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Uploaded by on Jul 18, 2009

Another successful morning flying a kite antenna on 160metres. I'm operating a backpack portable radio running 25w SSB on 1.8MHz in the amateur radio band. The kite is a single French Military version.

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  • nice job there !

    what kind of wire are you using?

    i presume the classic multi-wired coper it can be easily broken good luck in future with all your projects !

  • @YO2LDK

    The wire is stainless steel - 1.2mm overall - 7x7strand.

    Thank you for dropping by.

    73

    Steph vk5zvs

  • So there is auto static bleed via the coil in the EFHWA matching unit? Sean M0GIA

  • Correct. Simple to do.....

    Thanks for your comment.

    73

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  • 0:16 sec hey hey for the Blue Mountains Amateur Radio Club

  • The tuning coil is fine for a slow bleed, but use a 270k resistor anyway for a non-reactive bleed for sudden buildups (spikes) on those L-O-N-G 160 band wires.

    Don't Benjamin your front-end. - ww2w

  • Great job !

    I feel French Military kite like yours is the best antenna lifter.

    You need to work on tuner for high power.

    There is not much to work on 160M with 10W.

    I use Spiderbeam pole to lift tuner 15m high.

  • отличное видео!

    73! ub9wai

  • àh, ok. yes, this is the box I was referring to (ant sockets and no label). I had a look on your website for the tuner details.

    thank you

  • The othe box is a broadcast rejection filter - to prevent strong overload of the front end by local broadcast stations.

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