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DL5KW
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Rating: 4/5
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Jul 10, 2010 07:47
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Fine for 40, medium for 80
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Time owned: 6 to 12 months
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Pros:
solid quality wire and balun
Balun BU-50 prevents static voltage between the two arms.
SWR 1.6 on 40M
Cons:
Balun has own SWR for 80M
Coils are optimized for 3.7Mhz. Fine for SSB. Bad SWR 2.6 for CW part of the 80M-Band.
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PH1MRF
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Rating: 4/5
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May 30, 2009 10:49
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Good quality, manual Japanese
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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Works very well, but unfortunatly the manual was Japanese. Found an english one here
http://www.houseofradio.gr/download/W-series.pdf
Regards,
Marcel
PH1MRF
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M0MGF
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Rating: 5/5
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Dec 9, 2008 08:39
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I can hear things on 80/40 now!
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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Everything you need to make this antenna is included in the bag. You dont even need to do any crimping.
Simple to make up, but the instructions are in Japanese / Chinese (dont know?) Even though they are very easy to follow through to acheive a finished product.
Tuning was simple with 40m been resonant over pretty much most of the band. 80m is a little more High Q, with a smaller bandwidth, so decide where you want to operate with this antenna. An ATU will find it light work though to give you the whole 80m band. And for those that want lots of power, the antenna is rated at 1.2KW.
Quality of material is very good, as you would expect from Diamond antenna's.
This is a highly recommended antenna and at only 26m long, most people will be able to fit it in there gardens.
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