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I Built a Self-Lowering Antenna Mast for My Ham Radio Tower!
After weeks of planning and fabrication, I finally fitted a 12 V winch to my ham radio antenna mast —…
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Taming the 4-Square – The Big Push Before X=0
It’s crunch time for the 40 metre 4-Square! Today I’m on a mission to tame the “Beast” – tightening connectors,…
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Lower & Longer! The 160 m Dipole Tune-Up
A simple job that somehow took all afternoon! Today I’m re-tuning the 160 metre leg of my 80 / 160…
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ChatGPT Said I Needed a Ground Rod… Really?
4-Square Antenna: Today’s mission: get everything grounded, bolted, and ready before the big 4-Square tune-up! I realised I’d tuned the…
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Drama with the Dead-Man Tower / Anchor Upgrades
Important engineering upgrades in the antenna field – improving the foundations for the new lightweight tower, installing a Dead-Man anchor…
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60 MPH STORM vs DX Commander Antennas – Destruction Test!
Caught in 60 mph gusts at Holly Farm. Watch the DX Commander Signature 9s, Rapides, and a Signature 18 bend,…
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Late-Night DX – Low Bands
Testing 4-Square on 40m, the new 80m and 160m antennas too. source
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INSANE Signal Strength! COMTEK 40m 4-Square Antenna from DX Engineering
Today we’re commissioning the COMTEK / DX Engineering 40m 4-Square Antenna system here at DX Commander HQ. This is one…
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NET Control FAIL – 2m Station broke – so flipped to HF
Logging with my Captain’s Log Net Control Software – should be a fun demo – assuming it works! source
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