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| Reviews Summary for Yaesu ATAS-25 Portable Antenna |
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Reviews: 6
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Average rating: 3.7/5
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MSRP: $299.95
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Description: The ATAS-25 is a manually-tuned portable antenna system ideal for the FT-817, FT-897, and FT-857 transceivers. Capable of operating on the Amateur bands between 7 MHz and 450 MHz, the ATAS-25 is designed for mounting on a standard 1/4" camera tripod stud (tripod not supplied), and includes an innovative fine-tuning system allowing precise SWR adjustment in the field.
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More info: http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/hamantht/4044.html
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KC9LCS
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Rating: 1/5
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Jul 9, 2007 02:53
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Get a Buddipole
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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I am not impressed at all with this antenna. The instructions are vague, and very poorly written. I have yet to make a contact with this antenna. The construction if the antenna is very weak. I am having to send it back to Yaesu since the coil adjustment stripped out and now will not tune. I would buy one of the Buddipole products.
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K9YEQ
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Rating: 5/5
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Dec 22, 2005 20:35
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Works Very well and great quality.
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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Lightweight, high quality and effective when used outdoors, like any good antenna. Quick to tune once you get- the hang of it. tune for max receive noise first then Adjust for best SWR. I use with ft 817, K2, KX1 ,With good results.
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K8RBW
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Rating: 5/5
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May 1, 2005 22:49
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DOES THE JOB
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I am scheduled to attend a conference in Hawaii and was looking for something I could put on a hotel balcony that worked 40 and 20 meters and wouldn't get me thrown out ot the hotel and the conference. I am tired of people yelling at me and yanking on wires from lower floors. It tends to breed paranoia. Accordingly, I thought I would give the ATAS-25 a try.
I am quite pleased. I gave it a trial run at my condo in Wisconsin. It has been an exceptional performer and not lead to any complaints from neighbors. Given current propagation, I thought in Hawaii I would need something that would perform in the evening on 40 meter CW with 100 watts. Thus far, I have received 599 reports out of South America and Europe. The antenna is mounted up about 30 feet on the balcony railing and attached to a 8 inch angle bracket secured to the railing with a C-clamp. My experience with a camera tripod, as they recommended, was dismal at best. If you are portable and have access to a balcony the angle bracket and a 1/4 inch bolt to screw the antenna base to is far superior.
I assume the height of the hotel and the proximity to the water at Waikiki will substantially enhance the performance of the antenna. On the other hand, the structure of the hotel may serve to impede the performance of the antenna. Only experience will tell.
The Buddipole is great and will probably substanially outperform it if you can set it out from the hotel structure with a painter's pole; nonetheless, its 16 foot length obstructs the view of other residents and can lead to complaints.
You can purchase them from Ham City (Jun's) for $199, much cheaper than most other places.
That's my two cents. 73 de Dick, K8RBW
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VE3JAQ
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Rating: 4/5
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Dec 20, 2004 21:48
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Nice little antenna
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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The ATAS-25 antenna matches my FT857D perfectly. I was able to work many DX stations including FO5, ZK1, JA's ZL's... Easy to setup and very portable. My whole antenna fits in a small tripod bag and mouts onto a small tripod about 4 inches from the ground. Although initially the antenna is cumbersome I managed to find flat swr readings on all the bands except 6M ( which I haven't tried yet). I marked each band with white adhesive tape so it makes tunning the antenna a breeze. Don't expect miracles but if portability and reasonable performance is what your looking for this antenna has it.
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WK0C
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Rating: 2/5
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Sep 20, 2004 21:54
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Not so hot
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Time owned: 6 to 12 months
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Tuning drifts dranatically when the wind blows. Top aluminum collet that screws into top of coil section strips out easily...be careful when tightening. Tuning changes as you move the sliding section with your hand...takes a while of trial and error to get it dialed in.
More hassle than it's worth for the money you're spending on it. Expect more for $229
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KE3VG
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Rating: 5/5
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Jul 7, 2004 00:44
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Excellant
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I bought this antenna during the trip to Orlando, Florida from the AES and tried with 5 to 100 watts using FT-817 and FT- 857 with no luck. I was on vaction for 2 weeks and had not contact a single station. XYL already concluded that it was $229 in drain. At the last day of the vacation I found out that the motel building was powered by 2 amp supply through steel rebar ( Concrete Building) to preotec it from corosion. well that explain why I was not able to make a single contact.
Any way I cam home and installed the antenna on deck without much hope . With my surprise within an hour I was able to contect several Dx station in South America, Europe, Europian Russia and many more west coast station. I was using Yeasu FT- 897 ( 5 to 20 watts).
The antenna is very light weight, easy to transport, Only 2 feed in length, when deassembled. Very easy to tune with less than 1.1.2 SWR. Very good construction quality.
I can not wait to try out outdoor and will provide feed back soon.
I would recommand this antenna to anybody.
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