Ham Radio - The back yard vertical part 4. Installing and testing the antenna

NOTE: This is not a permanent installation. And although it's working for me, I'm certain that some of my methods here are not the best or safest for antenna installations. Don't consider this as a guide for the "right" way to do things. Antennas attract lightning, so be careful.
It's finally up and working. And working very well! I've made many contacts on it and had the best signal reports I've ever received, especially on 75-80 meters.
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[@erpece]

This video was posted a while ago, but in case you are still wondering... Placing the 1:1 choke at the base will prevent the coax running to your house from acting as a counterpoise. The best placement of a 1:1 common mode choke with this type of antenna (EF 'random' wire) is at your radio.

[@marciuschester3683]

Good morning Kevin, Just finished taking off the torrid ferrite core that was attached to the fed-line of the 9:1 unun transformer that I use to use for rfi/tvi/cmn suppression for the antenna I built on a 23' fiberglass kite pole with 33'-18g wire coiled around it using you're design up 34' from the tip to the ground. The torrid ferrite core like you said killed the antenna. Now its working great and has more gain than my 66'-18g wire attached to a 49:1 efhw transformer in a sloper configuration up 40'. The 4 counterpoise wires that was attached to the ground terminal have been moved also and didn't degrade its performance. It loaded up great on 11 meters and gives me the opportunity to listen to 80-10 meters. Currently studying for my amateur radio operator license and looking forward to getting on the air after I pass. You're video's have really helped me a great deal in my process. Hope to see more video's about vertical antennas from you in the near future.

[@loughkb]

Thanks Marcius, I'm glad to hear that I've helped. You'll have lot's of fun when you get your ticket and get on the bands.

[@Radio-Hobbyist]

put the 1:1 in your shack. These 9:1 verticals use the common mode of the coax as counterpoise. I had the same experience. My 1:1 is right in my shack (helps keep some RF out)

[@watthairston1483]

Fine business, great installation and video. If I were a betting man, I would agree with the commenters who believe the choke is choking off your best counterpoise without radials, the transmission line outer. If your neighbor is going to install a wooden fence, you might consider asking him if you could attach an elevated radial to it and then re-apply youir choke to the transmission line. Radial placement has minimal or minor impact on azimuthal directionality in far field, more to do with driving point Z. I have used cheap plastic electric fence insulators and wire from Tractor Supply with good results.... In any case, its what ever works for your situation. I saw your FB video on the wind whpping through it WOW! Good job! 73, de K4WRF

[@bradenglettkd8zm69]

Kevin, good job. When I installed mine, I found I got far better results when I electrically connected the nearby fence to the radial system.

[@loughkb]

That's the neighbors fence. He's tearing it out to replace it with a wooden one.

[@jerryp9296]

@@loughkbMaybe he will let you staple a wire close to the ground along the fence???

[@jimjeffries2735]

Fine business, Kevin! Can't wait to talk to you on the air with its twin in Southern Indiana.

[@loughkb]

Yeah Jim, when will you have yours up? I'm looking forward to that QSO.

[@jimjeffries2735]

Kevin Loughin I hope to have it on the air this weekend... depending on the weather and mowing. This weekend is the Indiana QSO Party, too.

[@loughkb]

Yes it is. I'll be doing my live stream from 14:00 to 15:00. Just before it starts.

[@budshepherd9893]

Thanks Kevin....Was really nice watching your video and your input about the radials..73 w2bud

[@philipchandler330]

Good job well thought out, inspiring me to get a vertical up here

[@samglaim4274]

Great video and really interesting to see you put the vertical up and get it running. It sounds like it's a real success. Hoping to tag along for the HF hangout and hopefully the bands will be kind and be 'open' :-) 73

[@k2wo1]

Nice work and great video Kevin! I look forward to your future real world reviews of its performance. 73 George K2WO.

[@throwaway-ds6yg]

Do you think you'd have similar performance if the coax feed was longer, say 50-75 feet? I'd like to build one further out in my back yard.

[@nopenadanowaynohow]

Enjoyed our PSK QSO ! It's working well for you

[@loughkb]

I wondered if you were going to pop up in the comments. Welcome aboard. :-)

[@JosephMassimino]

Any frequency that your antenna tuner needs to make the antenna resonant , the matching your tuner does, does not allow all of your power to hit the antenna, the tuner heats up, and that is the power loss being eaten by your tuner.

