Ham Radio - Delta Loop Antenna Portable For 20M Band

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This project I give credit to Mike Yamamoto for his brilliant idea www.bay-net.org/uploads/1/2/2/...
to work with pvc pipes and fishing rods for the elements.

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@jamesabc372 15 күн бұрын

Thats a great receiver antenna! I can hear another signal coming through while you were talking to someone, amazing! I can hardly wait till i set my loop up.

@redjohn20001 Ай бұрын

Really nice simple build. I love it.

@VE3DAL Ай бұрын

Thank you so much !

@teamtacoslick Жыл бұрын

i have had good experience with loops also. great setup and what a fantastic view on the lake.

@VE3DAL Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the comment! I love to operate over there with that view. 73 my friend de VE3DAL.

@mrkopecky 4 ай бұрын

Loops are awesome. Thanks for sharing.

@VE3DAL 4 ай бұрын

Yes they are I love them. Thank you so much!

@w4mps1964 Жыл бұрын

Well done and nicely built. I built a 20M delta loop for portable work last year and it worked FB. However, mine was built with the apex on top attached to a 30 ft extendable mast. It was fed 1/4 wave down from the top which gives you the best radiation pattern for DX. 73, Marc, W4MPS

@VE3DAL Жыл бұрын

Hi Marc. Next summer I will try something like you mentioned and also higher from the ground. Best 73's VE3DAL.

@glennstevenson6242 Жыл бұрын

Very nice, lovely location too! Cheers from Australia.

@VE3DAL Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Glenn! 73

@JxH Жыл бұрын

"I'm in Québec. That's QUEBEC UNIFOR... Ah heck, ...Québec as in QUEBEC." LOL 🙂 !! Nice antenna !! Beautiful spot too.

@VE3DAL Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@williampeacock9473 Жыл бұрын

I really like your 20 meter Delta loop antenna. You done a great job building it. I have built a 6 meter Delta loop antenna in the past works real good for me. I would like to build a 20 meters as well. 73 good DX from AE4OY William Peacock EM-81UF Blackshear, GA USA

@VE3DAL Жыл бұрын

Hi William. I'm really surprised by the performance of this antenna and how easy is to build one. I will use whenever I can. Thank you for the comment! 73 de VE3DAL.

@knacknockin1 Жыл бұрын

Nice job Almir! You are very inspirational. I hope to meet you on the air someday. 73's my friend. KB1ASM

@VE3DAL Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I hope to hear from you on the air. I love to hunt for POTA. Best 73's my friend de VE3DAL.

@JayN4GO Жыл бұрын

Very well done. Delta loop my favorite antenna. Fed on vertical wire. Good dx antenna. No radials needed hehe.

@VE3DAL Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Is my favorite as well and I don't like to deal with radial either. Best 73's de VE3DAL.

@DK5ONV Жыл бұрын

Good morning Almir. You built a very nice looking and simple Delta Loop Antenna for low cost which does a fine Job at any Place at any Time. Thx for sharing your Experiences with us. I really appreciate that. Happy new Week to you & 73 de YFUG from southwest Germany 💯👍🙋‍♂

@VE3DAL Жыл бұрын

Good morning Guenter. Thank you for your comment! I was surprised how good this antenna is and you are right about is good at any time and place. Have a good week to as well 73 my friend!

@DK5ONV Жыл бұрын

@@VE3DAL There's only one minor Thing I would change for my portable usage that's the Polarization. I know this is easier said than done without Elevation Supports like Masts or Bushes. The Feedpoint needs to be way higher up from the Ground to become a flat Radiation Pattern to get the Waves over the Pond or across Europe If I use your Antenna on a high rise Building with 50+++ Floors downtown Quebec City then this harmless looking Things becomes a real Flamethrower. You did a great Job for sure Almir. 73 de YFUG

@VE3DAL Жыл бұрын

@@DK5ONV I agree with you if I would change the feed point would get even better but in my situation is impossible people get scared when they see big things like that lol...

@DK5ONV Жыл бұрын

@@VE3DAL Tell your Neighbors you got a Radio Friend named Uncle Guenter living across the Pond you want to make Contact with. And show them some Footage about Emergency Radio Communication Services here on KZfaq. . Let them know you are a licenced HAM Radio Operator who is able to provide Communication Sources if anything else like Telephone Landlines, Sattelite Systems and Mobile Phones failure. Let them know how important it is exspecially in the Wilderness of Canada to be able call for help or sending out an SOS.

@rs4425 5 ай бұрын

Nice video..

@VE3DAL 5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@PY4FQ Жыл бұрын

Nice antenna. Delta loop is vy vy good antenna.

@VE3DAL Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I love this antenna and so easy to setup. 73's VE3DAL.

@victorgalagan1151 9 ай бұрын

Nice! Its directional in two directions too. 73.

