another failed activation because I am failing to learn my lesson about doing the antenna properly, as demonstrated by the jankiest setup of all time

I will learn....eventually!!

#pota #hamradio

@tomcuchta Yup, janky. All your signal is going straight up. Maybe a little is leaking out sideways on 10 meters. Lmao.

@shuttersparks yep i got about 5 contacts over an hour on ft8 lol

it was 20m, but I don't think that makes much a difference! a dipole is a dipole

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@tomcuchta Hah! With a horizontal antenna that close to the ground, all your energy is going straight up and into space. Very little is going where you want, heading out low towards the horizon.

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