[@Radio-Hobbyist]

You're eventually going to use glue on that pole. I always do. They're pretty much disposable after a few years. Well done! I love the verticals. And my magloop... totally different experiences.

[@hotrodron71]

I am a new Ham and been looking for a basic set up such as yours. I hope you are doing well, as I see no, recent posts. Take care KJ7TWB Oregon.

[@loughkb]

The latest video was just four days ago. This one is quite old, I was still in the house back then.

[@Mike500912]

Hi Kevin, Looks great. One thing to keep an eye on is the plastic bracket. Unless it's made from a UV stabilised plastic ('s' not 'z' for us down under), it will become brittle and break eventually. In my experience, 12-14 months outdoors though will depend on the wind loading. Now I know what to do with my squid pole :o)

[@loughkb]

Well, if I am still here next year, I can just print a new one. It cost next to nothing in material. :-)

[@davidbyrd5065]

Great video. I have been thinking about a vertical for my next antenna project. This seals the deal. David Byrd KN4BHS

[@gilbreathca]

I've got all the components to put one of these vertical 9:1 unun verticals together real quick. We could quite possibly attempt a 3-fer on the antenna-to-antenna on Saturday. Craig, W5ZYM

[@loughkb]

Do it, that would be fun.

[@rlmillr]

Looks great, glad it works for you. Interesting about the common mode but the comment about the coax being the counterpoise could explain it. I would have done 1 thing differently, I would move it 3" to the left :)

[@loughkb]

To the edge of the shed?

[@rlmillr]

I forgot to say hihi :)

[@gsansoucie]

I’ve been trying to find a way to do the same thing here, a semi-permanent non-resonant vertical just like this. I have a dog though. Where I want to mount the vertical is the same post our dog’s wire rope is connected. I can do a temporary antenna setup like this to at least test it out. I’ve been waiting for the weather to change so I can work from our porch for this. The weather has changed...

[@swerner55]

Have you tried doing a SWR sweep with and without the 1:1 choke? I am wondering if the antenna has a different resonance with coax in the conduit looking like a capacitor to ground. The 1:1 choke would have the effect of putting a resistor in series with this capacitance.

[@usernamemykel]

If the radio has an internal antenna, an independent tuner wouldn't be necessary, correct? If the radio operator has a radio sans internal antenna, and no independent tuner available, is the operator completely screwed? Thank you!

[@nickaxon]

Another great video looking forward to the on air live stream Saturday 👍👍

[@martin2e0ery88]

I have had the same problem with the choke in place. Not able to tune at all with the internal atu. I run just run the antenna no ground or radials just have a ground on the radio.

[@acestudioscouk-Ace-G0ACE]

I'm thinking about building vertical, so this was useful, thanks. I wonder if you ever got to the bottom of the 1:1 not working issue! I'm guessing you moved out of the house and moved on...literally! 73s

[@pincus321]

Have a look at Vk2PRC half wave end fed vertical antenna for DX I am building this unit note the difference between your 9:1 and his auto transformer. I have used a nano vna to check this.

[@ouijim]

Curious if you resolved the rf choke problem? I've read type 2 core does not work as a choke? Type 31 is said to be best rf choke core? I have a Type 31 1:1 rf choke in series with Type 43 49:1 transformer with 65 ft EFHW that works "exceptionally" well. I am planning 9:1 UnUn on T200-2 Core with 53ft "random" wire as it will provide 6 meters. Type 2 seems to work better with 9:1 UnUn ; ) Thank You. . .

[@loughkb]

I didn't have a counterpoise hooked up at the time. The choke was isolating the coax shield, which had been doing that job. Once I added counterpoise wires the choke worked.

[@ouijim]

@@loughkb Good to know. My previous 9:1 UnUn 53ft Antenna had a 30ft counterpoise and worked pretty good but not as good as 49:1 65ft EFHW Antenna so I took the random wire down not realizing at the time that I had lost 6 meters : ( I have since install a 6 meter halfwave Dipole Antenna. I will build another 9:1 Random Wire Antenna also. . . Thank You. . .

[@astrorad2000]

I am thinking of putting up a non resonant vertical similar to yours, but I am thinking about using aluminum tubing all the way up. I have enough to make it 33 feet long, starting with a ten foot aluminum flag pole and getting progressively smaller diameter with each additional section. What do you think? Bill, WB9NYI

[@BsrlinMAZ]

I'm on 10-meters...could I use PVC pipe as a 'mast' to make a similar antenna? Figured to use 2-inch PVC as lowest section, and then two more 10-foot sections above that, each progressively smaller, and three tie-ropes running out from second section, for help with wind.

