"HB9NBGs Clever-Whip Kit" - Lightweight + high performing

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Hi folks

A few months ago Carine (HB9FZC) and I discovered SOTA-DXing. Someday in the night I woked up and had the idea to create a very lightweight, very robust antenna-setup, that is very efficient and easy-to-handle. It works on 20m to 6m, and we plan to launch also an extension-kit for 40/30m. I could write a lot of details here - but simply have a look at our new video :+1:

Hpe cu soon on-air :nerd_face:

vy 73 de René, HB9NBG + 73/88 de Carine, HB9FZC

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“Drei Heringe!”

I’m doing my best to follow the video with my basic German. I thought, that’s a novel approach of René’s to use three dead fish (herrings). Is there something fishy about this design? But it seems the word can mean tent pegs too.

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Hi Andy, oh in German “Tent pegs” and “Herrings” means the same :sweat_smile: But you’re right :+1: We decided to produce that video in German, because the recnt three ones were produced in English - one of it is an entertaining SOTA activation report :nerd_face: Have a look at our playlist “English”: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP4wafvCplVkxPHUsdzUUDWpEkM6VxfeH BTW : I think the subtitles in YouTube should work :+1:

Thanks once again and hpe cu on-air! vy 73 de René, HB9NBG

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I’ld rather listen without them to improve my German. I couldn’t resist the opportunity to make a joke around the double meaning of the word.

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Great idea - live is serious enough :nerd_face:
BTW: This Friday we will introduce another brandnew, and very interesting product on our YouTube-Channel!

vy 73 de René, HB9NBG

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My wife’s German, and I hear that word often enough that I now apply situational context whenever I hear “herring”, whoever says it… :fishing_pole_and_fish: :tent:

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Great to hear - so you could understand my explications :nerd_face: Good SOTA and vy 73 de René, HB9NBG

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Powerful herrings being sensed in ZL!. Tnx.

73
Ron
VK3AFW.

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Hi Ron, yes, we had already some QSOs with ZL1TM with that antenna on 20m, 15m and 10m - with really big signals :nerd_face: But I don’t think, that the big herrings were the reason :wink:

Hpe meet you some day on one of our SOTA-activations :grin:

vy 73 de René, HB9NBG

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Interesting!
There is so much room for new inventions and solutions for portable activities.

https://www.morsekey.net/efhw-switch (the ultimate switch for efhw and any wire antenna)

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Wow, that’s a innovative idea :+1: :nerd_face:

Good luck with SOTA and vy 73 de René, HB9NBG

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Oh yes the subtitles worked, but they were also in german , so did help, but not that much. But great brush up on German for me too !

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Rene, I am learning bits and bobs of German beyond “Das Boot” and “Franz” so keep up the good work. If I was deaf I could see how excited you are about the AX3 and if I was blind I could hear how happy you are to be in the Alps enjoying a new antenna.

Keep doing what you do and we follow you master

I still don’t understand why Swiss Cheese has holes

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So they can recombine with the Swiss cheese electrons?

[My “Heringe” fishy antenna joke didn’t seem to work so I’m trying again]

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Hi John, you got it: Carine and I are absolutely thrilled about to enjoy SOTA in our beautiful Swiss mountains :sunglasses: At the moment the WX is really bad here, but the next summer is comming - for sure :grin:

Have fun with your activities and vy 73 de René, HB9NBG + 73/88 de Carine, HB9FZC

BTW: If you read in the Swiss Newspapers, you can find information, that the holes in the Swiss Cheese are in danger :wink:

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