Thank you for the product review of the product you have never seen or touched, know nothing about, how it will work, or how much it costs. Thank you for reading the sentences in the product announcement and your personal interpretations of the what they might have meant.

Try a washer under the bolt head, no spinning.

Gotta get one!! Looks very nice

awesome! Need to get me one!

Chuck, how do you make that little yellow 10M slider thingy to add or take away continuity?

That’s pretty slick how you made that link. Are there still openings in the HRD School of Design?

always thinking outside the box. sweet.

A standard canvas grommet might be a good option to connect to the fairaday cloth. 73

Thanks for making a shortened version of this build. I stared watching the live stream but my attention span - oh look, a squirrel!

Very clever. I love the mobility 👍

This is very creative. Good job Dude. HEY KZbin - stop pushing guns and knives ads that I see when watching this channel. Oh, and that salt additive that keeps you pounding her all day long. WTF?

Video Part 7: SWR as antenna dries after a drenching of rain.

There's a box? :) Dude, another GREAT video and your summary was exactly what I was thinking. I built my Dude Spike back after your 1st video about it but very differently. The videos like this stimulate the brain. Don't build it like you see it, but use the ideas in the vid to create one's own FrankenTenna (or whatever). Thanks my friend and keep 'em coming!

A couple of years ago I purchased 3 UV5R Baofeng radios. while I was in China. Total cost including shipping to my door was $45.00. All 3 radios tested good and are still working today. Upon my return to China a couple of weeks ago I bought a Baofeng UV-K61 which came with a desk charger which works well and a USB charging cable. It's a lot more radio than the UV5R. It covers 3 ham bands....2 meter, 1.25 meter (220 MHz) and 70 CM. It also receives on the aircraft band which is AM along with the NOAA weather channels. Cost of the new radio was about $17.00 delivered. I did have one problem....no transmit audio....which was fixed by futzing around with different menu items. I've been a ham for 6 decades....and am continually amazed at the technology in these radios for the price. Twenty years ago it would have been impossible. Are the Japanese radios better? Probably....but are they 10X better which is the difference in price? Not in my opinion. 73

great ideas man, thank you for sharing them with us. that idea for the slidy jumper thing is so simple but blew my mind.

I have the same spike setup but I used shorter bolts and put the extra on the other side. Two benefits are easier to attach the coax and I used some wingnuts on the excess threads for counterpoise wires when needed.

Dude, I just want you to know that I enjoy every video of yours I have watched. I love your amateur radio ideas, but mostly I love your humble nature and your “balls” to try new and different things. I look up to you and there’s not too many channel owners I can say that to. Keep up the good work and have fun. You’re appreciated….

good info

Nice chocolate lab. I have one too. I love labs.

Any updates on little dude 6 ?

Hello Maybe a stupid idea or question from a newbie, but would it make not sense, if something would not be 100% water safe, could it be made kind of water proof by putting the hole inner parts and outside connector ports in dielectric silicone grease, to make it relatively water proof in a kind of DIY way, becourse dielectric silicone grease have been used for this reason in other ways. 🤔 So if it would than fall in water it could maybe still work and wouldn't be to much damaged? Also a maybe dumb question, could the screw for the side cover not be replaced by a thumb screw, that would make it much easyer without any tool to open, beside your fingers if the person would still have them. Sorry for my bad English, it's not my first language.

You should sell framed copies of a hand drawn certificate of completion of study from the HRD School of Art. At least draw it and make a PDF available.

No live demo survives first contact with the audience 😂 I've been there. Good stream.

Just getting into the addiction. Really interested in the full wave delta loop as well as the multi balun snap on concept. This has a lot of possibilities of flexablity, looking forward to seeing how you develop this concept. This might pair well with the crappie pole vertical if you are someplace that is sans trees.

Nice job. Hope you can consolidate this into a 5-10 minute video.

Very interesting 👍

Hi, Great design! Any tips on getting the threaded parts to go together? I have printed w/ PLA and PAHT-CF and can't get the top to thread onto the part attached to the PVC The threads don't want to engage for some reason. 73 de W1GKS

If i make my own version, can still call it a ChuckTenna?

That tape might make a good 20m loop on top of my RV ... it's got a plastic roof

Any luck of Dx since it’s 20w compared to 100 w

Yes sir I enjoy all your videos you got great ideas

Sorry I'm late. been Deer hunting

Your audio sounds great.

You seemed genuinely heartbroken that your video feed was off. Dude! Stop! YOu are awesome, and you are doing us all a favor by taking your time to help us realize our potential. YOU ARE AWESOME! Be good to yourself, and tell the sad hams to feel free to not join us in the future, only good vibes here.

I Like your ideas and thinking and you have a brilliant way taking care of other things and then molding it into ham radio, For the love of dogs and ham radio Thanks Keith N9QDS

What if you make one resistant on 20m (full wave) then use a tuner for all the upper bands? Just thinking

Dang it, missed it

Sorry I am late, and good morning! -NH2OF

Note: There is a section where i forgot to turn the camera back on.. Just skip ahead, i go over what I spoke about while the camera was off.

FCC doesn't even care.. when was the last time someone got in trouble for using a radio that's not fcc certified NEVER... He must be a SAD HAM user!! you're showing us stuff that no one cares about.. show us something when someone actually got jailed or went to prison or got fined for this.. its no where to be found!!

After many hours of frustration, this video and your advice solved my problem. Thank you!!

A guy tried selling me a coffin yesterday That’s the last thing I’ll need

SWR?

I use an EFHW with a 64:1 at 66ft started at 68ft feed point around 5 foot above ground and the other end going up to a 40 foot mast I tuned into it to be resonant at the bottom of 40m very pleased with it around or below 1.174 on 40m 1.5:1 on 20 15 10 and below 2.0:1 17 12 oddly enough I noticed it was around 3:1 on 160M though I don't think my coax will be long enough to avoid getting a blast of common mode into the shack the 991a tuned it but couple of my LED room lights started turn on an off :)