[@loughkb]

PVC should work ok. If you're only going for 10 meters, it doesn't have to be that tall anyway. A resonant vertical would be just over 16 feet tall with 4 16 foot radials and no 9:1 unun required.

[@BsrlinMAZ]

Thank you.

[@TheRangerDale]

Great Kevin on the vertical, Please by all means on the 1 to 1 choke lets know what you have found, dealing with the same problem ,found also a lost in line on signal. Yes also looking at the link fence Hummmmmm might be something to try feed ground point to !!! lol lol just to see what you hear or not ..73's Kevin

[@loughkb]

I'm pretty sure the choke was killing the antenna due to lack of counterpoise wires at that time. Without the counterpoise wires, the unun relies on the shield of the coax to provide a counterpoise, so the choke was nulling that effect. With the coax buried underground, I'm not seeing any appreciable RF coming back on the shield, so I left the choke out. That fence is my neighbors and it's going away. He's in the process of tearing it out and putting up a wooden fence. So it's not an option any more.

[@johnkershaw9575]

Great video. Can't wait to try this myself. Can you post a parts list? Love to 35mm film canister. A metal one at that. Haven't seen one in many years. JJK

[@lawrycain9739]

Did you use the whole mast? Asking why because The top section is so week. This will be a great project for me. I want to get out portable, this would be fun. I could use this for my 3rd floor balcony, if I could go without the counterpoise. I have a guard rail I could attach to. Would that be enough?

[@loughkb]

I did use the whole mast. At the top section, I taped the wire to the mast every six inches down into the next section. That kept the end straight. You could run without the counterpoise if you have at least 20 feet of coax in a semi straight run from the unun back to the radio. The shield of the coax will act as the counterpoise, but will also radiate quite a bit.

[@DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

RG59U Coax, can you not hire a trencher to allow you to cut the trenches for the radials and when finished return it to the owner, I had a Murphy Richards 27024 multi-mode into which I installed an UNUN and it worked right up to 174-240mhz but not the UHF 2304-5000mhz.

[@jonathanbresler6721]

Kevin, very nice! By chance any video/photos of the installation of the 9:1 unun in the 4"? PVC at the base of the mast? Do you think that its the elevation that allows the vertical to outperforming the attic dipole?

[@artdodd815]

Kevin, how were your 80 meter contacts. Any problem loading with the tuner? DE Art K2ADC

[@loughkb]

None. It tuned fine and I've made quite a few contacts. Better performance than my other end fed by far.

[@mu0chn]

I have seen on websites people saying not to use a choke with a 9:1 unun. What are your thought's on putting one at the other end of the coax just before it comes into the house. Looking forward to seeing your videos when you are on the road.

[@loughkb]

The problem is the choke will prevent the coax shield from providing a counterpoise for the antenna. So it's not a problem as long as you run counterpoise wires or wire at the 9:1. If you provide a counterpoise, the choke should be ok. (that slipped my mind when I was first testing the antenna.

[@turkeyslayer63]

I'm so close to WWV I don't need to hook up a wire to hear the time clock on 10mhz

[@InventPeace1]

Good video ! Are the power lines in the background going to cause interference?

[@loughkb]

Not much. Most noise comes from houses and all the modern electronics and devices everyone uses.

[@dennispeake1877]

G'day Kevin, I'm wondering what formula you used for the 32 feet of wire and the coaxial length. Is your line of thinking could it be a 1/4 wave or 1/2 wave?

[@loughkb]

No math. The mast is 33 feet, with the pcv housing and mounting to the ground rod, 32 feet of wire fit. The coax length was dictated by the physical location of the antenna. It's not resonant, that's why I say a tuner is needed.

[@n8nkqrp595]

Fun video Kevin. Antenna ones are always interesting! Love 'em. I've never used a 9:1 unun with an antenna like yours. One thing confuses me: on 40, you have close to a 1/4 wave radiator. the feed point impedance should have a resistive component of 50 ohms (give or take). With a 9:1 transformer, won't your feedline SWR be close to 10:1? The losses with QRP would be too much, even on 40. I belive most of your common mode currents on the sheild of the coax will be shunted to ground via the capacitive coupling between the buried coax and earth - even when installed in PVC pipe. Take care!

