#hamradio #antenna #installation

You might recall that earlier this year, my brother, Wayne, W4KWM, and I installed a ZS6BKW multi-band HF antenna for my friend, Wendell, K5WAN. Here is a link: [ Ссылка ]

In this video, my son, Joshua, KN4LFU, and I install a new antenna mast for Wendell’s Comet GP-9, VHF/UHF antenna. Wendell lives in a very remote area. He has access to only a couple repeaters, but the signals to and from those repeaters are not very strong. His GP-9 is only about 15 feet above ground. Thankfully, MFJ donated a 33 ft. telescopic mast for this project, and KB9JQU donated 62 ft. of LMR-400 coaxial cable. The 50 ft. coaxial cable will connect from the lightning arrestor to the antenna and the 12 ft. coaxial cable will go from the lightning arrestor to the Yaesu FTM-400DR transceiver.

Our objective was to improve Wendell’s access to some key repeaters that participate in Skywarn nets. Wendell has a background as a storm chaser for an Oklahoma TV station, and he is one of the principal net control operators for the Hurricane Watch Net. The challenge is that two of the main repeaters we want coverage for are 66 miles away. We used the technique I teach in the video at this link to achieve success: [ Ссылка ]

At the end of this video, you will be able to see a listing of some of the supporters of this channel who made this video possible. These are people who have supported the channel via Patreon membership, as what I call long-haulers. Long-haulers have supported the channel on a long-term basis. There are 4 levels of Patreon membership, including S5 (Associate), S7 (Executive), S9 (VIP), and S9+ (VIP+). S9+ (VIP+) denotes an S9 (VIP) member who voluntarily chooses to give over and above the amount for S9 (VIP) membership. They help me continue to produce videos even though most people do not contribute toward the cost of my mission. Without their support, I cannot bring my viewers uncensored content.

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Most videos are visible to the Patreon team members long before they are released for public viewing. Some videos are never released for public viewing. Yearly S7 (Executive) and S9 (VIP) members have access to the menu optimizations PDFs I’ve written for the FT-891, FT-991A, FTdx5000MP, FTdx101D/MP, FTdx10, and FT-710 AESS. Yearly S7 (Executive) members can receive one menu optimizations PDF while yearly S9 (VIP) members can receive multiple menu optimizations documents, plus my FT8 configuration guide for either the FTdx10 or the FT-710 AESS. Future radios might be added. The documents are copyrighted. They shall not be divulged to anyone else without written permission from Doug McAlexander, callsign N4HNH.

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