11 meter is very quiet?

[WECSOG]

All I know is we need to do the best with what we got. What's the best antenna? The one you got, might be better , might be not. Try this, try that. That is the fun in this hobby. If all I had to do is sit down and key a mic, without skip I would be bored. This is truly the best hobby because I get to goof around with electronics, audio, and antennas. And RF power transmition fascinates me. Its not like DC or even conventional AC, its more like light. Just glad to be here.
Chris

That's right. It's about working with what you've got.

 

[WECSOG]

Isn't that the truth Shadetree. I was goofing around yesterday putting up a 12 meter vertical quarter wave antenna onto a ground mounted radial field. Did some FT-8 and with conditions as they were Japan and Belize were easily reachable that day with the new antenna.

Nice. I wish more people would use 12. I must admit, I haven't used it much either. I do like 17M quite a bit, though.

 

[Redbeard U812]

I'm glad you asked. That's one each for 80 Meters, 40 Meters, 20 Meters and 6 Meters. See, I'm not limited to just 11 Meters. 11 Meters is easy, almost like VHF. Try working 160 Meters mobile. I've done that, successfully, in Colorado and Wyoming where stations are few and far between. And I used a fiberglass antenna for it. That's 1.8 to 2 MHz, btw. Where a quarter wave antenna would be 130 feet long.

I've also talked to Mexico City from Huntsville, AL with one watt SSB to a mag-mounted 7 foot Hamstick on 40 Meters.

Yeah, Shakespeare makes some good marine antennas.

And by the way, if fiberglass antennas are such junk, I wonder why the antennas you see on military Humvees are fiberglass? Redbeard needs to teach them.

I didn't mention my Yaesu YA-007FG fiberglass antenna, which is the one I used (with an SGC tuner) for 160 Meters. It's only rated down to 3 MHz, but it loaded well enough to work on 160M which is why I took it on that particular trip instead of my SGC milspec fiberglass antenna, which would only tune down to 80 Meters.
Both of those antennas are way stouter than the Hamsticks. But the Hamsticks have lasted 25 years and show no signs yet of laying down, so there's that.

Let's see here....."11 meter is very quite"

Regardless of how many you have, how many frequency "you" can operate, or the fact you "obviously hold a HAM licence" and you are far superior (in your own mind) to anyone else because of your "HAM Operator Licence ".......the subject is "11m is very quite"....not....."My D!#@ is Bigger because I hold a HAM Licence "......stay on track there....

A SS 102" out performs any fiberglass antenna. Outlasts any fiberglass antenna hands down.

 

[Alan Blackmon]

I have a radial field of 30 radials of various lengths. The verticals I use with the radials are for the 30/17/12 meter band. I just got it into my head to have those antennas for those bands together for no real reason. My other verticals for 40 and 20 meters are built in a tree with 2 or 3 radials for each band stretched out and dropping down a bit. It is working out very well. I will try to add 15 and 10 meters to the tree verticals when things warm up a bit. The 40 meter does not have a good tune to also use it on 15 so I am going to try adding a dedicated element. I guess I could use a tuner but I kind of like the magic of how well a quarterwave will tune and not have to use a tuner for force things. Just my way of looking at it. Especially when I have a tree that isn't minding me stringing wires up into it and radials under it.

 

[WECSOG]

Let's see here....."11 meter is very quite"

Regardless of how many you have, how many frequency "you" can operate, or the fact you "obviously hold a HAM licence" and you are far superior (in your own mind) to anyone else because of your "HAM Operator Licence ".......the subject is "11m is very quite"....not....."My D!#@ is Bigger because I hold a HAM Licence "......stay on track there....

A SS 102" out performs any fiberglass antenna. Outlasts any fiberglass antenna hands down.

Ok, if that makes you feel better. Just backing up my statements with some actual experience. I get that some people can't handle that.

Btw I apologize if any of my statements offend you. That's not my intention, nor is getting into any kind of contest with you. But I do know what I'm talking about when it comes to mobile HF.

 

[2NC995]

Let's see here....."11 meter is very quite"

Regardless of how many you have, how many frequency "you" can operate, or the fact you "obviously hold a HAM licence" and you are far superior (in your own mind) to anyone else because of your "HAM Operator Licence ".......the subject is "11m is very quite"....not....."My D!#@ is Bigger because I hold a HAM Licence "......stay on track there....

A SS 102" out performs any fiberglass antenna. Outlasts any fiberglass antenna hands down.

I know we’ve had our rubs...but let me say the ham vs cb thing never results in anything other than a locked thread.

I value this thread toooo much.

 

[WECSOG]

I know we’ve had our rubs...but let me say the ham vs cb thing never results in anything other than a locked thread.

I value this thread toooo much.

It's not ham vs CB. I didn't take the bait.
Of course the whole "my antenna is better than your antenna" thing is off topic, too.

 

[ENC Pirate]

Goofing around with my old Duane mic, I happened to talk to a trucker passing through and had a good QSO on ch 22. The mic I think is a ceramic element (maybe crystal I don't know) and is not a powered mic, but it does work. Well I thought it needed a little kick on my Galaxy 99 and the idea popped into my head to use a small headphone amplifier inline.

The headphone amp I bought a while ago to use with the home stereo and cost about $30. Sony rack system with four 12s and the 5 disk changer from the late 80s. When the kids friends came over, they wanted to play music from their phones. Without blue tooth of any kind, I bought a turn table headphone amp to have for the kids to plug their phones in and with the volume knob on the front, it made it real easy to set the audio level. The kids had a blast taking turns being the DJ. The only rule was no songs with cussing. I like all kinds of music but I did not want my kids walking around the house singing cuss words because it was stuck in their heads.

So I chopped up an old RCA cord and wired it up to some mic jacks. Excellent audio reports, enough to make me think twice about changing the mic element to an electric studio element.

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Excellent Idea for a mic amp, I am using something similar, you can see it sitting on top of the President McKinley. Its a Tascam and I have it wired into my Anytone Smart 10.
73's Ocean One Cape Hatteras

 

[2NC995]

It's not ham vs CB. I didn't take the bait.
Of course the whole "my antenna is better than your antenna" thing is off topic, too.

no, no, no....you have me mistaken.

I’m not accusing you OR Redbeard of that at all.

I just don’t want things to devolve and see my favorite 11M thread go down the tubes.

honestly...that’s all.

 

[2NC995]

Hey there PIRATE aka OCEAN ONE!

Nice station you’ve got there!!

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

Excellent Idea for a mic amp, I am using something similar, you can see it sitting on top of the President McKinley. Its a Tascam and I have it wired into my Anytone Smart 10.
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Awesome shack, are you in the pantry? I saw the soup cans, not knocking you, my main shack is in the coat closet. Haha

 

[2NC995]

Gotta have some Hatteras Chowder out there in the middle of the Ocean!

 

[ENC Pirate]

Hey there PIRATE aka OCEAN ONE!

Nice station you’ve got there!!

Still no DX Dan, real dry spell huh? 73's

 

[2NC995]

Still no DX Dan, real dry spell huh? 73's

Thats the truth. Been mighty sad here.

 

[ENC Pirate]

Awesome shack, are you in the pantry? I saw the soup cans, not knocking you, my main shack is in the coat closet. Haha

My shack is a small log cabin on the property, old KOA camping cabin I had moved here, makes the wife happy,lol. 73's