{"id":103,"date":"2024-08-31T15:24:14","date_gmt":"2024-08-31T15:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/?p=103"},"modified":"2024-08-31T15:25:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-31T15:25:51","slug":"a-new-antenna-and-a-few-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/?p=103","title":{"rendered":"A New Antenna and a Few Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"796\" src=\"https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/s-l1600-1024x796.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-104\" style=\"width:471px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/s-l1600-1024x796.webp 1024w, https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/s-l1600-300x233.webp 300w, https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/s-l1600-768x597.webp 768w, https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/s-l1600-1536x1193.webp 1536w, https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/s-l1600.webp 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I got an <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebay.com\/str\/n9sab\/POTA-Antennas\/_i.html?store_cat=40908335012&amp;_trksid=p4429486.m3561.l161211#:~:text=Shipping%3A-,Ultralight,-40%2D6M%20Off\">Ultralight 40-6M Off Center Multi-Band<\/a><\/strong> from N9SAB via eBay.  I plan on using it as an NVIS solution between points north to Long Island and south to Northern Virginia.  I was smart enough to get an ultralight collapsable mast from Gigaparts &#8211; it&#8217;s an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gigaparts.com\/explorer-pota20-portable-handheld-20-ft-telescopic-carbon-fiber-mast.html\">Explorer POTA20 Portable Handheld 20 ft Telescopic Carbon Fiber POTA Mast<\/a> and the combination is hard to beat (and fits in my Eberlestock pack).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hopefully this coming Labor Day weekend while visiting my sons on Long Island (shout out to the <a href=\"https:\/\/longislandcwclub.org\/\">Long Island CW Club<\/a>), I&#8217;ll be able to do a POTA Activation at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/fiis\/planyourvisit\/visitorcenters.htm\">Fire Island National Seashore at Smith&#8217;s Point<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got an Ultralight 40-6M Off Center Multi-Band from N9SAB via eBay. I plan on using it as an NVIS solution between points north to Long Island and south to Northern Virginia. I was smart enough to get an ultralight collapsable mast from Gigaparts &#8211; it&#8217;s an Explorer POTA20 Portable Handheld 20 ft Telescopic Carbon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-personal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=103"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105,"href":"https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions\/105"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kc3whj.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}