Tomdavis6547 I agree. I find his humor and passion contagious. He always makes me smile even when working on the most mundane projects. I think it is because he always looks like he is enjoying himself.
@DXCommanderHQСағат бұрын
He is Me :)
@HamRadioGizmosСағат бұрын
@@DXCommanderHQ hehe
@toddhowell22995 сағат бұрын
Love it. That starduster is very clever. I once heard that when trimming a dipole not to aim for perfect center because you'll end up with slightly worse SWR but wider bandwidth.
@DXCommanderHQСағат бұрын
Ah. I didn't know that!
@Shep58476 сағат бұрын
The Banana Peeler!
@superdutyohv34014 сағат бұрын
Just got my signature 12.4 in today from DX engineering! Excited to get it up and running 📡
@DXCommanderHQСағат бұрын
FAB!
@bitemykrank19705 сағат бұрын
Drooling over the space you have available for antenna's. Makes my paltry backyard efforts look like a joke...I thought three poles was enough, obviously, I was wrong.
@DXCommanderHQСағат бұрын
I spent 15 years with a small back of the house.. Instead, I put on huge field events..
@tomdavis65477 сағат бұрын
Gotta love the wild Callum videos... Still think David Attenborough needs to be doing the voice overs though....
@DXCommanderHQСағат бұрын
Now THAT would be fun!
@Joe-KN4IFI9 сағат бұрын
Name: BananaDuster or BananaBuster hehe. Looking good Callum 73 Joe
@DXCommanderHQ8 сағат бұрын
Bananabuster! LOL
@m7trsradio12 сағат бұрын
Great video Callum. Its all coming along nicely. 👍🏽
@DXCommanderHQ11 сағат бұрын
Thanks 👍
@robertmeyer47447 сағат бұрын
Great work ! The bands in NY,USA has been great ! I even got a NY to England on CB . Just a piece of Coax up to meter pole. T2LT antenna I made for a friend. Was tuning and testing it. Great band with and low 1.1 SWR on EU CB band and like 1.4 SWR on CH 40 of the UK CB band, Just cut a piece of RG 8X and made a antenna out of it. Friend has it now. Loves the tune I got . Cheers from NY !
@DXCommanderHQСағат бұрын
Brilliant!
@BoB4jjjjs9 сағат бұрын
Geeze!
@peterlowrie12168 сағат бұрын
The DX Pulsar.
@mikesradiorepair11 сағат бұрын
Introducing the new "Tri-Band Bananna".
@DXCommanderHQ11 сағат бұрын
HAHA
@mikesradiorepair10 сағат бұрын
@@DXCommanderHQ Just need to make the top pole sections bananna yellow.
@steelheadplayer8 сағат бұрын
Coming soon , the high performance ADSB antenna from DX Commander 😄
@W4TRI_Ronny10 сағат бұрын
It's a gain antenna. One more Banana!
@Shep58479 сағат бұрын
I’ve been waiting for this!! Maybe offer a retrofit kit for those with 12.4 Signatures already! I’d buy one today!
@DXCommanderHQ8 сағат бұрын
I will spec one out.. Need to stock some nylon bolts. Wendy's gonna have a melt-down!
@Shep58476 сағат бұрын
Tell her that we are paying for it! Lol. Seriously I would put down a deposit if it would help. I really want a 10m above the ground for my new property in the country.
@Scotscan12 сағат бұрын
That antenna was superb. I remember watching the live stream when you used it in a contest.
@Scotscan12 сағат бұрын
Oh and yes, A380, Emirates ;)
@DXCommanderHQ11 сағат бұрын
Yes, it was quite a brew!
@thomasperina299011 сағат бұрын
Hello Lord Callum: I just love the way you explain your designs. Are you shure you weren't previously an auto mechanic. The way you work those spaner wrenches is amusing. On a serious note I love the way your designs go from the computer into your antenna testing field. For me sir the farmers animals in his field is so relaxing. Outside of the plane traffic it's quite peaceful so you can concentrate on your work. God Bless Callum, & my best wishes to Wendy and the dogs. TMP, Unit 22 from N.J.
@DXCommanderHQ11 сағат бұрын
Awe! Always a lovely comment. Thanks for the love.
@suppermuddyjeep9 сағат бұрын
Looked like a C-5 Galaxy. I saw a C-17 in one of your other videos, you must be near one of the Air Force bases.
@zsrozar10 минут бұрын
Nope, C-5 has a t-tail, like the C-17
@paulsengupta9719 сағат бұрын
This is getting close to an idea I had, which was a multi-band T2LT flowerpot antenna. I've mentioned it to Tim before. Basically I was looking at creating a T2LT, but then making it into a fan dipole. I was going to try an upper and lower leg dipole connected in the middle, but I had thought the same as you, just use the same bottom leg and take the impedance hit in having it a bit off-centre fed. Another idea I thought of was the same as yours, but having three different tuned radials for the three bands. I had this thought as the V2000 has a 6m tuned radial on top of 2m and 70cm, and there's that discone that has multiple elements tuned for different bands. Now you have a hinge, maybe you could experiment with the three different sized radials to see how it compares in terms of VSWR.
@DXCommanderHQ8 сағат бұрын
That would work too. Just looks awful HAHA!
@DonDegidio11 сағат бұрын
Hi Cal, That was an Airbus 380. Can't mistake the shape of that fuselage. Now that you will have a 20m yagi up soon, I'm off the air since I had to sell my FTdx10. 😞 I do have a Flex 1500 around here, but that is only 5W output. Will have to make due until my finances get back to normal. I'm praying I won't have to sell my home. You and the family stay safe. 73 WJ3U
@DXCommanderHQ11 сағат бұрын
Bet you on 5W and my Yagi Don, we could make it work!!!
