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Reviews For: DIAMOND X-50 2m/440 ANTENNA

Category: Antennas: VHF/UHF+ Omnidirectional: verticals, mobile, etc

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Review Summary For : DIAMOND X-50 2m/440 ANTENNA
Reviews: 122MSRP: 99.99
Description:
Gain: 2m:4.5dB 70cm:7.2dB
Product is in production
More Info: http://www.rfparts.com/diamond/x50.html
# last 180 days Avg. Rating last 180 days Total reviews Avg. overall rating
131224.6
KF4NZV Rating: 2004-09-21
Excellent antenna Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Great little antenna for the money. This is my first 2m/70cm verticle and couldn't be more pleased. The assembly and installation was a breeze.
KG6UEQ Rating: 2004-06-05
I guess I need one too! Time Owned: more than 12 months.
Looks like the perfect base station antenna to hit those repeaters.
N4WWZ Rating: 2004-03-19
Excellent product Time Owned: more than 12 months.
Hello,

Like other posts stated this antenna was a snap to assemble and works well. It also looks good. I highly recommend this antenna.
VK7HDX Rating: 2004-03-18
No problems Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
If you want a no-hassle 2M & 70 cm antenna.
This is the one for you.
Not to big
Good SWR
Dualband
and at a good price

Go for it
AL1Z Rating: 2004-02-20
Great Antenna - No Problems Time Owned: 6 to 12 months.
This is a great antenna (X50NA). The cost was very reasonable, it was a snap to assemble & install, and the SWR is less than 1.1-1 between 144-148 (basically 1.0-1 at 146.000).

I have it mounted about 6ft off the ground, on a tripod, connected with 75ft of RG213 coax.

Would recommend this antenna to anyone.

Patrick
AL1Z
M3MRR Rating: 2004-01-12
Good results after buying the antenna Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I bought this antenna after researching fellow hams and reading reviews. I am very pleased with it. It was easy to assemble and put up and SWR is non existant on 144mhz and minute on 430mhz. I would reccomend this antenna to anyone.
KB2EHJ Rating: 2003-12-17
Excellent Antenna and Customer Support Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
The club that I'm a member of purchased this antenna to give to the local Red Cross Chapter for use during emergencies. During installation we lost the screw that attaches the antenna to the supplied mounting pipe. We called the tech support line and asked them for the spec on the screw so that we could replace it. I was told it was a metric 6 or 7mm screw but that I probably wouldn't be able to find the correct one at a hardware store, but if I could wait a couple days they would be willing to replace it at no cost.
Now I know we all know that the cost of a screw is nothing but it was just a good feeling to know they would be willing to take care of their customer without looking at the $$. I'm sure there are companies out their who would have charged us $1.00 for the screw and another $9.99 for S/H.

As for the preformance of the antenna. God what can be said that hasn't already. We have been doing preliminary tests and have been able to do simplex communications on both VHF and UHF out about 10 miles from the Red Cross office using no more then 5 watts of power. Most of the area is around 600' elevation but the RC Office is in a hole at 320' and in the past we have not been able to do reliable simplex work......I think this is going to change LOL

73's Mark
N8CDN Rating: 2003-11-14
Great Antenna Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I recently purchased a Diamond X50 to replace a very old Ringo Ranger for 2 meters as well as one for 440. I bought the Diamond because of the small size and quality of construction.

My antenna is mounted to the side of the house at approx. 25ft. and is fed with 30' of RG-213 cable. I have been really pleased with it so far. I had an rf feedback problem with the Ringo on 440 and this has been eliminated. Performance on 2 meters seems much better compared to the Ringo Ranger. Installation was a breeze and the swr was flat on both bands according to my Bird 43 wattmeter.

I would recommend this antenna to anyone looking for a light weight,dual-band base antenna at a resonable cost.


Terry N8CDN
K6IOU Rating: 2003-10-22
A Pleasure! Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
What a pleasure it is to work with a quality product!

I have the X-50A and it performs as advertised. SWR on 2 meters: 1.44:1 @ 144 MHz, 1.05:1 @ 148 MHz.

SWR on 440: varies between 1.06:1 to 1.86:1 between 430 MHz and 450 MHz.

This is my second Diamond antenna [the other is a mobile 2m/440 mobile] and I can recommend their products without hesitation!
KA1ZRU Rating: 2003-07-13
Just as Diamond said.. Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I just bought this antenna and installed it. The installation was a breeze. It had simple, easy to understand directions. It performs very well and the SWR is below 1.5. It required no tuning. I installed it with 75 feet of 9913F-7 coax. What more can I say. I read the reviews in here before I bought it and was not disapointed when I installed it.

KA1ZRU