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>[My Ham Radio Journey] wanted to see if a “common person” (in his words) could build an effective vertical ham radio antenna. If you look at the video below, the answer is apparently yes. He started with a 24-foot fishing rod and a roll of 22 gauge wire. The height of the antenna wire is just over 20 feet long and he has several ground radials, as you might expect for a vertical antenna. You also need a toroid to make an unun for the feed point. The details of how he mounted everything will be useful if you want to experiment with making your own version.

Archive: https://archive.today/vDvNj From the post: >>[My Ham Radio Journey] wanted to see if a “common person” (in his words) could build an effective vertical ham radio antenna. If you look at the video below, the answer is apparently yes. He started with a 24-foot fishing rod and a roll of 22 gauge wire. The height of the antenna wire is just over 20 feet long and he has several ground radials, as you might expect for a vertical antenna. You also need a toroid to make an unun for the feed point. The details of how he mounted everything will be useful if you want to experiment with making your own version.
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[–] • 1 pt

You'll need to show me what you mean and how it's done some day. I'm dumb about electrical stuff

[–] • 0 pt

Something like this:

https://www.proxicast.com/shopping/antenna-accessories/lightning-arresters/#

They're basically gas filled devices, you get anything more than your normal signal levels (aka lightning) the gas inside ionizes and conducts like a neon sign.

[–] • 1 pt

Huh, first time I've ever seen that. Most of the designs I've seen in ghetto ham sites shows a wire that has like a splice to a spike driven a few feet into the ground.

Not that it matters regardless. My little tecsun is broken and I can't afford a new radio, nor is there much to listen to in the US anymore, especially where I'm at

[–] • 2 pts

Some types of antennas do need an "earth" ground to work, but this device goes between the antenna and your receiver. It only comes into play when the potential between the incoming line (your radio) and ground (the case) exceeds a certain value. Otherwise, it's just a connector.