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| Reviews Summary for ZeroFive Antennas Multiband Vertical |
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Reviews: 82
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Average rating: 4.9/5
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MSRP: $469.00
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Description: A Multiband vertical for 10 to 160m,41 foot tall feed with your coax or ladder line,For use with a tuner,Made from 6063 t832 AL tubing,Requires radials,5kw cw,10kw ssb pwr handling,Freestanding,Comes with base insulator and tube.
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Product is in production.
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More info: http://www.zerofive-antennas.com
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WB9JPH
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Rating: 5/5
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Jan 2, 2012 09:31
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Outstanding
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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Preliminary Review - Antenna was put up in mid-December in a less than optimum location with the strangest shaped radial field in existence. The location is what was available and is what it is.
The antenna is well made and intuitively obvious to put together.
The antenna tunes up well and equals or exceeds my OCF dipole in performance.
I will do another review after I have more experience with the antenna and put down more radials.
On 80M local stations are 2 -3 S units stronger on the vertical than the dipole although some locals hear me better on the dipole than the vertical; other local stations copy the vertical better.
I am a satisfied customer and wish I had purchased the 43 vertical sooner than I did.
FWIW, Tom was going to build a full sized 80 - 10M ground plane antenna for me but I couldn't quite make the ground plane diameter fit in the available space so went with the vertical instead.
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VE2SG
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Rating: 5/5
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Jan 2, 2012 08:19
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Very satisfied
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I've been using it for about 1 year now, this antenna is build like a tank and I have nothing negative to say about it; very solid antenna and survived a very rough Quebec winter with no damage.
For performance, I've been testing it in different configuration and different bands and the antenna works like a flamethrower on 40-30-20 meters when it's elevated feed at 15 ft with 2 radials 22 ft long (isolated from the mast) sloping down at 45deg angle. It makes it perform like a vertical carolina windom, swr is very acceptable on all 3 bands and I use a tuner in the shack with about 80 ft of RG213. SWR is below 1.5 to 1 on 40 m so I dont even use a tuner on that band.
Forget 160m, it doesnt work at all unless you add a coil at the base. 80 metres will work if you have a lot of gnd radials and if you match it at the feedpoint using a remote tuner.
On 17m to 10m, it doesn't work very well; I have a Cushcraft R5 to compare with and on RX, the 43ft is 2 to 3 s units lower compared to the R5. witch is normal beacause 43 ft is to long on the higher bands and has a much higher angle of radiation.
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KJ4DKT
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Rating: 5/5
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Dec 24, 2011 10:15
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EVEN BETTER
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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See my August 29 review. It is sloped at 40 ft after adding 8-10 ft of antenna and Now I went from 25 to 75 ft of rg8x lead-in coax. I also have 25ft of rg8u wound on a 2 liter coke bottle. If u can get any better, please let me know. It out performa everything I have up. Thanks, Tom. BTW, this is the 57ft wire sloper that Tom builds. Tom knows antennas. tnx, FRED
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KC2MIB
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Rating: 5/5
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Aug 30, 2011 15:15
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HURRICANE IRENE TESTED
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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Well let me first declare, I have no affiliations with Zero 5 antennas. Most of us on the east coast USA had our pucker factor kicked up a notch or two with the visit of Hurricane Irene last weekend. I live in Onslow county NC. and the system touched the shores of Atlantic Beach about 0700 Saturday Morning 08/28/2011. I live 15 west of Atlantic +/- a few miles, so you know my pucker factor was at an all time high.
I operate the Zero 5 43ft multi-band vertical. I have been singing tremendous praise about the craftsmanship and ruggedness of this line of antennas; so I said this event would be a thorough and practical test/challenge for this antenna. I have it un-guyed and ground mounted in
my back yard. Properly exposed to all elements.
The hurricane lasted approximately 24hrs at my location and during this time I operated 20m and 40m day and night at full legal limit with absolutely no problems during the hurricane. As a matter of fact, if I wasn't looking out my operating position window I wouldn't have noticed what was going on outside because my amp and/or monitoring meter didn't reflect any adversity. Winds gusts were up to 80/85mph and sustained winds were 70/75mph throughout the whole ordeal. I don't know about the other products out there on the market but I can tell you this without a shadow of a doubt that not a lot of them can or could do that. Thanks Tom for a fine product for us frivolous(cheap) Ham. I have no affiliations with Zero 5 antennas(other that a pleased user).
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N8DV
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Rating: 5/5
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Aug 23, 2011 16:38
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Update
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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This is my first update after three months of use. The antenna has survived three good thunderstorms with strong winds. The antenna just took them in stride. The performance is very good for a vertical. I can even load it up for 80 meters with my wide ranging tuner. I got S7 reports from nearby Indiana. Now if the bands would just cooperate, I could really give an accurate account of it's performance. I am very pleased with the antenna so far.
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K7JIM
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Rating: 5/5
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Aug 19, 2011 20:24
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Free standing antenna.
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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This 43' antenna has been up for over 3 years. Cheyenne is a windy area. 65 to 75 mile an hour winds many times. I have no guide wires on this antenna. Once again, There are no guide wires on this antenna. It is free standing. That tells you what material this antenna is made of. There are lower cost 43' antennas. I wonder if they could be free standing and take my winds?
