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Finally built and tuned my new inverted-V fan dipole #antenna for #POTA #SOTA #WWFF. It's three 40m, 20m and 10m dipoles fed in the middle from the same box. I hang the feed point box from a rope I throw over some trees, or from my 10m #Spiderbeam, and then tie the antenna wires down with some pegs.

40m/20m/15m/10m/6m don't need a tuner.

60m/30m/17m work very well with a tuner.

The whole construction is ultralight, it's basically just the weight of the wires and ropes.

#hamradio

#reticulum #loramesh #solarnode #solarrnode #rnode #lora #radio up a pole #spiderbeam , build details here:
https://www.loramesh.org/subpages/solarspiderbeam/spiderbeam.html

@pimentoad I use one atop a 10m #spiderbeam running on a totally over the top #LiFePO solar setup passed up by 15m usb cable. Not impressed by the range I get & a Station G2 is what I next want to put up. Solar powering the #T3S3 was a challenge. Used the T3S3 to use the store & forward function & it being small to go atop of a thin pole. The project details: https://meshtastic.discourse.group/t/solar-24-7-store-forward-pole-node-using-off-the-shelf-components-test/14956 but they closed the website... #Jackery setups shown absolutely do not work at all !!! #meshtastic #SolarNode

@pimentoad I use one atop a 10m #spiderbeam running on a totally over the top #LiFePO solar setup passed up by 15m usb cable. Not impressed by the range I get & a Station G2 is what I next want to put up. Solar powering the #T3S3 was a challenge. Used the T3S3 to use the store & forward function & it being small to go atop of a thin pole. The project details: https://meshtastic.discourse.group/t/solar-24-7-store-forward-pole-node-using-off-the-shelf-components-test/14956 but they closed the website... #Jackery setups shown absolutely do not work at all !!! #meshtastic #SolarNode

@pimentoad I use one atop a 10m #spiderbeam running on a totally over the top #LiFePO solar setup passed up by 15m usb cable. Not impressed by the range I get & a Station G2 is what I next want to put up. Solar powering the #T3S3 was a challenge. Used the T3S3 to use the store & forward function & it being small to go atop of a thin pole. The project details: https://meshtastic.discourse.group/t/solar-24-7-store-forward-pole-node-using-off-the-shelf-components-test/14956 but they closed the website... #Jackery setups shown absolutely do not work at all !!! #meshtastic #SolarNode

@pimentoad I use one atop a 10m #spiderbeam running on a totally over the top #LiFePO solar setup passed up by 15m usb cable. Not impressed by the range I get & a Station G2 is what I next want to put up. Solar powering the #T3S3 was a challenge. Used the T3S3 to use the store & forward function & it being small to go atop of a thin pole. The project details: https://meshtastic.discourse.group/t/solar-24-7-store-forward-pole-node-using-off-the-shelf-components-test/14956 but they closed the website... #Jackery setups shown absolutely do not work at all !!! #meshtastic #SolarNode

@pimentoad I use one atop a 10m #spiderbeam running on a totally over the top #LiFePO solar setup passed up by 15m usb cable. Not impressed by the range I get & a Station G2 is what I next want to put up. Solar powering the #T3S3 was a challenge. Used the T3S3 to use the store & forward function & it being small to go atop of a thin pole. The project details: https://meshtastic.discourse.group/t/solar-24-7-store-forward-pole-node-using-off-the-shelf-components-test/14956 but they closed the website... #Jackery setups shown absolutely do not work at all !!! #meshtastic #SolarNode