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Made myself a flowerpot antenna for my HT! (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 week ago by Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works to c/amateur_radio@lemmy.radio

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I had my first net over the weekend and my transmitting was a bit rough. So i took the stock antenna from my yaesue and disassembled it. Followed a youtube video and took a spare coax cable and built a half dipole antenna!

I get better RX but will half to test my Transmitting come this weekend for the net!

Im really hoping to get into HF at some point but am waiting for flea market season to pick one up :P

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[–] Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

It was coax for a tv antenna, RG6 if i do recall. After some research its not ideal for ham as you said 50ohm is what the radio expects. So i will be loosing some signal because of the ohm differences.

I still get alot more range compared to my whip antenna.

Im very much a novice in this regard, so please do let me know if there is something im missing!

Thanks for your insight aswell!