Category: DX Commander

Last week, we demonstrated a very long wire that was facing USA and how we managed to hear low-powered ham radio station very easily. This week, I have invited Roly ZL1BQD, John Gendron NJ4Z and Mike M0MSN to discuss this concept – and more!

Try again!!

This is my regular Friday Stream at 12:00 UTC. Join in, enjoy the chat, see if you can hear me. It’s all just for fun. Callum.

We had 100,000m of wire turn up Wednesday. You asked that I let you know! In stock at dxcommander.com

I invited Mike M0MSN for a chat to discuss results of the Long Wire experiment. Join us if you fancy a laugh.. You never know with Mike what will happen! PS – Next week, we have John Gendron and Roly on the show too – same time next week. Enjoy! 73, Callum.

Full Demo! Fantastic bit of science here – you will love it. I predicted some good receive ability – but I wasn’t prepared for this. What else can we do to improve it again? Maybe we should transmit through it too! Please let me know what you think! Here’s the links:
https://youtu.be/M2kfcYveFLI – Original Stream these clips came from
https://youtu.be/vsjS7dGhWW0- Very Long Wire – Original video
73
Callum.

Today I am testing my new very long wire receive antenna. If you have headphones, you will notice the transmit vertical antenna is on your left ear – and the receive antenna is on your right ear.. Anyway, I’m just having a bit of fun!

I made a custom doublet antenna for use with an outboard ATU using 16m of 450 ohm ladder line and 22m each leg of DX50 wire and a custom doublet centre. This is the short, edited video of the long-form "AMSR" style video uploaded here: https://youtu.be/s4WzIgCvAbQ

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

Under very high power, I had an Amplifier fault and then high SWR. What caused this? Did something carbonise and then cleared? Would it re-appear with QRO again? Your guess is as good as mine. I would need to strip it all down and check. I would prefer just to remake them all! Please let me know what you think! Callum.

Hey! Can you hear me? Join in, chat or just listen. Have fun and let’s cruise the bands looking for surprises. I am using my new 160m long End Fed for some RX. See if you can hear the difference in your gith ear. Headphones suggested. Callum.