Made a Janky Antenna - On the Air!
Just a quick note. I cut some old speaker wire down to a little under 8ft. Crappily soldered it to a 15yr old SO-239 chassis mount, and trimmed it down until I could get the SWR under 1.8. Clipped it to the top of the fenceposts in as “straight as I can” fashion. Hooked it into my FT-710, and I’m on the air! Got two contacts with FT8 Nevada and Michigan, (K1BMW and N8RJP), I think I got logging setup, but unsure what to use, so I logged them both to LOTW and QRZ logbook, we’ll see if they confirm! ...