2021-05-10, 11:12:07
(2021-05-10, 07:37:47)VA3KOT Wrote: Thanks for your reply. I agree that a rat tail counterpoise is a good idea. I bought a speaker mic for the Baofeng because I also got an RF tingle when transmitting on mine. I also found that the little beast gets darn hot if I transmit for any length of time. I suppose that's a good indicator to let me know I'm being to long winded. I think I mentioned that I used the ABBREE antenna to make a simplex contact with Jan, with me standing in front of the New Orleans Pizza store in Port Elgin and She at our home QTH. That is at least 15 K line of sight.
I own an Abree and it does work well; but then a wet noodle would work well from my QTH. The video does make a good point about the "other half" being the user's head. I often get an RF tingle in my hand when transmitting with my Baofeng. A rat tail counterpoise might help and it is probably a good idea to use a speaker/mic to keep the radio away from my noggin.