Ham Radio Blog | HF Vertical Antennas & HOA Flagpole Antennas, 160-6M

The signal chain, the floating balanced output, and where the 1:1 current choke goes. Two accepted configurations — shack-side desktop ATU or remote tuner at the base — and the physics behind why both work. The system theory that pairs with the Feedline Kit install. Technical Note No. 2.2.1.

We get lots of email asking for more examples of RV and camping ham radio adventures. Here's a short story with video and pictures of a campground portable ham radio operation with a Greyline Performance HF Vertical Antenna and 40 Watts in the Sawtooth Wilderness near Sun Valley, Idaho. It was so quiet, if we could here it, we could work it. We were on a high ridge with a giant mountain reflecting the signals (or so it seemed!). Click to read the story. Ham Radio is fun again. Pass it on.

Six steps, in order, before you reach for a tool. Plus the one common-sense move that's not obvious until you've done it once: the ladder line — with spacers already on it — goes inside the lower pole section before the upper section is fastened on. Then the engineering behind every choice.