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Homebrew or should I say adapted sorio 4000 whip for 10 and 11m at home !
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Matt86 CT Directors
Call Sign : 26ct2767 Posts : 251 Times Thanked : 5 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Swindon Equipment Used : Yaesu ft818 , yaesu 8900r , yaesu ft950, stalker 9 Age : 37
Subject: Homebrew or should I say adapted sorio 4000 whip for 10 and 11m at home ! Tue May 19, 2020 6:18 am
Not wanting to have loads of poles in the garden and neighbours get a bit funny with it all, I thought I would build a 1/4 wave groundplane antenna to go on the top of the flat roof from a mobile whip and tune it for top end of 11m and lower end of 10m .
Enjoy
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Victor CT Directors
Call Sign : 26-CT-3228 / M7VIC Posts : 5803 Times Thanked : 352 Join date : 2019-11-10 QTH or Location : Bedford Equipment Used : Various
Subject: Re: Homebrew or should I say adapted sorio 4000 whip for 10 and 11m at home ! Tue May 19, 2020 7:23 am
Nicely done Matt.
Reminded me of the 'old days' of hooking up a Firestik or DV27 atop a biscuit tin and running wires off it
Good to 'meet' you virtually on that old u-tube. You have an avid interest and willingness to share which is exemplary. Subscribed
All the best, Victor
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Matt86 CT Directors
Call Sign : 26ct2767 Posts : 251 Times Thanked : 5 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Swindon Equipment Used : Yaesu ft818 , yaesu 8900r , yaesu ft950, stalker 9 Age : 37
Subject: Re: Homebrew or should I say adapted sorio 4000 whip for 10 and 11m at home ! Tue May 19, 2020 7:59 am
Thanks victor, I like to experiment and operate portable so watch this space .
Stigg_001 New Member
Call Sign : 26-CT-3365 Posts : 8 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2020-02-26 QTH or Location : Leeds, West Yorkshire Equipment Used : SDR - RT3s - Maas DX - UV-5R
Subject: Re: Homebrew or should I say adapted sorio 4000 whip for 10 and 11m at home ! Tue May 19, 2020 3:07 pm
Looking good, nice 1 fella.
73's Stew.
stephen Gunrunner Major contributor
Call Sign : 26CT526/MR021/M6XXX. Posts : 275 Times Thanked : 10 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : wooler north northumberland or some were near it Equipment Used : mobile 4000hp base A99 radio base magnum257hp mobile magnum 257 standed power Age : 67
Subject: Re: Homebrew or should I say adapted sorio 4000 whip for 10 and 11m at home ! Wed May 20, 2020 12:46 pm
the black arts of antenna at its very best and some great contacts but what is it like local, I hope it works local as it would be a win win situation.
Matt86 CT Directors
Call Sign : 26ct2767 Posts : 251 Times Thanked : 5 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Swindon Equipment Used : Yaesu ft818 , yaesu 8900r , yaesu ft950, stalker 9 Age : 37
Subject: Re: Homebrew or should I say adapted sorio 4000 whip for 10 and 11m at home ! Wed May 20, 2020 12:50 pm
Not very good local , be very well for skip . It's too low for local but it does work . A bit of coal behind it's not too bad . Same as sat on drive with it on your car I expect .
Broke into a couple of pile ups yesterday on 10m with it.
GaryWilson CT Directors
Call Sign : 26-CT-1836 Ham 2E0GGQ Posts : 4169 Times Thanked : 350 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Redcar, North Yorkshire. Equipment Used : Radios & Wires & Stuff! Age : 59
Subject: Re: Homebrew or should I say adapted sorio 4000 whip for 10 and 11m at home ! Wed May 20, 2020 4:28 pm
Nice one Matt,
I don't even bother cutting the whip down despite the fact that I bought a second whip for 10 meters with the intention of doing so. I do tune it to keep the rig safe.
It just shows what can be achieved with a modest station.
73's Gary.
Alan - Mirror Man Major contributor
Call Sign : 108CT233 Posts : 201 Times Thanked : 14 Join date : 2019-12-01 QTH or Location : Central Scotland Equipment Used : CRT SS9900 Beofeng UV5R Yaesu FTDX1200 CRT Micron CRT FP00 Sattelite 2000 antenna ZS6BKW X30 co-linear
Subject: Re: Homebrew or should I say adapted sorio 4000 whip for 10 and 11m at home ! Wed May 20, 2020 8:06 pm
This is one of my favourite parts of the hobby, tinkering with antennas and adapting them as here with what you have at your disposal. Good to see and subbed your YT channel.
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Matt86 CT Directors
Call Sign : 26ct2767 Posts : 251 Times Thanked : 5 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Swindon Equipment Used : Yaesu ft818 , yaesu 8900r , yaesu ft950, stalker 9 Age : 37
Subject: Re: Homebrew or should I say adapted sorio 4000 whip for 10 and 11m at home ! Thu May 21, 2020 5:29 am
Thank you Alan , much appreciated.
Yes I do like to tinker alot
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