Monday, August 23, 2010

Camping (and Ham Radio)


We certainly enjoyed camping this weekend at Starved Rock State Park!

The limited space doublet antenna with the homebrew parallel wire transmission line worked well on 80 thru 17 meters.

The 50 foot (15m) long doublet was supported at the center with 3 pieces of 5 ft long TV mast. And the ends of the antenna were supported with 12 foot long, telescoping aluminum painters poles.






73 de NG9D
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  1. AnonymousAugust 27, 2010 at 4:58 AM

    Beautiful park

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  2. NG9DAugust 30, 2010 at 5:52 PM

    Thanks Jose, yes Starved Rock SP is great!

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  3. vk4oc DennisOctober 23, 2012 at 12:14 AM

    G'day Lynn,
    everyone is having such good fun and enjoying our ham radio on 10 watts on icom 703. Qrp has been such big difference in our radio hobby. I lost a lot interest in CW a few years back. I have stop talking and love send CW now.
    Lynn your videos and how much fun you have with home brewing with you paddle and keys. Thanks for sharing.73 de.Dennis vk4oc.

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