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.
There's still a lot of good #TV available for free over the air, especially if you like older broadcast shows. Here's what you need to watch these channels
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:
The #Apollo#spacecraft included 2 scimitar #VHF#antennas for short-range communication with Earth, the Lunar Module, and the lunar surface.
The Block II #CSM, pictured here, moved the #antenna to the Service #Module from the Command Module.
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