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Hang some socks and underpants from it, no one will notice it then.
Replaced my little TGM MQ26-SR on Friday... and sterling service it provided!
Now atop my Clark scam 12m mast, is a broadband hexbeam
Sprayed it matt olive green... but it doesn't blend in to the foliage from every angle
One of my first qso's with it was with a VK4 who was using the same antenna at the same height!
Last edited by M0TTB; Sun 11th Sep 2011 at 12:14.
http://www.andybright.com/m6bbc.html A bit silly but it whiled away a hot Sunday afternoon.
Hang some socks and underpants from it, no one will notice it then.
It's not much.. Yaesu FT-60R and a 70cm/2m mag mount antenna and a pizza pan. Using my bike repair stand to hold it up. I've added a boom to the bike stand to get the antenna out past the balcony. Work's fairly good. Will change it all out for a j-pole on payday.
When I first got on the air I had a Slim Jim (J-pole) on a rake handle propped up against the wall by my back door.
From there it went to the washing line pole down the garden to the dizzy height of 8 feet off the ground!!
Got a very cheap dual band collinear from a ham boot sale, which is now on a pole at roof height, it all comes together in the end.
update;
swapped the icom ic-730 for an yaesu ft-100, got now 6 meters
Shack mk1
19/11/2011
Still a lot of work to do like a table that is the right height to operate on and some lighting so I can see what I am doing.
40' 6" wire, 9:1 unun, 10" copper pipe earth stake
Last edited by mu0chn; Tue 22nd Nov 2011 at 07:43.
OK, I'm not the world's neatest person. In fact, I may be the world's most UN-neat person. But, here's my shack, such as it is:
HamShack01.jpg
From left to right:
- Ancient railroad signalling light
- El Cheapo headphones
- IC-T22A VHF rig
- PC Power Supply with Garbage PWR/SWR meter on top
- Frequency counter (shows around 20MHz when not connected to anything)
- PWR/SWR meter used as FS Meter
- Mighty-Fine... errr... MFJ Versa-Tuner II SWR/PWR meter, antenna switch and manual tuner
- IC-730 HF Transceiver
- Homebuilt Area c/w cheapy key for when I learn Morse (currently connected to DIY tone generator)
And here's the Fancy New 40M vertical: 1 inch aluminum pipe tied to the chimney:
Antenna_40M.jpg
Next Stuff is a better power supply, homebuilt QRP transmitter, and a bunch of portable/mobile stuff
druid
VA7LAS
There's 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary and those who don't.
That was interesting looking at all the shacks, thanks for posting.
Here is the old outside shack.
oper.jpg
This is the shack inside now.
inside.jpg
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