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| Reviews Summary for Performance HF: HT/HF-HAM - HF RX antenna for handhelds |
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W8DMC
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Rating: 5/5
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Jun 5, 2008 08:48
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EXCELLENT
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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Here is the body of my report. It works, and works very well, and is a natural for those electing to hear the bands when only the HT is available.
On my Kenwood TH-6A one needs to turn off the internal “BAR” Antenna first for the best results, and extend the whip, set to the required 80 to 10 meter button, tune and hear! Yes hear, hear things that you never thought you would hear via an HT! Now you hear stations on 75/80, 40, 15, 10 meters and even portions of the WARC bands also.
Imagine ones ears when you here friends and associates on 75 meters at night! You might listen to favorite net or you’re favorite. Rag-chew frequency group. The bands haven’t been perfect, and I haven’t heard all bands 24/7, yet this professionally built and nicely designed antenna makes the pass time fun.
The price is on-target, and it broadens ones listening capabilities, and allows me to “stay-tuned”, if away and unable to secure my HF fix for the day.
Great reception, a nice addition to the HT package and Easley packs away. It’s a good price, sold by nice people that make for a positive add-on enhanced enjoyment to an otherwise normal HT.
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HC2SA
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Rating: 5/5
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May 30, 2008 12:59
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Excellent RX Antenna
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Time owned: 6 to 12 months
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With original antenna the IC-R20 is a terrific RX all mode radio, but for the portion between VHF and UHF bands. but I'm looking for a small antenna that could hear the HF band strong and clear; I belongs to the IC-R20 yahoo groups, last year I saw a comment about the Performance HF: HT/HF-HAM - HF RX antenna for handhelds. I bought this antenna from their web page, my first impressions was I obtained more than I expected, the antenna performs very well in the HF segment all modes, I was at the beach and I could hear the 14Mhz and 21Mhz SSB 59, even with the actual poor conditions , at night with just push one or two combination buttons and I could monitoring the 7Mhz and the 3.8Mhz band with excellent reports. It's a perfect complement for the Handheld RX radios or handheld radios with bnc or sma (the manufacturer provides you with and sma adapter) by the way the client service is world class, you have a personnel advice by mail or by phone. I strongly recommends this antenna.
Rene Santos
HC2SA
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KB0NLQ
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Rating: 5/5
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Feb 15, 2008 22:28
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One Excellent Antenna
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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First of all, Performance HF customer service is incredible. Every question was answered throughly and the antenna was shipped immediately.
At first I was skeptical due to the size of the antenna. I wondered just how well anything that size could really improve reception. Let me tell you, it's like turning on a low noise preamp. I've used it mainly with my Icom IC-R20 and it does exactly what they advertise on their web site. Actually...the improvement in reception has generally exceeded the example audio clip they had posted on the web site.
Signals that were in the noise with 0 to 1 signal bars often jump to a half meter. The tuning seems to be spot on with each band responding to the appropriately marked button.
The construction of the antenna is first rate. The body is solid and strong. The surface is some sort of slightly rubbery subsance that resists marring and wear very well. The SMA is rock solid and the buttons respond well with an audible click. The antenna comes with a small ring to bridge the gap between the BNC adapter and body to help keep the adapter from unscrewing with use but it's not really a necessity. The collapsible antenna unscrews from the body for quick storage too. You can even adjust the internal SMA clocking to fit the final position to the radio thread stop position if you find that the switches face the wrong direction when it's fully tightened down on the radio. Of course, that's not an issue if you are using the BNC adapter.
If you would like to actually use your hand held HF receiver to listen to anything other than high power shortwave broadcasters but you can't or don't want to be tethered to a cable then this is probably the best thing available.
I worried that it might be a novelty that I would end up forgetting about in no time but it isn't. It's stayed on R20 since I bought it. My only concern is that I'm going to wear out the rotary encoder in the radio from tuning up and down the bands all the time.
This thing should really be neat when the upper bands come around and things start popping on 10 meters.
It was a nice surprise to spend a good amount of money on a specialty product that actually exceeds my expectations.
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N2DY
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Rating: 5/5
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Apr 30, 2007 20:45
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Does the job nicely
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I echo the previous reviewer's comments. This is a solid product both electrically and mechanically. I tried it out on a number of my HT's that receive HF, including the Kenwood TH-6, Yaesu VX-7R and the Yaesu VX-2R. I also tried it out on a Uniden BR-330T and an Icom R-20. The antenna does as advertised. It brings these radios to life on the HF bands. I also have the Miracle Ducker and the Miracle Whip. This antenna performed on par with them. However, the HT/HF-Ham was easier to use and less cumbersome than the Miracle products. Overall, a nice innovative product that makes HF listening easy and allows you to utilize capabilities that we tend to ignore on our HTs. Great job Alan.
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WB0GAZ
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Rating: 5/5
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Feb 24, 2007 14:04
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Excellent electrically and mechanically
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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Offered as an antenna to improve HF reception on hand-held receivers; I tried with Kenwood TH-F6 and Yaesu VR-500. Designed for receiving only (manual warns against transmitting.) Works as claimed on bands tested so far (indoor reception on 80, 40, 30 and 20M bands) - largely eliminates the wideband hiss that otherwise made both receivers almost deaf on HF, and enabled solid reception of a wide range of signals. Controls seem solid and very easy to operate (set of five labeled pushbuttons along antenna body) and are fully repeatable. Overall construction and fit/finish are excellent - nothing intermittent or irritating. SMA antenna connector and body geometry make for very good fit on Kenwood TH-F6, and supplied adapter enabled use with Yaesu VR-500. Well thought-out weight distribution should minimize wear on handheld's antenna connector and mounting. Compared to Miracle Antenna's "Ducker IL" - similar in overall RF performance (signal strength, selectivity, etc.), but I prefer the HT/HF-HAM antenna from a mechanical standpoint, due to weight distribution, use of SMA connector (vs. BNC), and generally more hand-held friendly construction. Finally, communications updates from manufacturer during order delivery process were excellent.
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