ADA-Friendly Antennas from Alpha Antenna!


 

One of the outstanding presentations at the recently concluded Dayton Hamvention was the Alpha Antenna booth featuring ADA-compliant antennas for disabled radio amateurs.

Some of these antennas and support systems are truly amazing.

If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWI6ALChkvk.

Thanks for joining us today.

Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM).

Here are some comments from Steve, a representative of Alpha Antenna:

I caught up with Steve from Alpha Antenna at Dayton Hamvention 2024, a Missouri-based company that makes ADA compliant ham radio antennas for hams with various disabilities. He showed me some of the products that he and his company have created to help hams with many disabilities overcome the challenges that they face and allow them to enjoy the hobby of amateur radio. Check out the @alphaantenna website: https://www.alphaantenna.com/ Courage Kenny Handiham Program: https://handiham.org/ GEAR I USE: https://kit.co/KI5IREHamRadio THE LOGGING SOFTWARE I USE (Only available for MacOS and iOS): https://www.dl2rum.de/rumsoft/RUMLog.... FOLLOW ME ON OTHER PLATFORMS KI5IRE Ham Radio Facebook Page:   / ki5irehamradio   Instagram:   / ki5irehamradio   X (formerly Twitter):   / ki5ire   Spotify Podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sh... Discord:   / discord   MUSIC: https://artlist.io/ Video Keywords: Yaesu FT-891 Yaesu FT-710 AESS MFJ Antenna Tuner Ham Radio Amateur Radio HamClock Radioddity DB25-D Baofeng AnyTone TYT TalkPod PUTIKEEG RUMlogNG BTECH DMR SSB Single Side Band FT4 FT8 WSJT-X GridTracker Powerwerx Ham Radio Live Stream DMR DSTAR D-STAR Wires-X YSF System Fusion NXDN D-STAR Reflector Orlando HamCation Florida Central Florida Fairgrounds Dayton Ohio Dayton Hamvention Hamfest

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