@VE3DAL 9 ай бұрын

At the beginning it took me a while to realize that. 73's de VE3DAL.

@rokadaprliinnysystemyaczno4761 4 ай бұрын

Delta loops are hard to beat. On receive far far better than a dipole or longwite (less noise)

@VE3DAL 4 ай бұрын

I agree! I love them one of my favorite. 73 my friend.

@haroldskinner1783 Жыл бұрын

Almir great video and antenna, I was wondering if the antenna was directional?

@VE3DAL Жыл бұрын

Thank you Harold! The Delta loop antenna is directional and that day the west worked better for me, the east and south there were too many trees close by. Best 73's de VE3DAL.

@NorthEastCornerRadio Жыл бұрын

is the fishing pole you used a telescoping or no ? Thanks for your video.

@VE3DAL Жыл бұрын

Yes two fishing poles and some pvc pipes. Thank you.

@edahalim Жыл бұрын

Nice

@VE3DAL Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 73

@jimbridge4166 Жыл бұрын

Nice work. 7 3.

@VE3DAL Жыл бұрын

Thank you Jim! 73.

@colineloie998 Жыл бұрын

Almir it was great to see your homebrew delta loop, and hear it on the air too! I recently bought a well made one from a radio rally here with 4mtr slot together lighweight aluminium poles to extend the height, with a drive on plate . I have put it together in the back yard once and it looks a beast, but not had time to use it yet! However having a reasonable homebase station I never tend to go portable, but you have given me hope that mine will work just a well as yours, and I might need to try it out soon. mine has telescopic fibre poles, with the wire element inserted through it, and it is fiddly the 1st time erecting/ and retracting it! Cant wait to try it out now, thanks to you lol!! Good luck with it, and your portable ops, hope to cu on the bands de Colin G0ujk.

@VE3DAL Жыл бұрын

Hi Colin, thank you so much. I'm sure when you get yours up and running you will enjoy just as much as I did. I wish I could setup at my QTH but the height can be a problem for me. So what I did for the winter I setup a Moxon antenna horizontal at 15 feet high, the down side I can't rotate but it works great the direction it is. The Delta loop and Moxon antenna are my two favourite antennas these days and will be for a long time. Another thing it didn't cost me much at all. I hope to hear you on the air, best 73's de VE3DAL Almir

@colineloie998 Жыл бұрын

@@VE3DAL Tks for your reply Almir, I also have a moxon in my loft for 12mtrs fixed on usa and it does a great job when 12 is open. Thinking about making a half square now! for either 30 or 40mtrs they seem to have good Directional gain abt 6db. lol

@jamesabc372 Ай бұрын

I forgot to ask you how long was your wire for 20 meter Delta loop antenna at the cottage? I was going to try 1005-5% then add a couple of inches. I will have the feed point at .25 wavelength . also I'm using 450 ohm window line,4:1 balun. My hardest chore is finding 45 degree pvc elbows!😮😅

@VE3DAL Ай бұрын

My is at about 68 feet and I have to adjust every once a while. I never used a window line yet maybe in the future. I'm sure you can find the pipes online, good luck.

@jamesabc372 Ай бұрын

How did you connect the wire to the tip of the rods? Thanks, looks great and very light and easy to put up and down when needed . Is the PVC sched 40?

@VE3DAL Ай бұрын

Hello, I used a small 4 inches zip ties to secure the wire all around the fishing rod including the tips. The wire is 18 gauge and pvc sched 40. Thank you 73's.

@jamesabc372 Ай бұрын

how would you make the antenna vertical polarization with the horizontal leg of the antenna on top.

@jamesabc372 Ай бұрын

Also I read somewhere the 1005 should be 4 or 5 % less maybe like 967/3 legs.

@VE3DAL Ай бұрын

I elevated the feed point about 18 feet with a mfj mast and the other two corners of the triangle at the same height with some help of trees that gave me the horizontal polarization.

@VE3DAL Ай бұрын

Yes if you use speakers wire like I did is about 5 percent less but never the less you still have to do some tuning after.

@sergiodantas5127 Жыл бұрын

Hi. Did you keep the size of about 20/21 meters in the wire perimeter? Thanks. 73!!

@VE3DAL Жыл бұрын

I cutted two sets of wires and the one that works better was close to 21 meters. 73's.

@sergiodantas5127 Жыл бұрын

@@VE3DAL Ok. Many thanks!

@jamesabc372 15 күн бұрын

Almir, have you experimented on 2 meters yet with that antenna? FM or SSB?

@VE3DAL 14 күн бұрын

I have not, that's another area I have to explore.

@jamesabc372 14 күн бұрын

@@VE3DALyou could see if you can receive 2 meter signals and not transmit for now. Listen on FM and ssb if possible. I used to do a lot of 2 meter ssb. I could reach out to max 400 miles.