[@loughkb]

With a resonant dipole, when at it's resonant frequency, the impedance at the end of the wire will be closer to 1K ohm. 50, at the center. It's usually high at the end, even when not at a resonant freq. So the 9:1 brings it down into a range that's easier for the antenna tuner to match to 50.

[@n8nkqrp595]

I still say that on 40, your radiator is ~1/4 wave, and is being fed at what is effectively the 'center of the dipole', given that your counterpoise is the 'missing half of the dipole'. I'd love to see an antenna analyzer placed at or near the feedpoint and see what we see both with and w/o the autotransformer or unun. Regardless, nice antenna!

[@gilbreathca]

Kevin, do you remember what size rubber coupler you used? Looks like a 2"x2".

[@loughkb]

It was a 2" and it was actually a bit big. I cut about a third to half an inch strip out of it to make it fit better.

[@gilbreathca]

I may get a 2" and a 1.5" coupler to see which will work best.

[@Sujitth]

Why don't just put the mast outside of the house, instead of at shed? any reason?

[@loughkb]

The further from all the noise sources in the house the quieter.

[@JosephMassimino]

if you don't common that ground wire with the ground rod used by your homes power company to install your power feed, you may get a big surprise if there is ever lightening that strikes your antenna. It will travel through your home looking for the other ground, and destroy everything in its path. Common all grounds with your power company ground.

[@DonDegidio]

Hi Kevin, Did you put tape at all the joints on the fiberglass pole? I have two 12m spiderpoles and put them up temporarily and one collapsed on it's own taking the wire with it into the joints. Took some time getting that pole apart. I have since added the hose clamp kit from Spiderbeam to both poles. Glad you are getting better signals with the new antenna. 73 WB3BJU

[@loughkb]

I did say "all the way up the mast" I think. But yes, every joint, two layers for the skinny ones and three layers towards the bottom where there's more weight supported.

[@DonDegidio]

Kevin, Here's a link to the Spiderbeam clamp kit to show you how they are put together. www.spiderbeam.com/product_info.php?info=p57_Clamp%20set%20for%2012m%20fiberglass%20mast.html I can also email the detailed instructions, if needed. 73 WB3BJU

[@loughkb]

Pretty pricey for simple hose clamps with a rubber(ish) sleeve. I've removed tape from other masts after being in the elements for years. It held up so well it was difficult to remove. The tape will do the job just fine and hold up for a few years at least. (And it's a LOT cheaper! ) ;-) If you were going to use the mast off and on, like for camping trips, field day, etc. then the clamp kit would be the way to go.

[@darylcraig6914]

I'm a new guy with the same Kenwood TS-440Sat, are you just using the built in turner? Sorry for the rookie question, but wanting to get an antenna up. Still nervous about going on the air but figure I could at least listen in. By the way I really enjoy your videos. I'm learning a lot from you.

[@loughkb]

Yes, the internal tuner is working fine with this and my other antenna. It just won't work on 160 meters, it's an 80-10 meter tuner. Thanks for watching, glad you're enjoying my work.

[@pathopkins4500]

Very good looking antenna Kevin =) Wire radials .... I used and straightened yard sale used HOE for trenching =) Makes it really easy =) Step on the hoe and pullback on the handle and lay the wire in and tamp with your foot =) Easy =)

[@TheRetiredtech]

Kevin have you ever watched any of the DX Commander videos?

[@loughkb]

I recommended his channel back on my video on other youtube channels. :-)

[@fenderblues1744]

The SWR meter has to fall on a 1/2-wave point on the coax run. In other words multiple 1/2 wavelengths.

[@turkeyslayer63]

You need to avoid 30-about 34' extend your wire and it should rock.

[@whatdoyouthinktodd]

Do you work or does your back keep you from working?

[@loughkb]

That's only part of the problem. There are other issues and yes, it's been hard to find work I can manage.

[@whatdoyouthinktodd]

Hang in there!

