The Wonder Stick (The Cheapest and Limpest Antenna EVER)
By the image you would think this would be cut and dry. Nothing of the sort. This had to be the unweildy antenna I have ever built. It's own weight bends it like a horseshoe.
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Alinco DX-SR8T (Default Settings you won't like)
Automatic SSB selection upon band change. You want to turn this dude off if you plan on doing digital. As of this post HRD doesn't support the DX-SR8 or DX-SR9 below 10MHz even though it says it does. This stems from a missing leading zero in the frequency set function. I thought DX Labs Commander was flakey too because it would jump to LSB on frequency changes. I was almost done with making a rig file for OmniRig when I started to have the same problem. After a little searching I found this wonderful feature that is defaulted on. This is something that should have been defaulted off for sure.
Quick dummy load
While I was at Mouser I picked up a 100W 50Ohm resister to use as a dummy load. I used this to test my PTT circuit on the radio with my home made USB to PTT. I packed it with fiberglass so it wouldn't move or rattle.
Simple Inverted V Fan Dipole
Not much to say about this except I did it with one eye while the other was swollen shut. Everything home depot materials. Hard to see with the trees. I'll have to do some readjusting for sure. 40m, 20m, 17m, 10m
Stringing the cobweb (3D Printing)
I made this out of nylon and haven't annealed it to see what will happen out in the sun. I guess time will tell. These are for my cobweb project. I still have four more to make and almost out of PA. The last few will probably made from Carbon fiber polycarbonate. Kind of a waste, but really want to get this project done.
