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| Reviews Summary for Intenational Antenna Corporation Double Bazooka Antennas |
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Reviews: 34
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Average rating: 4.9/5
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MSRP: $200 (160m model) others less
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Description: Double Bazooka antennas, 160m 80m 40m 20m 17m
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Product is in production.
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More info: http://www.iacantennas.com
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KE5PYM
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Rating: 5/5
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Aug 21, 2010 07:23
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Reliable Product
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I thought I would take time to do a followup review of my IAC antennas. I have had them up approx. 3 years now and they have survived numerous storms and high winds. In fact some of the winds were so severe that I lost trees and yet the IAC antennas survived. My SWR is still flat and has never been retuned. I have an 80M full length, a 40M full length and a 20M Double bazooka. They all have survived the elements and continue to work perfectly. I really appreciate how quite they are on receiving and I can break the pileups with ease.
I only used the IAC customer service once and they responded to my question immediately without hesitation and the advice was correct. It has been a pleasure doing business with IAC and the products are not only constructed like a battleship but the packaging is very presentable as well. All of my antennas have been worth the price and remained maintenance free. Thank you IAC for a reliable product. It has certainly made my “ham experience” a pleasure.
KE5PYM
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N2YXW
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Rating: 5/5
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Nov 28, 2009 22:10
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Great Antenna
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I have the short 160 meter version. It is very well made and I have gotten great signal reports. I am running a full KW and the SWR is nice and flat. The antenna construction is excellent. The shorter length has enabled me to operate on this wonderful band.
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KG4LRU
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Rating: 5/5
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Oct 23, 2009 09:56
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Great performer
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I been running IAG Bazooka now going on 3 years. First thing you will notice this a commercial constructed antenna ,You can see and feel the Quality of the antenna . I have run two of these on 80 meters and 160 . If these antennas are installed correctly ,you will get the best performing . Again these antennas our mono Band . so you will need to make some choices on what bands are important to you. They are very durable antennas surviving Hurricane IKE , Kentucky worst Ice Storm 2009 and 113 MPH T-storm . Center is at 68 ft sides are at 40 ft. Antenna is very quite and great performer power handling is not issue.
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KB0BK
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Rating: 5/5
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Jul 12, 2009 11:58
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Tough Antennas
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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Anyone who has built a bazooka antenna knows that the weak point is the center feedpoint. I have built many bazookas and have always had the same problem with the antenna pulling apart due to stress and stretch. I tried some 'commercial' bazookas, but they didn't perform much better and were made out of some pretty cheap materials. Frustrated, I bit the bullet, paid a bit more and purchased a couple of IAC bazookas (160M & 80M). Boy what a difference!! They are significantly tougher than anything I had purchased or made myself. The results on TX/RX were exactly as expected. I did have one problem though - my bazookas are suspended between three trees. In a recent storm a fourth tree - abt 65' - fell across one leg of four bazookas I had up (stacked). All four were destroyed. The interesting part is that while the non-IAC bazookas pulled apart at the usual weak spot, the center feed point, both IAC bazookas broke further down the coax leg. The IAC antennas didn't have any indication of pull apart or stretch at the center feed point which I find to be amazing. I just ordered several more IAC bazookas and hope no more trees fall down. The bottom line is you get what you pay for when it comes to bazookas and I did get what I paid for with the IAC bazookas.
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W4GNS
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Rating: 5/5
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May 23, 2009 18:41
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Works as advertised
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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Works as advertised, I have a lower noise floor and get good reports. These antenna's are built like a brick wall, and I see no reason why this antenna will not last for many years, I did not chat with these folks as the antenna was shipped very promply and I had no questions, so I can't comment on customer service, other than they take pride in the construction of the antenna, which as I said is built to last
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K3BFQ
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Rating: 5/5
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Aug 21, 2008 04:01
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Excellent !
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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Just took delivery and installed one of these 40m full sized bazooka ants.,Great material quality! had a question and david called me back in a couple of hrs.The ant. went very quickly replacing a standard 40m dipole,and the results are great! almost flat swr across the ENTIRE 40m band! and a lot quieter than 40m dipole it replaced too.All around excellent product, super excellent product support !You can't go wrong with one of these babies!
K3BFQ
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W3CWE
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Rating: 5/5
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Aug 4, 2008 06:16
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The double boozka antenna greatly improves the station.
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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A short time ago I have recieved two new antennas. These are call Double Bazooka antennas. They came from a antenna company called The International antenna companny. Their web site can be found at www.iacantennas.com Now I am using a Double bazooka on 75 and 40 meters. These two antennas are tied together as one antenna. They tune up very well on 20 and 10 meters also. I have seen a major change in my single reports. I also seam to have fixed my rfi in the house. I was having trouble with hearing my self in a couple of seakers hear in the shack. Also I was always activating a touch lamp up stairs. All of that has dissappared. So now I get much better single reports no matter where I am on the h.f. bands.
73's Dave W3CWE.......
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N7LAV
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Rating: 5/5
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Jun 15, 2008 18:53
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Good Performance
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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The IAC 80 meter Double Bazooka is a very well constructed antenna. Configured as an inverted "V," my antenna was easy to adjust for any portion of the 80M band by simply folding over equal lengths of the twin lead at each end. I installed my antenna with the apex at 58' and the ends at 18'. The SWR is 1.2 or better in the center of the voice portion of 75M. My IAC Double Bazooka is a Low Noise, Broad Banded antenna and I DON'T NEED MY TUNER for the entire General portion of the band. With a good tuner, the antenna can operate 10M--80M, but it is an EXCELLENT 80M ANTENNA. As for customer service, IAC is the best! They promptly returned calls and emails and answered any questions. (Dave & Jeanna made me feel like a valued customer) This kind of Customer Service is hard to find nowadays. I will soon be ordering a 40M & 20M because of the high-end quality & performance of my 80M Double Bazooka.
N7LAV
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KK4TY
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Rating: 5/5
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May 21, 2008 12:13
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40M Double Bazooka Array
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Time owned: 6 to 12 months
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My IAC 40M phased array is a used array gifted to me by W4TUT after he installed his new 40M IAC short array. They still look like new! I was only able to install mine at 20 ft. hiding them in some trees to keep the CCR police from decending upon me. I even out arm wrestled the XYL over burying the coax in her Hosta garden.
Does it work at 20 ft? Highest SWR in the phone portion is 1.5:1. Remarkable on the air results with 38db front to back as measured by
K0VUW in Wildwood,MO on his 3El 40M Mosely at 120 ft. From 20+ db over S9 to an S6 with only 100 watts switching from NW to SE. What more could I
ask for?
Ken Tanner
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W4RCF
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Rating: 5/5
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May 2, 2008 15:31
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Great antenna!
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I love my new IAC double bazooka! Fantastic quality in construction, strong materials, and I can cover virtually all the 75 meter band with very low swr! Goodbye tuner – no longer needed!
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