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N0BL
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Rating: 5/5
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Jul 18, 2011 19:48
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Zero Five Vertical Antennas work great in a phased array set up
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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This is an update to my last review I did on the Zero Five mulitiband vertical antenna. I have now purchased another multiband Vertical and phased these two antennas together. I have installed 60 radials on each antenna with a proper grounding syetm. The phased verticals for working DX is amazing. This system works in some cases as good as a beam antenna or very close too it. I have recently been in some very large DX pile ups and on the first call into the pile up got a response back with a very strong signal report. If your considering a vertical antenna system YOU WILL NOT GO WRONG WITH THIS SET UP. Tom has done an outstanding job on engineering and design of these antennas and the quality is by far better than any other antenna I have have seen for ham radio use. If your planning on this type system I suggest you give Tom a call and he can advise you on what is the best setup for the area in which you live.
Just as a side note over the last 40 yrs I have used and have had experience with a lot of different antenna systems for both commerical and Ham use, this antenna ranks at the top of my list. I would not hesitate to use these antennas in a commercial application for whatever the need.
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K3ROJ
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Rating: 5/5
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Jul 7, 2011 06:57
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Outdoes Cushcraft R8
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I had my 43 foot vertical still in it's box for several months and decided to mount it and try her out. My old Cushcraft R8 was mounted on a swingdown 4X4 treated lumber arrangement. This mount was originally constructed to hold a Purple Martin bird house but had too many problems with ordinary sparrows taking it over. Anyway, the 43 foot vertical mounted easily on the top piece. I used the original balun that came with this antenna and my 100 foot long RG11 direct burial cable made for Cable TV use. Using buried radials is impossible since our garden is nearly underneath. I did however drive in 2 each 8 foot ground rods. I tried it out with the old Heathkit tuner in the shack. It performed well except for 160 and 10 meters. Then, as an experiment connected the antenna ground to our chainlink fence and wow what a difference it made. I can now load up on 160 CW easily and 10 meters works very well with 20 meters being the best. Since 1998, using the Cushcraft R8, I have made over 24,000 contacts, most being on CW. Now my 43 foot vertical does such a great job, there is no station I hear that cannot hear me.
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KB2RF
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Rating: 5/5
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May 16, 2011 20:58
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Absolutely amazing antenna!
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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After 7 years with another older vertical, I decided it was time to try something new. Had a great QSO with K9KEJ and asked" what antenna are you using"? He filled me in on the 43' ZeroFive. He said to call Tom, he will take care of you. " Boy was he right". Tom spent time explaining the antenna, and the entire installation process.
One week later I was installing the antenna. The install basically consists of the following: Sank the pipe and mounted the antenna with the fold-over mount. (a must option) Bought a radial plate and ran about 35-40 radials ranging from 33 to 40 feet. Ran 100 ft of LMR 400 direct burial cable. Using the AT2K tuner with a THP amp and Flex 3000. Performance is fantastic!
Tuned 10-80 meters, no problem. I have had some of the best DX on 15, 17, 20 , and 40 meters than in the past. I am amazed on not only the signal reports I get, but how much better I am receiving stations. I am very pleased with the 43' ZeroFive.
Also, as others have stated, Tom will always answer the phone and provides top notch customer service. Thanks Tom!!
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K8WDX
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Rating: 5/5
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Feb 15, 2011 06:09
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Fantasic 57 footer
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Time owned: 6 to 12 months
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OK had the 43' vertical, installed the ground plane vertical for upper bands, So a call to Tom, how can I improve the 43 footer, for lower bands, we chatted for a bit, decided to convert the 43' vertical into a 57' vertical,
This thing is fantastic, on the air reports are like this, on 40M reports, 20 over most of the time, DX pile up buster big time, never call 2 times.
80M 20 over reports from DX stations, I am running a bit of power about 600 watts, called Tom again to give him my results, he ask if I had tried it locally on 80M? No I had not, so I got on a net that I sometimes check into, they could not believe my signal, I signed out and listened for a bit, all they could talk about for the next half hour was my signal, 20 - 40 over reports on 80M and that is in my own State, it is a ARES/RACES net for the state of West Va and I know all these guys well..
Next checked in with the guys on 3913.00, I threw out my call, couple of them commented that they had to turn the volume down a bit when I was talking, one of them told me he had never seen a signal like this in 20 years of hamming, they could not believe I was on a vertical..
The best though is DX, I work these guys running pile ups and always carry on a back and forth QSO with no problem, they DX station will always tell me I am one of the loudest ones on the band.
Got it up just in time for the DXCC contest, during what I call the warm up week, when all the DX stations are on the air getting ready, Its fun when they tell me they are running a stacked array 6 over 6 over 6, and I give them a 59 report, then I can here the silence, and then they respond 59+10-15, next the question is ask what is the antenna you are using, I respond a 57 foot ground mounted vertical, you can here them fall out of their chair.
I have a friend who has a Steppir, we get on the air work some DX, I am always getting at least the same signal reports, and it is not uncommon to get a 2 s unit better report that he gets with his Steppir, we are running the same power.
Best of all no tower to worry about, pull the bolt out lay it on the ground do the maint and back up it goes,
Tom hats off to you my friend this thing is fantastic. check out my QRZ page for pictures, I do have mine guyed although it is a freestanding vertical. you cant go wrong with this thing, BTW it is large but not that easy to see from the road, I do live in an antenna restricted community..
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