In the last post I said we will be hitting the road soon, so I wanted to make two quick up antenna's. Dipole antenna's are quick to set up when I am outside. They are made out of some wire and a length of coax ran to the radio. Here I am just showing the antenna's.
Only one or two more posts on me and my radio stuff then on to our RV travels and more. Kathy flew off to see her Mon with our Daughter so I am dog sitting and prepping the RV as well.
Below are some photos of the antenna's. Below you see a simple 2 meter antenna I put together and hung of a extendable painters pole that is not fully extended. You can see a black peace of Velcro around the pole holding up one end the black wire hanging down is the coax to the radio and the brown wire hanging down is the second half of the 2 meter antenna.
The following is the 10 meter dipole antenna set up in an inverted V. About halfway down each line the wire ends and is tied off to some para cord to keep it in the proper configuration. When I extend the painters pole and mount it on the RV ladder the top of the antenna would be over 20 feet up and the ends would be about 8 feet off the ground.
I carry my 2 meter and 10 meter HAM radios in ammo cans so I can set up what I want when we are stay in an area for a while. Also this gives me more antenna options for both radios. I can take out one ammo can with a radio and a antenna in it and one with a small 12 volt battery and operate anywhere, without shore power if I want. I also have a 50 watt solar panel I can use to recharge the battery if needed.
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