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K7EDE
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Rating: 5/5
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Feb 1, 2006 12:04
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inexpensive, easy, works!
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I just got into CW and have tried a homebrewed St. Louis Vertical (SLV) with some success doing QRP in the backyard. Like a lot of others, I have to have a temporary antenna--and the easier and quicker it is to use, the more I'll be on the air.
I found the SLV, even after modification, to be a little hard to tune--and very sharp. It had to be retuned for every slight frequency change. It also took some effort to lay out the radials and coil them up again. So...I came across a mention of this antenna being used with my tuner (Emtech ZM-2) and bought one.
The antenna was shipped quickly and I was impressed by the workmanship. I had a question about using it and Jeff from the company quickly answered me by email.
I tried it out today in the backyard--not putting too much effort into the setup. I ran it from a picnic table over to a tree--laying the antenna right over a branch--and then up to the an eave about 25 ft. up. That's it. For about 10 ft, from the table to the tree, the antenna was almost on the ground.
And yet it easily tuned up. And stay tuned unless I made a big frequency change. (If you're familiar with this type of tuner, there's an LED that goes out to indicate minimal SWR--in this case the light went completely out and stayed that way unless I really moved the knob.)
I made a daytime contact on 40m with a station in Banning, CA, about 270 miles away, with 4 watts and this antenna almost on the grass and draped over a small tree. The other guy sent me a signal report of 559.
I can't wait to try it some evening.
I have ideas on a better setup for it, but I'm already impressed. It's inexpensive, built to last, very easy to deploy and put away, and it works. It's perfect for my situation, and I bet for a lot of other people as well.
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WB2ERJ
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Rating: 3/5
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Nov 2, 2005 17:42
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Build your own instead
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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This antenna does work as advertised. It loads well inside my apartment on 10-40M using my tuner. But, you can build your own for about $5 in 15 minutes. Just get a 50 ft. piece of twinlead, zip cord, or speaker wire and cut off 1/2 of one of the conductors. You now have this antenna. Connect it to the balanced input of your tuner and load it up. I found that my center feed 44' indoor doublet performed better than this antenna and had lower noise, even when part of this antenna was outside.
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KA2JIZ
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Rating: 5/5
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Sep 3, 2005 09:47
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The 10-20M version review
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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In my previous review I gave high marks to the 10-40 version. Now, because the length of that model is a tad long for this indoor apartment installation, I ordered and just hung the 10-20 antenna . I am happy to report that it works very well. I just QRT'd with a station in Kansas City with a report of 5/7/9 on a nearly dead 20 meter band. Mind, I was running 10-15 watts from my SGC2020...and this antenna is still hung indoors. Oh, the other fellow had a 3 element beam at 60 feet. Those "ears", at that altitude, undoubtedly a positive contributing facter. Nevertheless, I am more than satisfied.
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AC6XA
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Rating: 5/5
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Jul 5, 2005 07:34
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Great
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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This is a very handy antenna with good performance. I use it with my Elecraft K1 with internal antenna tuner and it tunes to at most 1.2:1 on 40, 30, 20, and 15m (usually better). I've worked JA, V7, FO, and others at 5 watts in the short amount of time I've had it.
I run the antenna out my sliding glass door, across the balcony, up over a bird feeder, across to a tree branch, and then it drops down to about 10 feet from the ground. Quite a zig-zag, but it still works. Very easily pulled in when not operating.
It's well constructed and certainly worth the price.
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KF6GOM
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Rating: 5/5
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Apr 27, 2005 21:54
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Fantastic Results
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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using this antenna on a Icom 718 and Yaesu 817.Very easy to set up and wire and connectors are of great Quality.For $19.99 its receives and Transmits with a very low SWR on 40-10 Meters 1.2 Measured.Tunes very well with a LDG Z-100 Tuner.Will recommend To all.
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KC8UFI
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Rating: 5/5
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Apr 27, 2005 11:25
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Good Product
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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Antenna works as advertised. I use it off the back deck as an inverted L. Nice and portable. Good customer service. If you need a portable no hassle wire antenna this is a good choice.
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AB7JK
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Rating: 4/5
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Apr 22, 2005 22:40
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Works well
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I cut this antenna to use on the higher bands, 20 - 10 meters since I didn't have the height for a 50 foot wire. I cut it to 33 foot radiator and 16 foot ground length but it did not work well on 20 meters. Ater speaking to customer service who were very helpful, I cut it to 24 foot radiator and 12 foot ground. Now I am able to make routine DX contacts on 20 and 15 meters using digital modes. I am quite pleased!
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HB9LEK
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Rating: 5/5
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Feb 6, 2005 06:45
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nice piece of equipment
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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Currently using it as back-up indoor antenna under the roof. Performing equal to my FD-3 windom installed outside along the walls of my house. Can easily be tuned to SWR below 1.5 with my MFJ-948 to all HF-bands (10m-160m). Low profile and good quality wires incl. connectors. Can only recommend this investement of some $30 (incl. shipping) as couldn't have built it myself in the same quality!
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KENNETH
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Rating: 4/5
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Jan 20, 2005 14:23
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Good end fed antenna
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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Apartment dwellers this is easy to string up. For 20 bucks I thought I would give it a try. It’s built sturdy and I agree, the customer service is great. Just look at this guys ebay feedback. Anyway, I live in an apartment. I strung it out my window and up in a tree. I could tune 10m 12m 40m 75/80m. I was touching a few branches and the window frame so the other bands would not tune. My contacts were coast to coast on 40 meters SSB QRP, From Oregon to Florida at night. So for the customer service, price point and it works as described, I rate this antenna a four. I think others will find this useful to keep in your car or RV for camping or for apartment dwellers, like myself. Its end fed thus, is very fast to string up with one fishing line.
A final note, this person also sells other antennas so check out his ebay store. I Also bought a vertical wire reel antenna form them.
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KF6MPD
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Rating: 4/5
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Dec 12, 2004 09:45
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Impressed!
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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Ok I am impressed! This antenna really does work as advertised. Basically it is a simple Zepp antenna 50 ft long made from twinlead. I could have made it for a few dollars but for the aprox $20.00 price I not only saved time but the construction is better than what I would have ended up with and I love the connectors he uses.
I installed it at my appartment by running it through the sliding door with a roll of electrical tape as an insulator to keep from touching the frame. I put it up a tree aprox 30 ft just outside the door. This keeps it off the ground and by keeping a length of fishing line over the tree I can set up or take down in less than 5 minutes.
Once connected direcly to my Icom 703 with a bannana plug for the radiator and lug for the ground side I was on the air. The built in tuner in the 703 easily handled the upper part of 75 mtrs, all of 40, 20, and 15 mtrs, and the upper half of 10 mtrs. An external tuner was able to fill in the rest. My initial contacts were made on 40 mtrs in the late afternoon. If I could hear it I could talk to it with 10 watts SSB.
I've been playing with wire antennas for years and highly recommend this antenna. It's performance is as good as anything I have used and considerably better than my multiband vertical (with a poor ground). The product is marketed on eBay and the link to the sellers store is http://stores.ebay.com/The-Bell-Imel-Group-LLC_W0QQsspagenameZl2QQtZkm .
One other plus...
The customer service was exceptional. I had a problem with the transaction that was not the fault of the seller. He responded with very fast communications and an immediate solution. These days great customer service really impresses me.
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