Electric Fence Antenna-Improvised Field Comms.


 Radio amateurs have used all kind of metal materials for HF antennas, including wire best suited for other purposes.

In this video, Gaston (KT1RUN) makes a "homebrew" HF antenna out readily available fence wire, a few connectors, and a length of coaxial cable for a feed line.

Gaston wanted to know if common fence wire could be used as an emergency antenna.  This "improvised" antenna works very well and could be your next antenna.

The antenna is portable, inexpensive, and makes use of locally available materials.  You could also use speaker wire or ordinary hook-up wire.  There's no need to spend a lot of money on antennas when you can make your own.

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Thanks for joining us today.

Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM).

Here are a few comments from Gaston (KT1RUN):

In this episode, we're going to scavenge for materials and attempt to build a 40m HF dipole antenna with minimal tools. Once built, we'll attempt a targeted regional contact. SUPPORT Membership - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thetechp... One Time Support - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thetechp... 0:00 Introduction 2:24 Scavenging Electric Fence Wire 3:27 Making Field Measurements 4:48 Scavenging More Wire 6:13 Wiring the Antenna 7:15 Setting up the Antenna 10:30 SWR Measurements 12:03 Getting on the Air 13:07 Winlink Session 1 14:45 Winlink Session 2 Close STORE https://shop.thetechprepper.com/ GEAR

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