KI5IRE Ham Radio

Do mini Christmas light strands make a good HF antenna? Will they light up when you transmit? In this video, I built a 20m Christmas light dipole antenna and then strung it up in my backyard and tested it on my Yaesu FT-891. I was a bit shocked by the performance! Music: https://artlist.io/ #hamradio #hf #3916nets #cqsanta #santanet #hfradio #holiday #christmas #dx #mfj #mfjbigstick #amateurradio #ft8 #yaesu #yaesuft891 #mfj929 #btech #hamshack #shacktour #youtubehams #pota

I recently had a conversation with someone saying that he wasn't ready to make his first "CQ POTA activation"...although he was already activating by hunting park to park contacts FROM A PARK that is in the POTA database! In this video, I share my thoughts on if I think it is really possible to ever be "POTA Ready", or not, or are you possibly overthinking your first POTA activation? If you are a veteran Parks On The Air activator or Parks On The Air Hunter, feel free to drop some advice for the hams looking to make their first POTA activation go smoother, in the comments section below! Videos I Referenced: Things I Learned From My First POTA Activation Video: https://youtu.be/21Gx84E3FE0?si=NQrzs_qEf1OgEekG Portable HF Test Video: https://youtu.be/6lBPL-d0-EM?si=C-42zwJ9wI-1PGVr Music: https://artlist.io/ #hamradio #hf #hfradio #dx #mfj #mfjbigstick #amateurradio #ft8 #yaesu #yaesuft891 #mfj929 #btech #hamshack #hamshacktour #shacktour #youtubehams #pota #parksontheair #portablehamradio

Since I got into HF a few months ago, I've experimented with multiple apartment friendly HF ham radio antenna and shack setups. In this video, I share how I setup a 10m dipole, an MFJ BigStick and a shack with limited space, to produce the results I was looking for. Let me know what you think about my HF ham radio setup at my apartment below! Feel free to share your setup as well! Music: https://artlist.io/ #hamradio #hf #hfradio #dx #mfj #mfjbigstick #amateurradio #ft8 #apartmenthamradio #yaesu #yaesuft891 #mfj929 #btech #hamshack #hamshacktour #shacktour #youtubehams