Making some good contacts on the 15 meter band right now. Again, amazing to me that I’m essentially using the power equivalent of a lightbulb, setting it on my balcony, and waiting for someone in Belize to see it and flick their lights on and off in reply. And it works. #hamradio#amateurradio#ft8
@panamared27401 Very cool. That’s actually my primary ham radio activity (emcomm) with a Seattle group ( https://seattleacs.org ). I’ve met some folks in the radio community from N.C. and they have some pretty intense emergency responses.
@ethanschoonover Dipoles are easy and for 20/17/15/12/10 they can be pretty short. My Alpha Delta DX-EE is hanging on a wooden privacy fence at the moment. Fan dipoles are pretty easy to build if you don't want a commercial one.
@badge18 I have a lot of notes on possible commercial antenna purchases but I feel like I should definitely try and build my first HF antenna (after this magloop, which was a purchase; chameleon f-loop).
@ethanschoonover While I am currently running a commercial fan dipole, I have built lots of wire antennas too. Worth buying a 1:1 balun to use as the center feedpoint.
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