IOIo Home Made Beam Working Well For VHF DX

Using the The IOIo Beam To Work Satellites and also 144MHZ SSB DX During A Contest. /Portable

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• 2e0hts
• Ham
• Radio
• Satellite
• SO-50
• VHF
• 2M
• SSB
• DX
• Home
• Brew
• Yaesu
• FT-857
• FT-470
• Yorkshire
• Moors
• Amateur
• G4DEZ
• M0SGB
• G0VHF
• M2F

[combatwombat71]

Good stuff Simon. I made my own 8ele (70cm) 4ele (2m) crossed yagi, and that works really well. Keep the excellent videos coming! 73 - Rob VK2GOM / G0MOH

[2e0hts]

Tnx Rob,

I love home brewing ants! I also made a 8/4 Ele Crossed yagi using welding wire, it works great. I was out today using the video set up working the Sat's and having fun.

73 have fun working the "birds"

[ENIGMA7UK]

Hey Simon, was just looking around youtube and decided to type in the callsign of the contest group I go out with from time to time and up they pop on one of your videos. I should be down in JO01PU @ G0VHF/P again tomorrow for the March 144/432 contest. Give us a shout if you hear us. They guy you were speaking to the day this video was shot was John G4ZTR. When was the video taken out of interest?

Mark M0MJH

[2e0hts]

Hi Mark, the video was made back in September 08 and I hope to hear you over the weekend during the 144/432 VHFCC. I will be in my shack (at 1000ft asl) this time keeping warm ;-)

Good luck in the contest.

73

[2e0ijk]

Nice video once again Simon, home made antennas give you more satisfaction when you work something on them knowing that you made the antenna yourself. I make my own dipoles for now ive made a quad for 2 metres before which worked really well.

73's my mate!

Dave (Im Just Kidding)

[2e0hts]

Tnx Dave,

Yeah its a top buzz when they out perform Commercial stuff.

I am always on with some kind of project, keeps the imagination alive h.i

Dipoles are good, I have a Full wave Delta Loop for 20M. Simple but Remarkable performance. Have you tried one yet?

[m0sgb]

Just having a look around youtube, and listening to you, when out popped my call-sign, even getting down into essex on the 4 element was good, thanks for the short qso, hope to catch you soon when im out and about,

de 73, Steve m0sgb

[ImogenThomson4619]

alright video, how i began to make money was to enroll in a website named 'Heavy Dollars' - its straightforward, you fill in short questionnaires and earn dollars! simple lol

[2e0ijk]

Tried a 20 metre dipole before home made I love wires simon they work great and cost nothing.

73's for now catch you again soon!