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<blockquote data-quote="kd5rjz" data-source="post: 2431712" data-attributes="member: 2115"><p>With HF, generally the longer antenna you can get, the better. (Unless you actually want to do math and figure out your resonate length, in which case 234/Hz=length of half a dipole in feet) As far as receiving, nothing generally beats a chainlink fence in a pinch. As far as transmitting goes, you'll generally need a tuner, but it's also easy to improvise. I've talked to Europe and South America with 5 watts CW using a sailboat mast, and various ghetto-fabulous antennas. </p><p></p><p>Really I'd suggest anyone interested in communications to go to QRZ.COM and take the ham radio practice exam. It is retardedly easy to pass now that the code exam is gone, and you'll learn quite a bit just by memorizing the few questions left in the dumbed-down test pool.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kd5rjz, post: 2431712, member: 2115"] With HF, generally the longer antenna you can get, the better. (Unless you actually want to do math and figure out your resonate length, in which case 234/Hz=length of half a dipole in feet) As far as receiving, nothing generally beats a chainlink fence in a pinch. As far as transmitting goes, you'll generally need a tuner, but it's also easy to improvise. I've talked to Europe and South America with 5 watts CW using a sailboat mast, and various ghetto-fabulous antennas. Really I'd suggest anyone interested in communications to go to QRZ.COM and take the ham radio practice exam. It is retardedly easy to pass now that the code exam is gone, and you'll learn quite a bit just by memorizing the few questions left in the dumbed-down test pool. [/QUOTE]
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