March 16, 2018

Upgraded Antenna

I used some military camo poles I picked up at Hamacation to make a higher mast for my 80m OCF dipole. This added about 12ft to the top. I don’t notice a huge difference and the SWR got worse which was unexpected. I’m still able to get through pileups into Europe and have been making contacts. I’ve got my eye on a hex beam with a rotor for the next antenna. I’ve been using the club station remotely and rotator with gain makes a huge difference.

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