Hello, my name is Callum, I am remote controlling my Ham Radio station about 5-miles away and seeing what contacts I can make.. It’s like fishing, but with radio! Callum.
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This is the full build and test of my vertical ham radio antenna for 40m. According to the modelling, this should deliver around 4-5dB of extra forward gain to USA from England. The reflector is tuned at 6.8MHz and the Driven at 7.05MHz. Ideally, both of these should be higher up the band. I would like to see 6.9Mhz and 7.15MHz but at the time of writing this description, I am yet to do that – however I think it worked well. We will do a live-stream dedicated to this and I will put a link in the description as soon as that is live. See what you think and let me know if you have built a similar system.
Link to the modelling is here:
▶️ https://youtu.be/CM40ONno17Y
More videos:
▶️ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcC64tNkZB7zFt6NV9fnnde2lP11fUTQ8 Antenna Modelling
▶️ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcC64tNkZB7xtKohJRipVLQ6rxYzRP8eq Tips and Tricks
▶️ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcC64tNkZB7xwhA0Msm_bNT4CQ_Bj5D4c Antennas
▶️ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcC64tNkZB7wc6svNLY7IDthw1YCFNq9W Live Streams
▶️ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcC64tNkZB7w9dp9Eqg_UhamrY5Ck3dyX My Stuff
▶️ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcC64tNkZB7xvc3rHlpqqCkiBdAzYe8cf Ham Radio Training
Hello, my name is Callum and I go live every Friday using my ham radio gear. Join the chat, listen on your own radio or just chill and watch. All welcome. Callum.
This amazing discovery was highlighted and proven to work by a Caribbean station many years ago. They built one for 20m band and pointed it towards North America. I promise to get around to building this and also pointing at NA. If I had the room, a certain winner for 80m – but 40m would also be great fun! It’s a PAIR of parasitic verticals, phased together – so very easy to make. See what you think! Callum.
More videos:
▶️ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcC64tNkZB7zFt6NV9fnnde2lP11fUTQ8 Antenna Modelling
▶️ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcC64tNkZB7xtKohJRipVLQ6rxYzRP8eq Tips and Tricks
▶️ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcC64tNkZB7xwhA0Msm_bNT4CQ_Bj5D4c Antennas
▶️ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcC64tNkZB7wc6svNLY7IDthw1YCFNq9W Live Streams
▶️ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcC64tNkZB7w9dp9Eqg_UhamrY5Ck3dyX My Stuff
▶️ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcC64tNkZB7xvc3rHlpqqCkiBdAzYe8cf Ham Radio Training
It’s Friday again at 12:00 noon UTC. Join me for some fun and laughs on HF. Listen in, call in, or just talk to some other folks on the live chat! See you noon Friday. Callum.
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The triangular array is a variation of the 2-element phased array but the big advantage is that it covers 360 degrees. This assumes you can fit a switchable phasing harness. I have to thank John Gendron NJ4Z for making me the switch-box and I apologise for not fitting this sooner. But other projects have kept me away from this one. See what you think anyway! Callum.
Links:
▶️ https://youtu.be/oSZ3L9jNr4Q
▶️ https://youtu.be/bsU-DoQQ3gc
▶️ https://ns6t.net/azimuth/azimuth.html? – Great Circle Map
More videos:
▶️ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcC64tNkZB7zFt6NV9fnnde2lP11fUTQ8 Antenna Modelling
▶️ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcC64tNkZB7xtKohJRipVLQ6rxYzRP8eq Tips and Tricks
▶️ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcC64tNkZB7xwhA0Msm_bNT4CQ_Bj5D4c Antennas
▶️ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcC64tNkZB7wc6svNLY7IDthw1YCFNq9W Live Streams
▶️ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcC64tNkZB7w9dp9Eqg_UhamrY5Ck3dyX My Stuff
▶️ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcC64tNkZB7xvc3rHlpqqCkiBdAzYe8cf Ham Radio Training
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Friday Night in England
Quick Ham Radio blast before bed!
Hi! It’s Friday again and I’m back with my radio, an antenna and a keen ear. See if you can hear me and join in, chat or just listen. Let’s have a blast! Callum.
The most important piece of information you should be giving out is your signal report. After that, you Name and QTH. Have in reserve some snippets of other information so you don’t hesitate; radio, antenna and power (for instance) – some folks like a weather report too. Callum.
* Calling CQ Check List *
_ _ _ _ _ Hello!
Your Signal Report is _ _
My name is _ _ _
QTH is _ _ _
back to you _ _ _
Thank you for information
Radio is _ _ _
Antenna is _ _ _
Running _ _ _ Watts
back to you _ _ _
Nice to meet you – I will see who else I can contact today. Thank you very much for anwering me. Back to you for final please _ _ _
Thanks and 73! CQ CQ _ _ _
Jim’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ham-radio
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CQ_(call)