Heloo "coil master" I give you a name coil maser becouse is vrealy enjoy watching yours home made perkciones😉 Yours gein master (siro copy is super) 👍I made it and its work ok iven on anther hf band with tuner is ok. Thanke you for your lessens 73 from🇸🇮 S50SI You and Callum are my fevorites You tube"master" 🙂
Good stuff Mike. Built a 10m half wave antenna based on your 11m version with great success. Thank you and keep up the good work, always inspiring projects for those of us enjoying building antennas. 73
Newly passed HAM here.. waiting for my license application to get accepted and callsign allocation. Thanks a ton for sharing this, Old Man.. Liked and subbed. 73 from India. Be safe!
@@mike-M0MSN Thank you so much.. We newbies look up to you guys to teach us the ropes.. so that we may keep this amazing culture alive and pass it on to the next flag bearers.. Cheers and 73s
For some odd reason this reminded me of a time when I needed to make a quick and dirty dipole. All I had was a lot of coax that had a PL95 connector on one end. I don't remember what frequency I was running it on at the time, so for brevity we'll just assume I also needed 5m lengths. What I did was measure back from the unterminated coax end about 5m. I removed the outer jacket for that 5m. At the point where the stripped part met the un-stripped part I spread the braid apart just enough to snake the center conductor out. I basically made a dipole by using the center conductor as one arm and the braid as the other arm.
Brilliant video ! My low IQ mind never thought of such a neat and quik way of seperating braid and the inner conductor....😊 So now my problem is solved for my future projects... waiting for the next part desperately.....keep up the good work...TNX
Very nice. 👍 Great minds think alike just made a speaker wire antenna this afternoon for some fun. Even easier as you split off enough for a 20m "di-poh" (I thought that was Welsh teletubby 😂) and then the remainder is a transmission line which is connected to a BNC to Banana plug adapter to connect to the radio. Can be even easier for a beginner as you don't even need to do any soldering. The coax version you've done here was the first antenna I made, every new ham should have a go at this one.
Amazing how quick and easy it is to build the humble dipole antenna, and how well it works! A dipole really is a great return on the time/energy/cost invested in building and tuning one. 73, KO4AZY
Really looking forward to the next one so I can compare results to what I found on the 27mhz band - my Foundation exam on 12th Jan will hopefully allow me to explore further !
Hi. Very confused old man here, sorry. Help me right pls. 20mtr wavelenght....1/4 wave = say 5mtr. Is that not tip to tip. Then 2.5mtr per side. See you have 5 per side. Is that not 1/2 wave now? 😊
Yep. No need to apologise. It’s a 1/2 wave dipole. Each side leg is a quarter wave. Total length is a 1/2 wave. Have a look here www.everythingrf.com/rf-calculators/dipole-antenna-length-calculator
Yes you need to keep it balanced so cut off the same amount from each end a little at a time. Try and find a clear area to put it up at first, or the place where you'll keep it, as the angle and height above ground will have some effect on it - if you want it perfect. It'll be a little different depending on if it's an inverted V or proper horizontal too.
I've got some dx10 left from my DXC ive been thinking of making a dipole ive also got some ladder line somewhere so im thinking two legs at 10m for a half wave on 20m
Great video Mike .... If you cut wire on a regular basis as i do, I found it much easier to get a 1m piece of dressed 2 x 1 lumber and mark the wood every 100mm down its length and use this as my measuring stick.. Comes in handy to walk down the yard too to get a idea of the length of coax or feeder required. 2m0aki.
You make soldering look so easy. My solders look like a grade school kid did them. Good job.
Thanks 👍
Great build.
Thanks for the video mate.
Heloo "coil master" I give you a name coil maser becouse is vrealy enjoy watching yours home made perkciones😉 Yours gein master (siro copy is super) 👍I made it and its work ok iven on anther hf band with tuner is ok. Thanke you for your lessens 73 from🇸🇮 S50SI You and Callum are my fevorites You tube"master" 🙂
Cool, thanks
You have the same workshop as I do. The Kitchen.... I love it.
👍
Nice video Mike.
I look forward to part 2.
73 de Kevin, VK4KK
Thanks Kevin.
Good stuff Mike. Built a 10m half wave antenna based on your 11m version with great success. Thank you and keep up the good work, always inspiring projects for those of us enjoying building antennas. 73
Thanks, will do!
Newly passed HAM here.. waiting for my license application to get accepted and callsign allocation.
Thanks a ton for sharing this, Old Man..
Liked and subbed.
73 from India.
Be safe!
Congratulations on gaining your licence, many thanks for the sub. :)
@@mike-M0MSN Thank you so much..
We newbies look up to you guys to teach us the ropes.. so that we may keep this amazing culture alive and pass it on to the next flag bearers..
Cheers and 73s
For some odd reason this reminded me of a time when I needed to make a quick and dirty dipole. All I had was a lot of coax that had a PL95 connector on one end. I don't remember what frequency I was running it on at the time, so for brevity we'll just assume I also needed 5m lengths. What I did was measure back from the unterminated coax end about 5m. I removed the outer jacket for that 5m. At the point where the stripped part met the un-stripped part I spread the braid apart just enough to snake the center conductor out. I basically made a dipole by using the center conductor as one arm and the braid as the other arm.
