https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/e7ea3cc1-df9b-4761-8b7b-76f522aa7698 A race against the clock to erect a portable antenna for HF. Can it be done in under 3 minutes? In this game simple is often best. All that's needed is a telescopic pole, some wire and an L-match antenna coupler. Also a short counterpoise (though longer will be better at some frequencies). Here I'm using the antenna as a 1/2 wave vertical but for lower bands like 40 metres I use the pole as a support at the apex of a 1/2 wavelength end-fed inverted V. The results were good as well - OH6NVC, SM1TDE and EA5HPX were worked on 20 metres CW with 5 watts. PS: If you liked this video please consider supporting Amateur Radio VK3YE by: Subscribing on YouTube,, Checking my books page at https://books.vk3ye.com​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ to see if any appeal,, Shopping on Amazon via: https://amzn.to/3iiDQXv , or, Shopping on eBay via: https://ebay.us/i9DuWP (then if you buy something I'll get a small commission at no cost to you) Sat, 09 May 2026 05:17:05 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/e7ea3cc1-df9b-4761-8b7b-76f522aa7698 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.