KI7F, Bill, Using New Yaesu FT-950 Amateur Radio Transceiver During Field Day at Home

[MegaDfga]

good noise !!!

[G0OMH]

Great indoor fanned dipole Bill, thanks for posting.

73 Peter.

[takforalt]

With all do respect, too much noise. I'd like to hear you not static.

[nikgrey]

Jeff, put a Sock on it !

[F41Driver]

I love that indoor fan dipole! Nice radio too.

73 de KD5FHW

[petchharrison]

may be you will be lucky at your new qth till someone gets that PLA/PLT crap..

jeff

[petchharrison]

owch the noise on that thing is terrible jeff

[Philovideo]

@petchharrison The QRN level at that QTH was horrible!! Sometimes the noise level would be almost 20db over S9! I just moved to a new QTH using an end fed 33 foot random wire on my top 3rd floor apartment balcony tuned with a tuner and I can finally hear signals with a quiet background!

[Hawkeye4425]

Thanks for posting this. I am thinking about purchasing an FT-950 and trying my hand at some HF. I would likely run a similar dipole arrangement in my attic. I was wandering if you bought the optional tuning kit, or if you have another method to tune the dipole. Also, how did you get a good ground from the second story? The room where my 2m/70cm rig is set up is on the second floor and this would be the logical place to set up the HF rig. Any advise would be appreciated.

73's

KF5IQM

[VictoreCelia]

cool

[504caveman]

nice radio i lookt at the price but no thanks vinteg radios are the best

[KC9SYJ]

@504caveman I have the FT-950 and will tell you it's a value compared to the price of an ICOM IC-7600 which is nearly DOUBLE the price of this radio!

[Speeddbuggy]

Oh yes that i do know about the siding and all on the house im in ,,, i live in a house that has 4 apartments in it they arent small either but it is made out of wood and has vinyl siding so im hoping it will work out i realy miss being on HF.

Well hey i appreciate all the info you gave me i hope you enjoy the 950 i plan to get one myself next tax season hehe so maybe we will bump into each other on hf one day for now i have my 857D hoping that will work well. take care

73"s

N1GHI

[Philovideo]

I have the dipole elements spaced apart about 4 to 6 inches , although if I had the room, I would have spaced them as far apart as possible. This would be possible if a "fanned" dipole is installed out doors or in a long attic space which I do not have at my current resident. I might just add that how well an indoor antenna will perform also depends on the construction of the building. Whether the building is a wooden frame structure with no metal siding or if it is a steel frame building, etc.

[Speeddbuggy]

hey one more question can ya tell me how far apart you spaced each wire from each other ?

thnx again

[Speeddbuggy]

I like your dipole setup ive been trying to set something up kinda the same was going to do a long wire with some 450ohm ladder line and a balan to a tuner but yours looks much easier would you be able to tell me how you made it ? please

73's N1GHI

[Philovideo]

@Speeddbuggy Hello N1GHI

I simply made three dipoles using the formula 468 divided by the frequency in Mhz for the half wave length of each dipole. I cut one dipole for 40 meters, one for 20 meters and one for 17 meters and attached them all to one coax feed line. I had to re-prune each dipole for the lowest SWR on each band, starting with the 40 meter dipole, then the 20 meter and finally the 17 meter dipole due to interaction between each dipole element, nearby house wiring, plumbing, etc.

[Philovideo]

@Speeddbuggy

If you plan to use the idea of a long wire wire fed with 450 ohm ladder line, that would be great for outdoors, but if used indoors, it could induce excessive RF floating around in the shack, depending on your ground or counterpoise system. Of course, a true long wire is a length that is over a full wave length on the band that you are operating on.

[Speeddbuggy]

@Philovideo ahh huh i apreciate the information i was going to use that same formula 468 divided by freq then someone else gave me a different formula to use and it threw me off lol its been a little over a year since i have had any air time now that im in an apartment and have a 2 year old who took up alot of time i want to try to get back on the HF so this may be my best bet thanks alot for the info happy dx,in

73's

Joe

N1GHI

[Crazyworld1975]

@Speeddbuggy

Yeah I am a pure example of a long wire is NOT always the best idea... I used one with my MFJ 949E

and I had ALL KINDS of RF problems in my shack!

[newtownards1]

hi phil,lovely looking radio you did agood job making this video,best regards from william,n.ireland 73s