Coastal Waves & Wires

12/22/2025

Out of the box and ready to go. What a classic!

12/22/2025

Sad hams beware, Santa came today! Just call me Salty Walt the Legal Beagle now 😂. Hope to get out after Christmas portable with this and the POTAbeam. Maybe Boxing Day. Waving a hand y’all 2SW040

12/18/2025

RSGB Best books of 2025
I’m number 2 and very honoured!
I wouldn’t expect a Yank to be number 1 😂

12/17/2025

https://youtu.be/kpImriDBve0?si=Jlcn2otZxFUp-qvP

This is my top 5 portable ham radio HF antennas that you can purchase My Radioddity link for the HF-009 antenna:...

12/14/2025

https://youtu.be/CCmi84GMNJQ?si=sci2yxbqJDH4Rv4X

I built a US Military TEFV antenna to spec and worked the HF bands Link to Palomar Engineers maker of the 12:1 b...

12/13/2025

Built the US military’s TEFV Field Antenna by the book today and had fun on every band from 40 to 6 meters. Video is being edited and will be up tomorrow. 73 y’all

12/13/2025

Good morning from the harbour. Defrosting the windscreen and warming up the Jeep. Headed out to build an antenna and play in the ARRL 10 meter contest. I’m going to be beaming your way Europe, hope to get you in the log. 73, Salty Walt

12/12/2025

https://youtu.be/0CBpS2aG-tw?si=KXfQ198gQUJXh0v5

I built a portable version of the Rhombic Antenna with great results Link to Palomar Engineers makers of the 12:...

12/11/2025

My portable rhombic antenna is up and working!

12/10/2025

https://youtu.be/RK2r_we13OQ?si=ermGyFhnaKfMbEoa

I built a two element cubical quad antenna with two wires and four poles

12/10/2025

It worked! A little droopy on the top sides but my portable 2 Element Cubical Quad antenna built for 10 meters with four DX Commander 7 meter poles fed in the corner with a 4:1 balun beamed me into Europe with great signal reports.

12/09/2025

Lessons on how to tape wire to a pole are coming to a video soon folks…….