Videos
last updated 18 February 2026.
I’m slowly adding videos to supplement all the other information on this website, and will include links here in a common location. Each of the headers link to the topic page for the videos.
Throwing Bucket videos
- Throwing Bucket #1: short introduction
- Throwing Bucket #2: longer demonstration
- Throwing Bucket #3: taller trees
Rope Winding Videos
Sectional Mast Videos
Setting Up a Portable Dipole videos
- Setting Up a Dipole #1 – a simple 20m dipole / inverted vee hanging from a tree
- Setting Up a Dipole #2 – dipole / inverted vee for 20m and 40m hanging from a tree branch
- Setting Up a Dipole #3 – 200 ohm loop (or dipole) strung between two trees
- Setting Up a Dipole #4 – backpack dipole hanging from a telescoping mast
Vertically Polarized Delta Loop
Vertically Polarized Delta Loop
The “One Minute Dipole” series
- One Minute Dipole overview
- Choosing a Feedline
- Assembling the Antenna
- Setting up a Dipole
- Tuning a Dipole
Three Simple Antennas
Three Simple Antennas for portable operation.
Portable Dipole Antenna Kit
A simple dipole antenna kit for portable use.
Practical Supports for Portable Antennas
This is a video of a talk that I gave at SEAPAC (the ARRL NW Division Convention) in June, 2024. We had some technical difficulties (no PowerPoint presentation or microphone), but I carried on anyway. Didn’t cover everything on my agenda… maybe I’ll finish it this year.
Transmitter Hunting
Talk on Transmitter Hunting at Portland Amateur Radio Club meeting 9 August 2021.
Comments after a transmitter hunt
Moss interviewed some participants after a transmitter hunt.