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The urban antenna forage Go for a walk around your neighbourhood next time you have a few spare hours. Take your HF transceiver, an antenna coupler and an alligator clip and/or G-clamp. But no mast or wire. Why? Your challenge is to look for metal objects to clip on to and load up as an antenna. A local park, river bank or beach might be a good place to start. You may be lucky or your may not. Tune the bands for activity. Maybe try some WSPR - you're almost certain to be picked up somewhere on a band like 7 MHz. SSB and CW can also be successful. The videos below shows results I had. Yes, I'm lucky, being right near the beach. But other places and things like fences and light poles also offer possibilities.     Disclosure: I receive a small commission from items purchased through links on this site. Items were chosen for likely usefulness and a satisfaction rating of 4/5 or better.

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