Building your own vertical ground plane antenna

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 Do you need a simple, effective, and reliable DX antenna for the 20 meter amateur radio band?

According to Dave (N8DAV) you can assemble a basic 20 meter band telescoping vertical antenna from parts you may already have in your "junk box."

Dave includes suggestions on to maximize the performance of this easily-made HF antenna.  This antenna is suitable for both field use and regular operations from your home station.

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Russ (KH6JRM/AL0HA).

Here are some comments from Dave (N8DAV):

Building your own 20 Meter Telescopic Whip Vertical Ground Plane Antenna from parts lying around your shack. In this video I demonstrate how to take a grounding plate antenna adapter, one 5.6 meter telescopic whip antenna, four 3.2 meter telescopic whip antennas and build and tune a 20 Meter vertical ground plane antenna. After tuning I get onto the band which was in terrible condition but I was not able to make any contacts. This video is worth the watch. I would like to say a special shoutout to ‪@JebBrilliant‬ as recognition for all his educational videos regarding programming Baofeng radios such as the BF-F8HP Pro, UV-5R, UV-5R Mini and the UV-32. Not to mention the Tidradio TD-H3. His HOW TO videos are invaluable for the prepper and casual user alike who wants to learn how to program their radios without using CPS software. Please view his channel by clicking on his name above. Donations to help buy more gear for testing and review: Paypal: HTTP://www.paypal.me/BrilliantHam Buy Me A Coffee: https://coff.ee/brilliantham Radioddity $15 Discount when you buy through this link: https://radioddity.refr.cc/default/u/... Smiley Antenna Affiliate Discount Program: Please use code HRGTR10 to receive a 10% discount off all Smiley Antenna products from their website: https://www.SmileyAntenna.com Affiliate links to products used for making this video: 24' Light Stand Tripod for Antenna: https://amzn.to/4vPeupp 13' Light Stand Tripod for Antenna: https://amzn.to/48nM63N MA-06 Dipole Antenna Adapter: https://amzn.to/4cwYUHG 5.6 Meter/18.4' Telescopic Whip Antennas: https://amzn.to/4u8ENp4 2.5 Meter/8.2' Telescopic Whip Antennas: https://amzn.to/48pIVsy M10 Grounding Plate Adapter: https://amzn.to/3R0b6YR24' tripod

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