A lot of new people have joined the channel recently, so I thought it was finally time to do a complete walkthrough of the antenna field here at Holly Farm.
From the switching system and remote-control setup, through to the four-square, delta loop, verticals, rotating tower, receive antennas, tilt-over masts and future 160m plans – this is how the entire station fits together.
We cover:
Antenna Genius switching
Rotator Genius control
Remote desktop operation
The 40m four-square
Delta loops & receive antennas
DX Commander verticals
Mast #1 and Mast #2
The tilt-over “falling derrick” system
Future 160m tower plans
Radials, grounding and experiments
The upcoming 15m beam project
There are separate videos covering many of these projects in detail throughout the back catalogue.
Enjoy the tour!
73,
Callum M0MCX
00:00 Introduction
00:37 Antenna switching system
01:52 Four-square control
02:37 Rotator Genius system
03:10 Power supplies & networking
04:10 Shack-to-field cabling
05:31 Loop-on-ground receive antenna
06:44 Delta loop receive antenna
08:43 Scrap-built 20m vertical
09:39 The 40m four-square
10:58 Mast inside the four-square
11:27 Four-square control box
12:03 Yagis on Mast #1
12:38 Winch and tilt-over system
13:33 Rotator & bearings
15:07 160m transmit plans
17:32 80m / 160m fan dipole
18:37 Main DX Commander vertical
19:36 Tri-band vertical project
20:12 Mast #2 overview
20:35 Orphan guy system explained
22:19 Future 15m beam project
23:12 Previous antenna experiments
24:10 Winch anchor point
24:49 Winter contest plans
25:12 Future shack tour teaser
25:29 Closing thoughts
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