DX Commander Portable Ham Radio Antenna Build


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This is post 2434 in a continuing series of simple ham radio antennas.

Callum McCormick's (M0MCX) "DX Commander Expedition Portable Ham Radio Antenna" is certainly a fascinating multiband vertical antenna.  In this video, Mike (K8MRD) and a few friends show us another way of building this impressive antenna, from unboxing the package to final performance tests.

Here are a few comments and additional antenna links from Mike (K8MRD):

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Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM).



 

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Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM).

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