#MakeShitMonday, #antenna edition...

I got my Technician license back in the spring and have mostly been on VHF and UHF nets locally. I picked up an older HF radio a month or so ago at an estate sale and have been reading about antennas and wanting to get on the air with HF.

Over the weekend I installed a simple half wave dipole for 10m in the attic that my friend, @KR4BTP, and I made. It's not the ideal location for an antenna, but it was easy to install, got me on the air, and I didn't get trapped in the rabbit hole of lightning protection.

I made my first QSO (a cross-country contact, North Carolina to Colorado) just after getting the antenna up, and I joined a local 10m net tonight. 🎉

(*Edit: Change reference to point to Tom's amateur radio account on Mastodon.*)

#hamradio #amateurradio #DIY
@cannibal

in my #blahajzone #sharkey instance's #antenna i follow numerous hashtags, including lotsa FOSS & ​:linux:​ ones... one of which being #Arch... intending it to be for ArchLinux [which i also follow]. an unexpected side-effect is that this also captures other types of arches, non-penguin ones, like this, with often stunning photos. so... #serendipity! 😆

#DropbearPooterising #Linux #LinuxWomen #FOSS
​:archlinux:​ ​:kde:​ ​:plasma:​ #ArchLinux #KDEPlasma
​:fedora:​ #Kinoite ​:debian:​ #SparkyLinux
​:opensuse:​ #Kalpa ​:kde:​ ​:linux:​ #KDELinux

RE: https://photog.social/users/joancarroll/statuses/115577082910579692

Немного о классике: диполь! Но только не традиционный горизонтал на 75 Ом, а под 45 градусов. В таком случае сопротивление 50. Провод провёл внутри мачты и под землёй в дом, избавившись от необходимости в запорном дросселе.

Сборка из полипропиленовых частей очень простая. Из минусов только то, что плечи вышли на 8 см друг от друга. Не критично, по рассчётам попал куда надо. Вышел в эфир: DL3EBJ и PA0RDY дали +13 и +4 соответственно (спасибо!).

Жаль мачта короткая…

#hamradio #antenna

Whenever I watch football OTA I immediately become somebody from the future. I’m usually around two plays ahead.

#RabbitEars #antenna

Memphis Grizzlies and Gray Media expand to simulcast seven games on free, over-the-air TV in six markets, including Jonesboro https://www.rawchili.com/nba/404945/ #antenna #Basketball #free #games #Grizzlies #Memphis #MemphisGrizzlies #MemphisGrizzlies #NBA #OverTheAir

Пробовал сегодня делать антенны Moxon.

Понимаю почему их полюбили - они очень несложно делаются, особенно при наличии 3D принтера на котором можно напечатать каркас, в котором потом прокладывается проволока.

Как всегда, при изготовлении по чужим расчётам сколько миллиметров нужно для драйвера, а сколько для рефлектора получилось мимо. Но при наличии анализатора донастроить такую антенну - дело десяти минут.

#Meshtastic #antenna #hardware #diy #log #Moxon #pic #photo

A former TV engineer left a 60' tower in his back yard when he passed away four years ago. Now I'm trying to help a non-ham get it off her property.

Just asked an experienced ham to look at the pictures and tell me if he would climb it. He said, "Absolutely not, that's a death trap." 😭 😭 😭

If you are near Western North Carolina and that sounds like your idea of a good time, please get in touch! Antennas are yours!

#antenna #tower #HamRadio #AmateurRadio #beam #WNC #NorthCarolina

Maria Stephanos is wearing a goldenrod velour blouse with balloon cuffs and a waist high brown leather skirt and if you're not watching your local #TV #News between 5 and 6 PM, what *are* you doing?

#Antenna #Journalism #Boston #WCVB

@tiefpunkt I like the waterproof enclosure. I may need to use this for the feed point of a #hamradio #antenna.

We have something new in our product portfolio. Meet the travel yagi, a dismountable aerial that fits your hand luggage.

#yagiuda #aerial #antenna #wildlife #wildlifephotography #tracking #biodiversity #ecologie #wildlifeconservation #tags

@hollisb ah fall, #antenna building time!

My son and I made a speaker-wire horizontal dipole for 10m, in a shallow inverted V. SWR was poor (2.x) when tied to gutter clips, so I raised it with PVC supports sticking out from under the eaves.

I held it up yesterday to test the placement, and we were getting 1.3 SWR. Now it's suspended from PVC and it rained, and SWR is over 3 -- high enough that the radio refuses to transmit.

My only idea is to remove the PVC again, to see if that's what caused the spike...

#hamradio #antenna

Btw ever seen an antenna installed like this?

#hamradio #shortwave #antenna

TFW your last remaining #Roku bricks 45 minutes before #football starts but you don't care because you have an #Antenna 😏

#TV #NFL #BillionairesCanEatMyAsshole #FreeTV

@tsherrygeo I see where I'd load it as an antenna, the supports holding it down at rear. Should have brought the transceiver. #antenna #cannon

Data from analytics firm #Antenna shows #Disney+ 's so-called churn rate - the percentage of subscribers who cancel each month - jumped from a 4% average to 8%, which equates to about three million cancellations, while Hulu's rose to 10% or more than 4 million. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Disney+ cancellations soar aft...

How To Build a Dipole #Antenna in Under 3 Minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La7J313TS4U

#HamRadio #AmateurRadio #dipole

First ever #sewing output of mine! I got my #singer clone repaired at now endangered local repairman which I can walk to!

Not sure if I am proud of my self as how it turned out since I had to abandon my original plan of pockets but I know my first ever mentor would have.

This is a simple roll up for an 20m #moxon #antenna. I #3dprint'ed some cases before but all of them were either heavy, bulky or fragile. This packs everything nice and tidy.

#hamradio #amateurradio #amateurfunk #qrp #diy

The #ALCS on #FOX tonight was much more delayed and censored on its cable feed than usual compred to the over the air broadcast. Your periodic reminder that if you (1) live in the US and (2) like watching live sports in near real time, you should invest in a #TV #Antenna.

Depending where you live, you probably get a lot more content for free over the air than you think. #WorldSeries #AntennaTV #MLB #MLBPlayoffs