Good eye, Allen! The elusive Wouff Hong has made an appearance on my balcony. Truth be told, it’s the back of a transistor radio that I scrapped and seemed like a good tactical solution for an insulator. Ham ingenuity at its best lol…. I do plan on getting a more permanent center insulator on my next iteration.
Thankfully, I can report that my antenna DOES work! This evening, I gave it another try and tuned in - plenty of dots and dits and even a few voice chats. Now I have a working antenna that I can refine. I appreciate the replies and suggestions. Thanks BVARC, Ricki KJ5KUX > On Jun 12, 2025, at 7:22 PM, n5xz via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > > Your center support looks like a Wouff Hong! > > Allen N5XZ > > > > Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Ricki Thorpe via BVARC <[email protected]> > Date: 6/12/25 4:42 PM (GMT-06:00) > To: [email protected] > Cc: Ricki Thorpe <[email protected]>, Daniel Poirot <[email protected]>, > [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BVARC] Club meeting tonight! (What do you use for a 10 meter > antenna?) > > <image0.jpeg><image1.jpeg><image2.jpeg> > > Hello, > > I’m in a similar situation, but with a diy center-fed inverted v > configuration. Also, no luck. Only static, one or two faint beacons, and > harmonics. > > Any advice for a newbie technician? I’ve attached photos of my setup. The > coax run is 25ft directly to radio. Element lengths are currently 100” each. > I’ve not been able to test swr (waiting on adapter.) > > > Thank you, > > Ricki Thorpe > KJ5KUX > >> On Jun 12, 2025, at 3:45 PM, Daniel Poirot via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Howdy, >> >> I am looking forward to the BVARC meeting tonight! >> >> While studying for the General, I have grabbed up an 8-band QRP unit off >> eBay for cheap. This is widely available as the uSDR uSDX+[1], in several >> formats. Mine happens to be the 'white button'. >> >> It claims coverage on 80m/60m/40m/30m/20m/17m/15m/10m. I have the generic >> End Fed Half Wave from Amazon[2] and a bunch of wire. Not a lot of luck with >> that so far. >> >> >> Working from the shortest antenna, are there any recommendations on 10m >> backyard antennas? >> >> Have a great rest of the day! >> >> 73 >> Dan KJ5IZK >> >> >> 1) >> https://www.amazon.com/Transceiver-Bands-Frequency-Antenna-Connector/dp/B0DDTF1VMN >> >> 2) >> https://www.amazon.com/Shortwave-Balanced-Unbalanced-Transformer-Component/dp/B0CHMBZK2K >> >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
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