![]() ![]() If you are thinking of purchasing this antenna I would suggest having at least 2 people to put it up. I cannot speak to the ability to get it tuned or be able to make a contact with this antenna. I will say the antenna looks well built and the quality appears good out of the packaging. I bought several configurations of this antenna. I cannot recommend this enough for portable or if you have restrictive space at your QTH.Įasily falls over and breaks everytime it falls So when I am portable I have something for every band. I love this antenna so much I purchased another this time the long version. I guyed mine on windy days and all was fine up to about 15-20MPH. to make tuning on 40 easier I then ordered up the long whips and the TRSB (which is amazing). It worked so well I then purchased the low band coil for 80m and the counterpoise and this for a compromised antenna worked extremely well. Easy to set up and figure out (antenna analyser makes it easier I used a NanoVNA) Worked 40,20,10 and 2m no problem at all, although you get a rough setup guide on where to start and the forums are amazing with help and support, I soon came up with my own settings for the off-centre dipole and vertical configurations. Setup portable on a hill and worked the world. I took the plunge and ordered up my deluxe package from Martyn lynch. I love going portable and I was always looking for an antenna I could use but also enjoy setting up and experiment with. Simple, well built stable portable antenna A bit pricey, but if it works as well as it has so far at the house, it will be worth the price to me. I've used it several times from the house.just haven't taken it camping.yet. No issue with it falling over.even on the windy days I tested it. ![]() In this configuration, the antenna and mast is "rock solid". I set it up on a real windy day.and my technique, is to put out the guy ropes and get them close to right.then I lower the mast and make final antenna adjustments, then raise the mast back up until it's ALMOST fully extended.but has made the guy rope lines quite tight. I can move it to any open place in a campsite.and even change orientation of the dipole in a flash. The quality of the build is good and like how I can set it up anywhere with the tripod and guy ropes. I will only use the shorter whips that came with it for 2 meters. I get all of 20 well under 2:1, and the other bands also get all of the bands with low (usually under 1.5:1) SWR. I get a good bit of 40 under 2:1 (and I can tune ALL of 40 with my internal tuner on the FT991A). I used a Rigexpert antenna analyzer to set up initially and confirm tap settings and whip lengths. I later bought extra "taps" for the coil.and now have EVERY band preset so all I have to do is lower and move the wire to the right tap and change (if necessary) the whip length(s) to change bands. Almost every setting was exactly what their setup chart said it would be.with just a few needing "tweaking" (one band I set the black side coil one turn more and one band I set the whip to full instead of 5.5). Obtaining resonance with the longer whips. I was S9 with my 100 watts and buddipole set up at about 19 feet high. I wanted to see not only how strong my signal was with the new portable antenna, but also how my camping portable rig (Yaesu FT991A) sounded to them. ![]() My second contact was also on 40, with some friends on the East Coast that knew me. My first contact was on 40 after I set it up.worked E7DX on CW on 40. ![]() I've set it up in my yard (haven't gone camping since buying it). ![]()
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