{"id":54069,"date":"2022-09-11T08:00:49","date_gmt":"2022-09-11T12:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=54069"},"modified":"2022-09-10T08:38:03","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T12:38:03","slug":"giuseppe-demonstrates-his-homemade-minimal-long-distance-dipole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/giuseppe-demonstrates-his-homemade-minimal-long-distance-dipole\/","title":{"rendered":"Giuseppe Demonstrates his homemade “Minimal Long-Distance Dipole”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post<\/em>\u00a0contributor, Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 (IZ0GZW)<\/a>, who shares the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear Thomas and Friends of the SWLing Post<\/em>,<\/p>\n

I’m Giuseppe Morl\u00e8 from Formia, central Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea.<\/p>\n

This time I want to show you 2 QRP connections made with minimal antenna over long distance and very few watts of power…<\/p>\n

The antenna is a simple dipole, 5 meters per arm, 1\/4 wave for 20 meters, on a bnc \/ banana socket directly on the Icom 705. You’ll see that the ROS is really optimal.<\/p>\n

I wanted to experience this very simple antenna, easy to prepare in this location surrounded by greenery, Monte Orlando Park in Gaeta on my favorite DX bench;
\nthis location is at 120 meters above sea level and facing south \/ west following the long path.\u00a0 A suitable place for the extreme right made especially for a receiver like the Icom 705– fantastic modulation and without any kind of noise.<\/p>\n

In the first video the contact<\/a> with VK2GJC, Greg from Australia who struggles a little to listen to me but immediately understands my name. As you can hear Greg’s voice is without any imperfection even if his signal is not that high:<\/p>\n