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@@mark8744 still very active, last Tuesday of the month us ssb night thecrest ch14 ukfm, over 40 people on there last week with staions 300 to 400 miles coming in clear on skip. 👍

@@johntyler4222 i wound the coil many times before i got a satisfactory result. I do not have measuring equipment for inductance. So aim was to put19ft 7inchs of wire in a coil with small gaps between windings, air gap, the 19ft 7 inch of wire when wound around the fibreglass pole 14ft from the bottom took up a total length of 17 1/4 inchs. The pole is approx 1 1/4 inchs diameter at the point of winding. A 9m pole works or longer. The aim was to achieve the longest length of of random wire on a short pole and to use an inductor/coil to assist in tricking the antenna into thinking it is even longer plus to raise the current of the rf wave away from the base. Hope that helps. It took me a lot of fettling but result is it works well, and am hearing others are successfully making their own. A tip, use a coax feed with a choke 5 to 10ft back, this will help to achieve the vswr required. Regards Steve

@@W6IWN_Radio Thank you for your comment, much appreciated. Regards Steve

@@charleseyres2969 it is in the video. 👍

@@johnlew5972 yes, one wire, just a random wire not resonant on any band and a coil/inductor to optimise length on a smaller pole plus to raise current flow higher off the ground to optimise output. 👍

@@EnthusiastSteveM6WVV Current flow? (where the energy/ signal flows from?)

Thank you for the response.

At the end of the video, you have a schematic

WSPR TX found it on googple play apps. Very simple, hold near radio mic, move about till you see the radio tx start to fluctuate, alc around 80ish, should work very well. Regards Steve

@@EnthusiastSteveM6WVV Thank you, will try to find it

@@ianliston-smith7921 carbon fibre is conductive so not a good idea to use for this project. Any fibreglass pole 9m or over would work. You get a little loss with any unun/transformer, but not that noticeable, they are widely used. Make your own or purchase one from a branded supplier. I have never had a problem. I did a video on this unun, it is still on my youtube channel, cant miss it. Big red unun on title screen. Thank you Steve

@@IanValkeith Thank you 👍

@@trevorwashbourne3253 no they were part of the wspr tests, it demonstrates where your antenna has been successful sending the rf, if more power was to be used those signals could quite possibly follow the same paths using voice ssb modes. .

@@trevorwashbourne3253 all tests were conducted at under 5 watts pep, i have made voice contacts across Europe using the antenna and only 10 watts pep voice ssb.

@@trevorwashbourne3253 power is limited to the unun used, the ldg one can do 200w pep. I just used insulated speaker wire that i had laying about. Use a thicker gauge if you were looking to run at high power through it. All my tests were done at less than 5 watts pep.

Pause on the sketch towards the end, all the details you need are there. Coil length both wound and unwound lengths plus wire lengths above and below the coil. 👍

As long as the wire is not a resonant length on any of the hf bands it will work. 👍

@@spanner1036 this was a basic 27ft roach pole, a standard 10m or a 9m pole will surfice.

@EnthusiastSteveM6WVV thanks Steve. Also as your using a 9:1 does this need a counterpoise ?

@@spanner1036 the results on screen are without a dedicated counterpoise, i believe this design will happily work without one, i noticed no real difference when i added wires ground mounted. Bit it may use somevof the feed coax as its counterpoise, hence a choke of some description 10 to 15ft down from the unun. Try it with and without, there are so many variables what does not work for me may do for you. 👍

@@G4VYC. 200 pep with the unun, other unun's will allow a higher power with the appropriate wire gauge.

@@jimfuller239 great idea 👍 Regards Steve

Train Station 😁 CZcams subtitles should translate for you👍

@@EnthusiastSteveM6WVV I had English at school and American English is not that problem. But British, omg, U can't understand it. 🙈 But thanks for the video.

You have many many more than i do lol. I am running out of room for my nostalgic collection, still a few like to haves, Satcom 4000 with the ukfm conversion, a Magpie autoscan 5000, trying to avoid collecting pure AM radios but i do have a liking for the older General Electric radios with the orange switch inlays. All the best M0ogy, have you any further Washington videos coming up? Regards Steve aka Enthusiast Steve 😁👍

@@EnthusiastSteveM6WVV Cheers Steve, I dare not say how many I own, I will look at the Washington again, but nearly completed that one, most defiantly highly recommended 🙂

Couldn't have done it without your dremel👍😁

@@Commercialaviation747 unfortunately i have not heard of anyone who has achieved that, buy a very cheap quansheng handheld, i got one for under £20 uk stirling, downloaded the updated firmware and it does a fair job, not as good as the senhaix, but also covers the military bands with the new firmware. As the radio comes out the box its vhf uhf standard bands, and AM is terrible, but 90 percent improved once firmware is flashed. Lots of videos on line. Regards Steve

czcams.com/video/5qxhga3NYLo/video.htmlsi=yy9uZhJnWPgOXK3B

Link to Quenshan radio video, showing radio and airband.

