on the East coast it’s quite easy to work into EU on VHF/UHF, it is that close.
The linked dipole works great even at only a few feet off the ground which makes it easier to swap bands in no time. That and my home made quarter wave verticals with elevated radials are my go to antennas. Thanks for watching, 73 Kevan
The dipole is one of the best antennas K7WHN
I just works, even when only a few feet off the ground, thanks for watching Joseph👍
Sotabeams wire is lightweight but it does snap and break often
I use it all the time on my verticals and counterposes and it has always been fine, but on a dipole it will be under more tension, but is easier to repair in the field than DX wire so I will have to wait and see👍