My preferred SOTA Antenna-The Inverted L.


 If you're looking for a simple, portable HF antenna for your next SOTA/POTA expedition, please consider this EFHW Inverted L system from James (M0GQC).

This antenna is suitable for both "field" use and home station operations.

As James assembles and uses this project,  he covers basic costs, materials needed, and pros/cons of this easily-made antenna.

If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55mcY5aN0oI.

Thanks for joining us today.

Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM).

Here are some comments from James (M0GQC):

've recently found myself defaulting to using an EFHW in an inverted-L configuration for most of my SOTA activations. Is this the best antenna for SOTA? I demonstrate this antenna on Fan Brycheiniog (GW/SW-003). 0:00 Introduction 1:47 At summit 2:20 Antenna components 4:10 Guying the mast 4:50 Putting the wire on the mast 8:20 Set up overview 9:08 SWR checks 10:15 40m SSB 11:30 40m SSB summary 11:40 Onto 20m SSB 12:55 Chasing "The Radio Rover" 13:46 20m SSB summary 14:10 60m SSB 16:40 Conclusion 17:10 Outtake! I run the channel on a non-profit basis for my own enjoyment & (hopefully) to benefit the ham radio community. I fully intend for my videos to be free for everyone to watch and therefore I don't have Patreon or other membership schemes. If you do want to help support the channel you can "buy me a coffee" using the link below:- www.buymeacoffee.com/hamradioonline All funds raised will be put back into the channel (upgrading camera/audio equipment, travel costs to film content etc) #hamradio #amateurradio #sota #summitsontheair

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