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| Reviews Summary for Bushcomm BBA-100 HF Broadband Antenna |
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Reviews: 4
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Average rating: 5.0/5
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MSRP: $AU$450.45
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Description: Our flagship model and all round best performer to date is the BBA-100 Antenna. Highly efficient, engineered to meet the exacting standards of professional users, yet comparatively affordable, the BBA-100 has much to offer to many different sectors of private and commercial use.
The BBA-100 is adaptable enough to suit a wide range of installation situations - from between two purpose built antennas at a professional site to between a tree and the backyard shed and even in an inverted "v" configuration. Light, yet sturdy construction ensures low total mass wind loading and the highest quality materials used in construction, such as stainless steel wire and fittings and UV resistant fibreglass rods, produce an antenna that will survive the rigours of the outdoors for many years.
There are different versions of the BBA-100 available - including shorter, longer and 500W (AM) variations. Some of these models include BBA-100S, BBA-100E, BBA-500, BBA-500E.
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More info: http://www.bushcomm.com.au/
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KR4K
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Rating: 5/5
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Mar 4, 2007 04:41
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Excellent Choice
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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Installed BBA-100E with OFO-Kit. Center is at 40 ft. with center hanging 5 ft. off tower and ends are at 30 ft. I use three towers to support. Ordered direct from Bushcomm.
Construction is outstanding, built like a tank. Installation was easy, but be sure and follow the installation instructions to prevent kinks.
I purchased for MARS, SHARES, SWL, and ham use. I use from 1.8 MHz to 30 MHz. VSWR does not cause TS-2000 to back down power without using internal tuner.
Have made 160m to 10m contacts, including recent 160m contest. Received reports as "strongest signal on band" recently on 17m with stations in MN, OH, and WA. MARS signal reports are that I came from weak but readable to often the strongest signal on the net, including 2.0 and 14.0 MHz frequencies.
I used B&W antennas for several years, and the BBA-100E is a dramatic improvement.
Only one wish - 4mm stainless steel wire instead of 2mm.
Highly recommend to anyone looking for one HF wire antenna. It just plain works. Bushcomm has an excellent product.
73/gus
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VK3MOA
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Rating: 5/5
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Mar 30, 2006 15:13
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Great Broadband antenna
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Time owned: 6 to 12 months
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I have used a BBA-100 for the last 9 months or so and I am impressed with how it works on such a wide range of frequencies.
I put it up against a standard wire dipole resonate for 40 and 80 meters, and although the reports back from others were not quite as good on 80 meters,on 40 they were similar. Logic and theory say that it won't be better than a resonate antenna, so I didn't expect it to be. But a resonate antenna on one band will not really work anywhere else. The BBA-100 will transmit anywhere from 2-30 MHz.
On receive it was quieter than my resonate dipole,but all signals could still be heard. There was less hash and background noise as well. And it could "hear" everything on all bands,all the shortwave stations and all the outback and 4WD frequencies as well.
The materials quality was excellent, too. All stainless steel with strong UV resistant balun boxes.
If you don't have room for more than one antenna, and want more than a couple of frequencies, I recommend the BBA-100 because it will transmit and receive anywhere from 2-30 MHz.
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VK6HTW
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Rating: 5/5
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Mar 11, 2006 05:45
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Product is very high quallity and virtually indestructable.
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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These people [ BUSHCOMM ] are absolutely fantastic and easy to deal with their website is neat and infomative.My antenna the bba-100, at first seemed a bit expensive but the Quality of its construction will see it last for decades out in the harsh weather near the ocean. 5 years and still as good as new,stainless steel cable with fibreglass spreader rods, not aluminium/ PVC/ copper,etc. They are supplied all assembled and therefore very easy to install.Excellent for shortwave listening and covers 2-30 Mhz range (80-10m tx & rx) including all WARC bands plus military and marine HF frequencies. This unit is up to 2S points quieter on noise compared to the old 40m dipole, fantastic for my area. Signal reports worldwide have been excellent. So impressed with this antenna, I have bought a second product the SWCS Kit, again communication with these guys is terrific nothing is too hard very helpfull, premium service ++++.
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VK4DU
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Rating: 5/5
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Mar 4, 2006 19:11
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Robust, with good performance
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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BBA100 review
I run a comms engineering company, specialising in design and installation of HF point to point and land mobile networks, principally in the developing world.
As I’m sure you all know, the antenna is the centerpiece of any HF installation.
I needed an antenna system which:
covers a wide freq range (typically 3-12 MHz) with low VSWR;
does not need a automatic tuner;
performs well;
is very robust; and
is reliable.
Unfortunately, a lot of ‘broad band’ HF antennas offer wide frequency coverage with mediocre performance.
The Bushcomm BBA100 (3 wire) and SWC100 (single wire) antennas fulfill all my requirements.
They are robust antennas with good performance over a broad frequency range.
We have installed at least 500 of the BBA100 model and 1800 of the SWC100 model in some of the world’s harshest environments – the jungles of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
Many of these installations were conducted by helicopter or outboard motor boat – the sites are so inaccessible, weeks of walking was the only other transport alternative.
In this situation, we simply can not afford to use an antenna which may fail – the logistic costs of replacing a faulty antenna run into the tens of thousands of dollars.
Of course, any broad band antenna is a compromise, however the Bushcomm antennas perform surprisingly well – at least on par with a dipole.
The BBA100 3 wire version also makes an excellent wide band receive antenna.
If you are looking for a good wide band antenna, and have a bit of space, I strongly recommend you consider the Bushcomm range.
Glenn VK4DU
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