For years, people have asked me where the DX Commander concept actually came from. Did I invent it… or discover it? That’s what this video is about.
Because the truth is – none of us invent physics. Physics already exists. What we do as engineers and radio amateurs is discover arrangements that work… then try to package those discoveries into something practical, repeatable and reliable.
This video takes you through 24 years of my obsession with wire antennas:
• hundreds of experiments
• failures and dead ends
• strange prototypes
• Cornwall in 2013
• the very first multi-band vertical attempts
• and how the DX Commander gradually evolved from all of that experimentation.
Along the way, I explain:
• why creativity often comes from obsession
• why experimentation matters more than theory sometimes
• the difference between discovering physics and inventing a product
• and why most engineering is really about solving practical problems.
I’ve still got photographs of almost every antenna experiment I ever built — including some truly awful ones! Hopefully this inspires some of you to go and experiment with antennas yourselves.
Enjoy the video.
73,
Callum M0MCX
DX Commander