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If you love Coffee and Ham Radios, this is your kind of event—great people, amazing deals, and nonstop radio talk. In this video I give a look at the Ols and New products CaHR will have at this years Dayton Hamfest.
Make sure and check out ThesmokinApes video explaining our new antenna the Hydra.
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Wooden Mast (Short #154)
@VampireFex asks if pressure treated lumber can be used as a mast for a cheap mobile antenna. Is a wooden mast really the best idea? How should it be secured?
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Looking for one antenna that covers multiple HF bands? In this video, I break down a Hydra-style multi-port antenna system, from concept to field use, so you can decide if it’s worth buying.
What you’ll see:
-How the multi-port design works electrically
-Build approach and hardware layout
-SWR and on-air performance across bands
Were going to show how and why we designed the antenna the way we did with real measurements and deployment scenarios. If you operate portable and want a flexible station setup, this will give you a clear, no-nonsense approach.
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Today is all about the falling derrick – getting the geometry right before we even think about lifting anything serious. If this bit’s wrong, the whole thing will go sideways… literally. This is where the real work starts.
I’m working with a 3-guy system here, which isn’t ideal for raising a mast, so I’ve introduced what I call “orphan guys”, these are temporary lines to stabilise everything and simulate a 4-guy setup during the lift.
There’s a fair bit going on:
Setting accurate geometry (yes, I get a bit pedantic…)
Installing temporary anchors
Building and testing the falling derrick
Reusing whatever I’ve got lying around
A small test lift to see if the theory holds
This is very much a proof-of-concept day – light loads, lots of adjustments, and making sure the system behaves before committing to the full 12m build.
The last attempt didn’t go to plan… so this is take two, done properly.
Next time, we go for it!
00:00 Plan for Mast #2
01:20 Marking out the geometry
03:00 Anchors and derrick setup
06:00 Fabrication and drilling
10:45 First test configuration
13:30 Adjusting lines and “orphan guys”
18:10 Test lift
19:15 Wrap-up
Only 5,000 of these exist. This is the Baofeng UV-5R 25th Anniversary Edition, and it’s more than just a transparent shell. While other reviewers just show the box, we’re doing a deep dive into the USB-C battery, the upgraded antenna, and the one thing everyone is afraid to test: the spectral purity. Is this limited edition Baofeng actually better, or just a collector’s item?
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Sebastian from PoLo joins me as we discuss and brainstorm ideas on building the ultimate mobile/portable/rover/bonus station/1×1/multi tracker.
We all know being competitive during a state QSO party can be tough, especially if there are many mobiles, bonus stations and rare mults on the air at one time. There needs to be a program that helps takes all the info in from sources of truth and displays them in an insightful way and also sends them to your logging program/bandmap to pick up mults quickly.
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Todd, K4XG, explains his grounding set up and asks Dave for his opinion. The house’s ground rod is too far away to properly bond and Todd is worried he has a multipoint ground situation. What does Dave suggest?
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To learn more about me, visit: https://dcasler.com
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To pose an Ask Dave question, email to askdave@arrl.org. Feel free to include pictures or drawings to help clarify. I may answer your question directly, via an Ask Dave video, or in my monthly column "Ask Dave" in QST.
Theme music is "Sour Tennessee Red," by John Deley and the 41 Players, courtesy YouTube Music Library. You can listen to the entire song here: https://youtu.be/Vfc9sAQjJtc
I use drawings from OpenClipArt.org, including the "walking man"
Thanks to my sweet wife, Loretta, KBØVWW, for both audio and video assistance! (Her website is www.aldea-art.com.)
My primary website: http://www.dcasler.com
My publishing website: http://www.mtsneffelspress.com, where you can find my fantasy and science fiction books.
My Amazon author page, which lists my print and Kindle books: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00471I0Q4.