Tuning a DIY dipole antenna for a handheld aviation radio - for Paramotor flying
I fly a paramotor and sometimes carry a handheld avaiation radio with me. This is a bit of a learning experience for me but I'm playing with building a DIY dipole antenna and tuning it with some relatively inexpensive diagnostic RF gear. This video documents some of those efforts.
Almost all the credit for how to do this goes to the "bonafide pirate" youtube channel and his video here:
https://youtu.be/uWwZKY827lU
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I already owned a software defined radio from RTL, so I don't have a link to the one I ordered since I've had it several years, but here is a link to one pretty much the same I think/hope:
https://www.rtl-sdr.com/buy-rtl-sdr-d...
there is driver and software setup associated with this and I would just refer you to the rtl-sdr.com website for all of that.
The signal generator came from here:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078J57BJB?...
The RF bridge I got was this one:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CDBHXNB?...
The bridge is non-functional as delivered. I had to do a little soldering to get mine to work. I made a video on it, but a MUCH MUCH better video explaining how it works and what to fix is here:
spektrum software:
https://www.rtl-sdr.com/spektrum-new-...
See the links in bonafide pirates video for other useful info too... Many/most of the links I'm giving are either directly from what he had or whatever I could find current-day that was the closest equivalent.
The coax cable I cut into to make the dipole antenna (it made 2 by cutting in the middle) is available here:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09SYM34RH?...
If you can, I would recommend using the affiliagte links that bonafide pirate has on his video for ordering this stuff so that maybe he benefits from your order (I don't have any such thing setup).
50ohm dummy load: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BXV6RW1?...
bought these SMA-BNC adapters: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07T8LMHHQ?...
You might want a few of these:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BRHRVC4?...
and maybe some SMA adapters: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Z2QB9M8?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
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