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| Reviews Summary for Diamond A430S15 70 cm Yagi |
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Reviews: 4
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Average rating: 4.8/5
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MSRP: $89.95
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Description: Base Station 15 Element Yagi Beam - Special Features:
+ High Gain 14.8 dbi
+ Easy Assembly (weight only 2.15 lbs, length 89")
+ Great for base or portable use (100 watt power rating)
+ Quality Construction
+ Factory adjusted - no tuning required 430-440 MHz
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Product is in production.
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More info: http://www.rfparts.com/diamond/a430s15.html
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KD7QDG
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Rating: 4/5
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Nov 15, 2010 19:16
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A430S10 Review - 5 Elements Less
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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There is no A430S10 Catagory, so this will go here.
This is identical to the A430S15 minus 5 elements. Advertised gain is 13db whereas the 15 element is 14.8. This antenna is for the lower end of the band, not for your repeater work at all! Low SWR only in the range of 420 to 435. At 440 you are at 2 to 1 and it gets worse at the top of the band. I purchased for satellite work so no disappointment there. Hard to find a 30 MHz BW antenna you know?
Easy to build, light and works very well in the low end of the band. Came with mounting bracket, 1.5 inch. Good design, very portable.
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WD4AB
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Rating: 5/5
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Jul 7, 2010 05:17
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GREAT PERFORMER
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I installed this antenna at a mere 30ft and find that making contacts with stations 150 miles or so is no challenge. I have made signal comparisons with other local hams using bigger beams and find that the Diamond usually equals or outperforms them. Good antenna for the money. Should work great for tropo and e-skip.
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K6ERF
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Rating: 5/5
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Feb 14, 2010 17:01
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Good Performance
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Time owned: 6 to 12 months
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I purchased my first A430S15 a year ago for 432 multi-mode & SSB work. It worked so well I purchased a 2nd one and stacked them 30” apart with two 41” harness cables to the T connector from the specs that the Diamond Tech told me. The match was 1:1 and the performance has been great. The stacking helped with capture of weak sigs plus some leveling out signal fading on 90 mile plus distances.
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W7OZ
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Rating: 5/5
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Jan 22, 2008 13:24
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Bag to rag in 5 minutes
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I picked up the Diamond A430S15 to use with my new FT-8800R. They work great! The Yagi was very easy to assemble - just loosen wing nuts, rotate and center elements, re-tighten. A few more wing nuts for the boom halves + driven element and you're done.
I placed it in my attic on the back of a wood chair with a horizontal coax feed, aimed it East towards Portland/Vancouver and was rag chewing within 5 minutes of taking it out of the bag. I could easily work simplex with a mobile ham in Vancouver. His signal was maxing out on the FT-8800R indicator.
This is my first operation on 70 cm and working with this tiny but well made 15-element beam was so refreshing compared my old 3-element 20m Yagi. Though my first contacts have not really challenged this beam, I plan on exercising it on some 100+ mile paths up into Washington State. I will be getting a Diamond X700HNA in a few weeks and then it will be interesting to see how the advertised gains compare (14.8 vs 13 for X700).
For now I am delighted with this antenna and give it a 5.
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