[@michaelfuchs1467]

I feel I know where you're coming from Kevin. I'm an ex military diver who had a parachute accident during training before deployment to former Yugoslavia. That messed up my spine ending with a slightly below 40 degrees scoliosis in Th7 and later a compensatory curve on my lumbar column making disks pop into my spinal cord. Not exactly pleasant then and not much better now. This caused me to 'forced rethinking' of my career options leading to Unix system administration and later IT engineering, electronics R&D within the scientific community, etc... But I couldn't keep away from diving - since I then lived in the high arctic with the world's best diving waters (WW-II shipwrecks) and a magnificent Aurora. Then I suddenly realized that I had more then pain to deal with. I started to get severe physical 'crashes' where I suddenly became totally exhausted. Also mental activities caused these crashes with varying cognitive problems. This couldn't be 'rested away' but I had weeks on end with recuperation, not able to do much. Not work nor pleasure. This went on in periods but every time I did something 'challenging' beyond the normal - I crashed again. This naturally led to loss of work, my own clients, diving business, income, wife, etc, etc and not until 2016 I was finally diagnosed with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis or 'ME'. That's an extremely nasty condition with no known cure and uncertain origin but it's now believed that an infection triggers this autoimmune neurological disease. It very often strikes people with a an above average physique and activity level, like professional athletes, adventurers, documentary photographers and special forces personnel. Very nasty and sometimes totally handicapping disease that's now often called "the worst non-lethal disease there is". Non-lethal not being true in the worst cases but I don't like comparing diseases. Everyone has its own special charm. I'm trying to keep reasonably active those few days I'm capable of doing anything - like talking to people or mount an encrypted disk volume in Unix. It's that bad sometimes that trying to read something makes you feel physically ill - not to mention not getting any coherence in what you try to read. Getting into amateur radio was partly a 'side effect' of me being forced to quit everything else including living together with someone - which is more or less futile, but also a way of stimulate my 'prepping-nerve'. Narrow band, weak signal emergency communication is now my 'hobby' not to mention a way to secure contact with my daughter who lives back in my country of origin Sweden - almost no matter what happens. A very important thing for me. I stumbled on your channel when researching different antenna projects, which is what I might be able to do on REALLY 'good' days, and your channel is among my top three favorites! I really like your way of presenting your material in a pedagogical and non-bravado way. I wish you all the best with regards to 'good health and everything else (' good health 'being a very relative term at least for me these days) and I hope you continue to experiment and produce content for a very long time to come! That way I can get my questions answered too - also when I'm not capable of doing the experiments myself. Only slight downside is that it does not help my signal reception or propagation very much! 🤣 Stay safe, stay vertical and best wishes from Norway! /Mike

[@ralph9987]

Use the fence as gnd

[@timg5tm941]

Great video Kevin. I find that with EFHW antennas (different to yours I know), that if you use a choke without counterpoise then it kills the antenna like it did yours. Looks like the coax's role as the sole counterpoise is killed by the choke. Have you tried applying the choke with the counterpoise/radials applied? 73

[@kb9mtd-aaronwebb]

Kevin it looks and seems to work great! My only concern is the plastic bracket at the peak of your shed. May I suggest a rubber coated or foam sheathed conduit clamp. They are cheap and much stronger. Just a thought. Later! DE KB9MTD Aaron.

[@loughkb]

Wind loading is very light on this already light mast. Also, that PLA printed clamp is stronger than you might think. It's part of the experiment too, 3D printing the clamp. We had 20MPH winds last night with big gusts and that mast was really bending. It's held up so far. We're supposed to get even higher winds tonight and tomorrow. I might shoot a little video when it's really blowing.

[@kb9mtd-aaronwebb]

Nice! I look forward to seeing how it stands up. A video would be cool. I'm over 100mi west of Chicago and the storms last night were terrible. Not much with Wind but lightning was unreal! Wind would be the main concern with the bracket but also UV weakening the plastic but since you said it would really only be a semi-temporary setup I didn't comment on that. Hopefully it works great! I mean if it comes down in the wind its not really going far so not a huge deal right.

[@roneymonte]

You should try also a 4:1 Unun with that configuration. For me the 9:1 Unun with 1:1 Choke works well just IF there is a ground (condutive ground) connection between UnUn and Choke, but without the 1/4 wave groundplanes. I do lots of experiences like that. 73 de PY1ZB

[@troydavidson5661]

Looked like the radio was set to show SWR As opposed to S meter !

[@loughkb]

That switch is for transmit operation. It selects what the meter indicates during tx, power, swr, or alc level. When in receive, it always shows signal strength.

[@troydavidson5661]

Ok, thanks for the reply

[@whatdoyouthinktodd]

Why are you moving?