Spot on. :)
Hi Mike, I love it to watch your videos! All the best and 73 from the Baltic Sea, Peter, DK7- -
Thanks 👍
Thanks Mike.👍🇬🇧❤️
Brilliant video ! My low IQ mind never thought of such a neat and quik way of seperating braid and the inner conductor....😊 So now my problem is solved for my future projects... waiting for the next part desperately.....keep up the good work...TNX
Glad it was helpful!
Very nice. 👍 Great minds think alike just made a speaker wire antenna this afternoon for some fun. Even easier as you split off enough for a 20m "di-poh" (I thought that was Welsh teletubby 😂) and then the remainder is a transmission line which is connected to a BNC to Banana plug adapter to connect to the radio. Can be even easier for a beginner as you don't even need to do any soldering. The coax version you've done here was the first antenna I made, every new ham should have a go at this one.
Very cool!
Amazing how quick and easy it is to build the humble dipole antenna, and how well it works! A dipole really is a great return on the time/energy/cost invested in building and tuning one. 73, KO4AZY
Couldn't agree more!
Congratulations, what kind of cable is the most suitable to serve as an antenna?
Really looking forward to the next one so I can compare results to what I found on the 27mhz band - my Foundation exam on 12th Jan will hopefully allow me to explore further !
Great video :)
Thanks!
Cracking Part 1 Mike looking forward to Part 2, do you think we could push this out to a part 3 and make it into a Fan dipole?
Now that's a great idea. :)
Great video Mike! 🍻
Thanks 👍
Nice job
Thanks Tim
Muito bom amigo mike antena simples mais eficieti ai para hf
Muito bom amigo obrigado
great stream mike keep bringing them on and thanks for that link to do the 5/8 wave gainmaster 73
No problem 👍
@@mike-M0MSN IN THE USA THE FIGURE WOULD 468/F
What's the gauge of the antenna wire you have used?
1mm
Stupid question time, what is dx10 wire? I haven't seen this referred to in metric wire sizes or awg.
This may help. www.m0mcx.co.uk/store/products/
Not a stupid question, its not a size it is a brand name.
can/should you use flux on solder joints?
I always use flux, it is in the solder I use and sometimes I use additional Flux on the joints.
Hi. Very confused old man here, sorry. Help me right pls. 20mtr wavelenght....1/4 wave = say 5mtr. Is that not tip to tip. Then 2.5mtr per side. See you have 5 per side. Is that not 1/2 wave now? 😊
Exactly! Dipoles are half wave antennas.
Yep. No need to apologise. It’s a 1/2 wave dipole. Each side leg is a quarter wave. Total length is a 1/2 wave. Have a look here www.everythingrf.com/rf-calculators/dipole-antenna-length-calculator
As Tom says, The half wave is made up of the two 1/4 legs.... 😊
👍😊 thankyou for response. Makes perfect sense now. Its me hearing words in video then confusing myself. Go it.
No balun?
Aqui no brasil usamos muito para todas as bandas
Bom ouvir
I always have hard time soldering the braid - any hint on the temperature or kind of flux that would help ?
I will try to show that in a video soon (Tip: hot and quick)
may need to use small flame torch as soldering iron may not have enough power.
@@RESISTAGE one difficulty is to avoid melting the dielectric in the process, though...
14.150 is 5.041 meters
hi could you use a piece of copper pipe inside a plastic tubing instead of wire
Yep as long as the same material is used for both legs copper pipe is a good choice..:)
Thanks Mike! to tune SWR you have to cut equal lengths at both ends, right?
Yes you need to keep it balanced so cut off the same amount from each end a little at a time. Try and find a clear area to put it up at first, or the place where you'll keep it, as the angle and height above ground will have some effect on it - if you want it perfect. It'll be a little different depending on if it's an inverted V or proper horizontal too.
@@stewartrv Thank You!
Right
I've got some dx10 left from my DXC ive been thinking of making a dipole ive also got some ladder line somewhere so im thinking two legs at 10m for a half wave on 20m
That would be a 1/2 wave Dipole for 40M... ;-)
@@mike-M0MSN of course lol :)
Watching you soldering, were you army trained?
RAF but close.. lol
@@mike-M0MSN I was REME trained...
.. 145/ 14.150 = 10.25 /2 = 5.12m - 142/ for an inverted V shorter than dipole..73
put yhis on your phone or tablet antenna calculator
Great video Mike .... If you cut wire on a regular basis as i do, I found it much easier to get a 1m piece of dressed 2 x 1 lumber and mark the wood every 100mm down its length and use this as my measuring stick.. Comes in handy to walk down the yard too to get a idea of the length of coax or feeder required. 2m0aki.
Great idea
1234 (1 leg is 234/freq = feet)
Very basic! It will have very poor reception compared to a comercial rigid dipole!
Why?