Category: DX Commander

Check Chapter Markers in Description for all topics covered in this video.. but this is all my tips which are worth watching for any antenna builder since we cover everything necessary including joining wire, radial numbers, tuning etc. Callum.
Links:

DX Commander Amateur Radio Antennas

https://youtu.be/nbBp42bbELo 00:36 Build Video Expedition Link
https://youtu.be/QuFSCHROuIg 01:57 Mirko’s Video
https://youtu.be/L1gBWIWGB_Y Gluing Telescopic Pole
https://youtu.be/95k4tlYviR4 Radials
https://youtu.be/pqStNqDA5V4 9:10 Will It Work
https://youtu.be/9fT8N0jWO5A Knots
https://youtu.be/2sJkPpaNseE 14:37 Tuning SWR

00:00 Intro
1:04 User Guide Starts
1:30 Flat Roofs
2:04 Ground Post Installation
2:50 Telescopic Pole
3:25 EzClamps
3:45 Alloy Bases for Classic Series
4:50 Gluing Telescopic Pole
5:07 Test Pole and Guying 12 and 18
6:55 Making Elements
8:18 Making and Deploying Radials
10:40 Making Element Foldbacks
11:20 Stopper Knots
11:52 Element Placement
12:37 Tension Loops
14:06 SWR
14:45 Expedition Tips
16:00 Rapide
16:36 Classic
17:16 Signature 9
18:05 Signature 12
20:11 Signature 18
20:42 Joining Antenna Wire
23:00 Protecting Elements
23:14 Tensioning Guys
24:05 Stuck Telescopic Pole
25:08 SWR tips
25:45 QRO
26:34 Radial Wire / Chicken Wire
26:58 Wind Survival

Baluns and Chokes come in all sorts of sizes. They are often attached to coax feedlines. Why do we need them and what do they do?
Videos discussed in this video:
https://youtu.be/Cico04Gh9AU Radiation Patterns
https://youtu.be/b9UUClfItrs 7 Antennas
https://youtu.be/CZf-dwWIUDo Mike and Callum’s 1-day build

Usual Friday fun – with a slight twist.. 73 Callum.
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A bit of fun with Sean here. How did you get into Ham Radio and what is your first Radio memory? Let’s go! Callum.

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Incredible Breakthrough! Infinite Variable Velocity Factor means NO TUNING any more. SWR will be a thing of the past! The VF follows the wavelength in a linear fashion. Quite remarkable! What do you think?

This short video explains what a dummy load is, and what we use them for. Callum.

This video explains SWR, how to calculate it – and should we worry about it?

https://youtu.be/b9UUClfItrs – 7 Different Antennas
https://youtu.be/2sJkPpaNseE – Tune Any Antenna

What is gain, how do we measure it? We look at some real-world examples and show you the difference between Effective Radiated Power (ERP) and Effective ISOTROPIC Radiated Power (EiRP).

https://youtu.be/G8DpvfEwyGs – Decibels
https://youtu.be/UOMOogP7Z2w – Isotropic

A closer look at seven different antenna types; Ground Plane, Dipole, Yagi, Long Wire, 5/8th, Fan Dipole and Loops. Callum.
https://youtu.be/bsU-DoQQ3gc – Link to video discussed