{"id":9600,"date":"2024-07-10T13:27:41","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/?p=9600"},"modified":"2024-07-10T16:50:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T11:20:48","slug":"experiments-with-hf-antennas-on-vhf-and-uhf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/experiments-with-hf-antennas-on-vhf-and-uhf\/","title":{"rendered":"Experiments with HF Antennas on VHF and UHF!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/STINtXWj5aA?si=WPUbbg8j6xsuP2U7\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to VU3CDK for providing audio clip of receiving International Space Station cross band repeater on 437.800 MHz with 20m center fed half wave dipole antenna. VU3IXV and VU2EUE helped in test transmissions on VU2CSR repeater. 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