@@EnthusiastSteveM6WVV thanks Steve !

@@Commercialaviation747 turn on the radio, press exit button to change from vfo A to B, top bottom. If radio is in memory mode and not VFO, press and hold menu, the chosen vfo will switch. You want it in vfo not memory mode. Type in the frequency you want to listen to, the radio will now hear any transmission on that freq. If you want to store it press menu quickly, use arrows to scroll across to channel storage, follow options to store in memory. Hope that helps, regards Steve

@@EnthusiastSteveM6WVV thanks steve perfect !

@@EnthusiastSteveM6WVV Schelch Mode, what level do you think I should put it at? 1, 2.3 OR 5?

Squelch level one, if it still opens go to 2.​@@Commercialaviation747

@@EnthusiastSteveM6WVV good Steve thanks for information thankyou so much !!!!!

@@rikardogibola1312 All antennas have a property, called "Reciprocal" which means antennas should be as equally as good, or bad in receipt as they are tx. A small 1/4 wave on the ground for hf frequencys will hear signals being refracted down from the atmosphere and being low down not be so susceptible to local rf noise. Worth a try, it may just work better than you may think. Thank you for your comment, Regards Steve

@@EnthusiastSteveM6WVV Thank you Steve. First time I've heard that 👍🏼

@@StewartDD they were booming in to us down on the very south coast of UK, good to hear and chat. All the best, regards Steve

@@mickbradley6588 marko Excalibur is a ham jumbo look a like. Well done for attempting it, nice to have chatted earlier, all the best, regards Steve

@@tonydulga4550 mine is a keeper, it was fully overhaulled a few years ago. Have always loved the look and they perform well also. Thank you for your comment regards Steve

your most welcome & i keeping mine forever lol

@@christopherjeffery6228 it was a challenge, i had to look twice and i took the pictures 😁, thank you for giving it a go. Regards Steve

@@robertdickson6317 yes a true geek Rob, thank you for giving it a go. Regards Steve

@@jackcook8111 give yourself an extra point for the radios with similar names, many radios got re badged to sell in different countries. Thank you for giving it a go, its just a bit fun. Regards Steve

@@buildbright 8 out of a possible 45 marks, better than some will get, so far that is the highest score posted so great job 😁 regards Steve YF50

​@@EnthusiastSteveM6WVV Thing is I only ever owned a Harvard 2 channel back in 81, being 11. I got back into Cb again about 4 years ago as I was fascinated with them back then. So proper rigs are all new to me... I did end up with a lovely collection but have now downscaled In the quizz I got the President, Amstrad 901 ( I have one), Cobra 148 ( I did have one), Stalker 9f dx ( I have one) and the Midland homebase, I wanted one and they have a great look. If this had been handhelds I reckon I would have done better. NICE ONE!

@@buildbright Thank you, sounded like you had some good radios. The thing is, don't always have the space, families grow up and a spare room becomes an option. Never had ukfm radios, i had a wks 1001 ssb radio. But now discovered the attraction again. All the best regards Steve

@@xszl it is a mix of 70s to 2000s radios both U. S and UK Models. Launches tonight 12th July at 19.00hrs BST

@@blainehartley9157 President radios do seem to be better made, they look nicer and do perform but also come at a cost, the latest President Washington just released here in the UK (June 24) is retailing around £350, thats around 400 US dollars. But it appears to be a good radio. CB is very much alive here in the UK with many choosing to buy President radios over other brands. I love my Cobra 148, i also have a President Adams, 1978. All the best, thanks for the comment, regards Steve

@@EnthusiastSteveM6WVV yes some of the export versions are on the high side but I’ve found that here in the states with the standard fcc models (Walker McKinley etc) that by the time you buy a cobra 29 and get it to where a president is straight out of the box you’ll have just as much maybe more invested in the cobra as you would the president equivalent….and the president will last longer as well as perform better…..as long as you do your part with the antenna if not none of them will be better than a 2 watt handie talkie…..I would love to get my hands on a new Washington but at $400+ usd I’ll stick with what I’ve got for the time being….my Lincoln 2+ and Richard have been fine radios so far