VK5UNX - Adventures in Ham Radio - Down Under

  The parts on this page were from an order from https://www.sotabeams.co.uk/ - a UK business that makes and sells antennaes, antannae components for DIYers and other radio related components and kit. The found (apparently now retired) Richard Newstead (G3CWI) used to have a great You Tube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/g3cwi but sadly it appears he has made the videos private now :-(. I bought these components with the intention of building a linked dipole using the calulator below - which I think might have been on SOTA beams own website a few years ago. I hope there has not been some kind of fall out within the company as my experiences were really positive and I really enjoyed Richard's videos. https://portable-antennas.com/ https://portable-antennas.com/linkd.php  SOTA Beams - order Jun 2021 1 × Co-axial cable - RG174A/U (with or without BNC plug fitted) 5m -  https://www.sotabeams.co.uk/co-axial-cable-rg174a-u/ 1 × Co-axial cable - RG174A/U (with or witho...

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