What saddens me is so many hams think a dipole is best because it presents a "perfect match" of 50ohms. Wrong. A dipole is roughly 72 ohms if you are lucky and wildly different depending on height and structures nearby.
Yagi antennas are even worse depending on the design and often need an antenna tuner hidden at the antenna. Get the lowest loss feedline you can use and don't feel guilty about the tuner in the shack.
How did syuilo find this low-effort shitpost I just replaced a few words on, I literally did not mention him (despite how tempting it is to actually do :koakuma_giggle:, but it kinda is rude to mention people for such a random post :sagume_think:) :koishtare:
Does he have an #antenna listening for every mention of his handle or #Misskey without the hashtag :chuckling_okuu:
While those of us in the Northeast US are doing #storm prep and worried about outages, seems like a good time to remind you that you should get a #TV#Antenna.
You can get a really good one for around $150 (plus the cost of a handyman to stick it on your roof if, like me, you have a thing with heights):
Built a #70cm#groundplane#antenna out of a wheel spoke and some galvanized steel strips. Seems to work OK but I still have weak reception of a repeater that is basically line of sight. Another #2meter repeater is full quieting on receive so I suspect a coax or receiver issue. #hamradio
Hey lovely folk of #amateurradio, I am planing to make a field portable #yagi/ #moxon for maybe up to 20 meter. I am considering several design choices and came by with the idea of vertical moxons hung from fishing poles. I wonder how this would compare to horizontal and higher hung #antenna. Interwebs gave me no answer. I aim to make it simple and compact and vertical idea is good for that goal but I want this to be my efficient antenna so... Any ideas? #qrp#qqrp#amateurfunk#hamradio
My big silver #heat reflecting umbrella #antenna also worked fine in torrential Tropical Storm #rain! (As an umbrella... did not try to transmit while raining) #hambrella#hamradio