Following our vacation in France in July 2022 I was able to buy some Ham Radio stuff and bring it back with me. I bought two dipoles and a SunSDR2 DX as well as a DX Commander Classic.
I did put up the dipole on a Spiderbeam Fiberglass pole of 12m and mounted the DX Commander Classic in the garden.
The station is now looking as per the below picture
I purchased a Baby Loop Antenna from Ciro Mazzoni in Italy a few years ago.
The antenna was sent to France as it could not be delivered in Vietnam due to prohibitive shipping cost during Covid period.
It took me 1.5 year to get it back to Ho Chi Minh City as I needed to wait for shipping prices to be more reasonable.
I have installed the Baby Loop Antenna in the garden here downtown Ho Chi Minh City.
Here are a few photos.
For the time being I am still trying to find the right place for the antenna, unfortunately I do not have many options.
Sometimes I get very high SWR depending on the heading of the antenna or where it is in the garden. For example, I tend to have higher SWR when it is on a sloping ground.