[@loughkb]

5-6K / yr income. Slowly running out of $.

[@stephenfine8671]

Hi Kevin Great video and very helpful. I did notice that in an earlier video you 3D printed a box for the 9:1 UNUN but you have used a plastic pipe to house it for the installation. Is this the same UNUN you printed of are you using a different design. Regards Steve

[@loughkb]

That one is for portable use. I made a weatherproof version for the semi-permanent install.

[@liviospino7196]

hallo ! Kevin Bel lavoro, Ho visto dietro il garage che vi è un palo della bassa tensione ,se tu ti attaccassi al filo della terra che è sul palo ,avresti avuto una bellissima long wire e forse ancora più performante hi !,comunque ti sono grato per questi bellissimi e istruttivi video,spero di ascoltarti in aria prima o poi ,ciao kevin good dx 73 de livio iz6awp

[@loughkb]

Hallo Livio, Grazie per la visione. Quello è il palo della linea elettrica là dietro. Non penso di volermi connettere. Se il fulmine colpisce i pali della potenza, ciò dovrebbe portarlo direttamente alla mia radio!

[@MauriatOttolink]

Your "Lightning" gap will help only for static build up. It will arc over if the the static DC voltage on an ungrounded (DC) antenna charges high enough to flash over at what ever gap you set, even without a direct strike . Also it may handle an induced EMP voltage from a nearby strike. If you get a direct strike, Man you got a direct strike, which can run down non conductors. It will fuse almost ANYTHING around including your ceramic tiled roof or wet washing on the line. Nothing reasonable can dissipate a direct strike. Laying everything down below the height of every thing around you will improve your chances but not guaranteed. Speak to Callum of DX Commander. He just had one. He still has the burn scars on his insurance policy to prove it.

[@DarrenWetherilt]

Sounds like your coax is also acting as a counterpoise - so when you add the choke you are actually losing a bit of efficiency. Still odd it makes so much difference though. But that's the difference between theory and the real world, eh?

[@loughkb]

I didn't try the choke again after adding a couple of counterpoise wires, that might be the trick. But I'm just not seeing much in the way of RF back in the shack. I think putting the coax underground might have helped that.

[@turkeyslayer63]

tie off to the neighbors fence for your radials.

[@glenngoodale1709]

cool ....Thanks for your videos

[@old-timeangler5356]

"Semi permanent installation", yeah that's what I tell my wife too. Honey I just want to test my theory to see if it works, lol lol lol . Yes honey I'm burying the wires so you don't cut them when you cut the grass, when I'm on my radio, lol lol lol.

[@InventPeace1]

Part 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJmkgX1_iLqdeJo selecting the Balun core material ; Ni-Zn (Nickel - zinc); really great attenuation of common mode current (---> broadband HF) from 1.4Mhz - 50Mhz . Part3: Build 4:1 Balun kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmjaiGeKqb2gmZo Part4: Build 9:1 Balun for 800w kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZyVi42af6-lnbs

[@Radio-Hobbyist]

One more thing. BNC connectors - do not weather well. Not good connectors outdoors.

[@loughkb]

I agree. That's why it's inside the window. Thought I mentioned that.

[@tim46767]

You have to put the transmatch between the feed line and the antenna! With your arrangement the vertical end is not the entire antenna. The bizarre combination of feed-line, 9:1 and antenna is radiating. even more weird will be the radiation pattern. I suppose you have a very strange kind a dipole with one half buried in the ground ;-) Maybe hat is the reason the 1:1 balun "kill" one half of the weird arrangement. With a transmatch you can match everything to a good SWR even a bicycle or a dummy load. This is not a clue if something is radiating well!

[@InventPeace1]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZyVi42af6-lnbs might help you on the non working 1: 1 choke ? He says spacing is important?

[@loughkb]

The choke worked. I didn't have a counterpoise wire on the balun at the time, so with the choke installed, the coax shield was no longer doing the job of counterpoise.

[@Radio-Hobbyist]

Download yourself a free plugin called Tubebuddy. It can really help you with your tags and more.

[@johnkershaw9575]

Cancel the parts list. I was commenting before I saw the end of the vid.

[@donalfinn4205]

Imagine asking for money to make a video? Either do it for the love of it or don’t do it.👎

[@loughkb]

Yes, I agree.

[@eliolopes7550]

Another great video looking forward to the on air live stream Saturday 👍