@chrisg7veo49510 сағат бұрын
the new flexible antenna "Bananna Commander"
@chuckrann62828 сағат бұрын
Top Banana
@M0IDW9 сағат бұрын
Seeing as you already have Nebula I think more space themed names are needed, Galaxy or Galaxia, Cosmos, Astrum, Cosmic, Quasar, Supernova
@DXCommanderHQ8 сағат бұрын
I like it! Actually John, the site manager thought of the "Galactic".. But I'm not so sure LOL!!
@M0IDW8 сағат бұрын
@@DXCommanderHQ maybe you should ask Emily for a name again LoL
@timg5tm9419 сағат бұрын
If it’s a kit it has to be called Eartha
@paulsengupta9719 сағат бұрын
Surely save that one for a grounding kit.
@DXCommanderHQ8 сағат бұрын
COme on Tim.. You can do better than that LOL!!
@jonathanhall681510 сағат бұрын
The feather duster.
@sveinfarstad389712 сағат бұрын
You like me, breaking things, stop that pal 🤣🤘
@DXCommanderHQ11 сағат бұрын
HAHA
@jackK5FIT11 сағат бұрын
That mostly full antenna field is amazing. The projects are coming along nicely. I know the planes annoy you but they don't come through on the video as very loud.
@DXCommanderHQ11 сағат бұрын
Yes, luckily I have discovered a special effect in Davinci Resolve which is essentially AI and I can remove 100% background noise. I don't - I leave it just so.. But that's an easy fix most recently!
@paulsengupta9719 сағат бұрын
@@DXCommanderHQ We like the aeroplanes!
@TheREALJosephTurner8 сағат бұрын
Callum always comes across as such a nice and cheerful guy, that it's nice to see him complain about the airplanes. It shows he's as close to human as ham radio operators can get!
@FromthehamshackwithNJ4Z12 сағат бұрын
The name is the DX dominator
@DXCommanderHQ11 сағат бұрын
Oh John! I Love it!!
@paulsengupta9719 сағат бұрын
That sounds like a CB antenna.
@BartVanAllen11 сағат бұрын
Interesting - Perhaps a Signature 9 built on top of some spacer poles, or using the top portion of a Signature 18 but including tuned multi-band grounds perhaps using something like rotator cabling? Could be draped on supporting guy cables - that would give multi band high performance in a small garden (back yard here over that puddle) feasibility? I use old rotator cable for tuned "radials" on my ancient Hy-Gain 18AVT/WB-S 5btv (sixties vintage) which would work much better raised at least a couple yards (meters) or so - but I would think a Sig-9 up about 3 meters using a 12.4's the main pole would be even better - (no loss from traps) and still give 6-40 meters coverage.
@DXCommanderHQ11 сағат бұрын
I know.. SO MANY options!
@ErikTheVikingMechanic12 сағат бұрын
The antenna name is Hamkenstein 73 M7LDK
@BartVanAllen11 сағат бұрын
"Stretch" for short? (sorry for the pun involved)
@DXCommanderHQ11 сағат бұрын
HAHA!!!
@garyh831511 сағат бұрын
You'll be able to compete against the CQWW big guns with the antenna field
@DXCommanderHQ11 сағат бұрын
Not sure about that. We'll still be weak on 160m and possibly 80m..!
@paulsengupta9719 сағат бұрын
@@DXCommanderHQ What happened to the long wire?
@2e0txe11 сағат бұрын
When do the fields go on sale in the shop so we can all have as much fun experimenting :)
@DXCommanderHQ11 сағат бұрын
Hey.. When the complete multi-2 station is operating, I will have special "radio open days" if you want to come and operate..
@tommiehinman134912 сағат бұрын
Thanks for sharing another fail. Now we can feel normal LoL 🎉😂😊
@DXCommanderHQ11 сағат бұрын
😁
@haraldlonn89811 сағат бұрын
Bantenna!
@Embarking-on-a-new-adventure12 сағат бұрын
THis will became the same antennapark as KE5EE in the future 🙂
@steve87uk11 сағат бұрын
I have to ask, how many pairs of glasses do you have? 😁
@DXCommanderHQ11 сағат бұрын
Haha.. You spotted the continuity error! LOL!
@TelfordO11 сағат бұрын
Lol. I thought the same 😂
@madalinbetea987112 сағат бұрын
Can use a CRT yoke deflection core for end fed unun . If possible make a video about this
@DXCommanderHQ12 сағат бұрын
Not my field sorry..
@madalinbetea987110 сағат бұрын
@@DXCommanderHQ Ok no problem.
@K7TDM_Tyler11 сағат бұрын
You need a can of WD-40! Do you have that over there? It’s handy for stuff like that. (If not, I should send you some!)
@DXCommanderHQ11 сағат бұрын
Yes Tyler - but that means I would have to walk back to the shop.. And I happened to have the Vaseline there LOL!
@michaelstora7010 сағат бұрын
As far as a name . . . is Starduster trademarked? Might want to call it the Horizon because the 5deg is so strong. Horizon 12, Horizon 18.
@DXCommanderHQ8 сағат бұрын
Weird.. I thought of that but then went off the idea since that name was an old favorite science program I used to enjoy on BBC.
@munk082111 сағат бұрын
How about calling it the DC Commander Cloud.?
@DXCommanderHQ11 сағат бұрын
DX Dominator! (courtesy of John NJ4Z)
@26CW128Jake6 сағат бұрын
The 'Boomer Wang'
@DXCommanderHQСағат бұрын
HAHA Brilliant :)
@sveinfarstad389712 сағат бұрын
It is a A380
@DXCommanderHQ10 сағат бұрын
Yes.. And the audio: The noise difference is quite different..!