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RE: https://mastodon.social/@markhurst/115651307371183668

Super interesting episode.

#hamradio #amateurradio #wfmu

So, I was trying not to use my huge Drake tuner because I just thought it wouldn't fit well on the desk.

Y'know how sometimes furniture looks bigger in the store than when you get it home?

I cleared off the part of the desk that I would be putting the tuner on and put it there. Fits very well.

So now I guess I can scrap the two fan dipole plans and go for a single (cheaper and easier to put up) doublet. Don't need to worry about having to buy a coax switch later too.

#hamradio #amateurradio

@qrper mentioned in his recent video how some hams like to make antennas.

Guilty as charged.

It was only last night that I finished my new linked dipole. But sometimes I want to operate with a vertical. Putting radials on the ground has worked pretty well on North Carolina Piedmont clay, but on dry sand near the beach, they acted like tuned radials, and the antenna performance was terrible, except on the 20m band they were cut for, because the dry sand wasn't conductive.

Now I want to be able to set up an elevated vertical with elevated radials, field-tunable for multiple bands.

My thought is to tune the vertical for SWR with the antenna on the ground, then move it up to an elevated base (I have a tripod for this) and elevate radials.

My current idea is a spool with knobs on top. Wrap wire around the spool and pay it out to the right length for the band, then loop it around one of the knobs to hold it in place. Two driveway markers underneath act as legs.

How are two legs stable? Tensegrity!

Make the whole contraption lean away from the antenna, and hang a little weight from underneath, with the radials in tension.

Five 3d-printed parts, fourteen screws, and two driveway markers per elevated radial. Heat-shrink printed labels marking the right spot on the wire for each band, or maybe even the top and bottom of large bands so that I can tune. Maybe other labels for if I move the vertical element up a lot higher and deploy radials down like a discone, in which case the radial lengths will have to be different. I could imagine just two of these for normal mostly horizontal deployment, but three or four for a portable discone.

I expect that would make for an efficient vertical antenna setup that will work over any ground and not require any stakes or other ground fixtures, just maybe a few weights on the tripod if it's windy, and some light weights (dual-purpose my arborist throw bags? borrow local rocks?) pulling out the radials.

#HamRadio #AmateurRadio

Initiation des juniors au monde de l'électronique!
Initiating the kids to the world of electronics!

#electronics #kids #boardgames #amateurradio #radioamateur

My stitches are terrible yet I finished a long overdue project of making a #radio case for my #thd75.

I only broke 3 needles in the process 😇

#hamradio #amateurfunk #amateurradio #ht

Totaled up the complete cost of putting in a Hustler 4BTV, including special tooling and the little bit of landscaping required to keep weeds from growing around it.

About $1150.

Yeah, um, no way! There are better uses of $1150 in amateur radio. At least I think there are.

#hamradio #amateurradio

@KC8JC I think it'll work on the Zumspot, but I use #WPSD on my custom built DMR hotspot:

https://w0chp.radio/wpsd/

#DMR #ZumSpot #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #hamr

Just turned on my Zumspot for the first time in forever. I'm running pi-star. Is there something cooler than that worth considering? I want to keep this hotspot running for as long as I can because, well, why not?

Any thoughts from the hivemind?

#AmateurRadio #Zumspot

The kids have a snow day here. I jumped on FT8 on 40m this morning and WOW the waterfall is PACKED! Is everyone staying home to play radio today?

#AmateurRadio

Time to put the snow tires on the "Ham on a Bike" for some snowy #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #POTA #parksontheair activations

My latest POTA activation, from a couple of weeks back.

This is one of my favorite aspects of the hobby, and I do love an excuse to sit around in the woods like a lunatic 😂

I use a Xiegu G106 and a EFHW "Spooltenna" for most of my activations. I like to run QRP because of the diminutive size of the equipment, and the runtime I can get out of a very small battery.

SSB on 5 watts gets it done, albeit at a slower pace 😀

#amateurradio
#hamradio
#pota
#qrp

Today was an excellent day of applied nerdery. Got to play with #logicpro and #mainstage this morning in preparation for an upcoming show. Making some very #funky #bass sounds doing a night of J Dilla-inspired #jazz. Later this afternoon, I threw my 10m dipole antenna for some #hamradio, banged out some quick #FT8 contacts, and landed a #qrp contact with K5BNF, Bob from Harper TX. Also squeezed in a #5k for good measure. #amateurradio #running #runnersofmastodon

Interesting antenna idea, apartment dwellers take note!

Note that the lamp socket would be for power supply only.

From the manual of the Wireless Set A WWII spy radio, found at https://www.johnhearfield.com/WSA/WSA.htm

#amateurradio #hamradio #antennas

RE: https://k3loe.fyi/2025/12/01/help-a-nonham-remove-the/

Know anyone who likes to do big dangerous things safely in Western North Carolina? Please share this opportunity with them!

#NC #NorthCarolina #Asheville #HamRadio #AmateurRadio

RE: https://k3loe.fyi/2025/12/01/help-a-nonham-remove-the/

Please share! Looking for a tower demolisher in western NC who can help remove the 60' legacy of legendary ham N4NH from my friend's property. Hoping for an act of service, but commercial crew suggestions or the phone number of your cousin who knows how to work pulleys are also appreciated.

#HamRadio #AmateurRadio #Antennas #SilentKey #WNC #NorthCarolina #Asheville #demolition #HAMR

Thanks to all the #parksontheair hunters who made my after work cold weather #hamradio #amateurradio #pota #morsecode #qrpradio #qcxmini CW activation a success. activation

Cat-proof bin for my #QRP setup

#AmateurRadio

I just posted my latest blog post on my journey to my Basic Radio Operator Certificate. In this class, Al Penney discussed the safety aspects of station operation.

https://dougnix.net/2025/12/01/step-by-step-class-16/

#HamRadio #AmateurRadio #Canada #BasicCertificateCourse #AlPenney #RAC #AVARC

How lovely, HRO is running some last change specials.

#hamradio #amateurradio