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Reviews For: Cushcraft A503S

Category: Antennas: VHF/UHF+ Directional (Yagi, quad, etc.)

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Review Summary For : Cushcraft A503S
Reviews: 24MSRP: 99.95
Description:
Enjoy the new popularity and exciting contacts on the 6 meter band with one of the S-series Cushcraft Yagis. The A503S, A505S and A506S may be mounted vertically for FM use.
Product is in production
More Info: http://www.cushcraftamateur.com/
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BRUCE Rating: 2004-01-13
Niffty L'le Nipper Time Owned: more than 12 months.
Donated kindly by Frank N3ZOM. I am ZD7VC on the St. Helena Island in the remote South Atlantic. The A503S has 3 elements on a 6' boom and was mounted on my tower @50'. Most of the time running 50w & under I have run very intense pileups on 50mhz and worked numerous DXCC Countries, I think my total stands at 76, rather than chasing DXCC on 6 mtrs I just love giving the Grid IH74DB more than anything - WHAT A SURPERB ANTENNA..!!

73 Bruce ZD7VC
K0KP Rating: 2003-01-15
Proof's in the Puddin'! Time Owned: more than 12 months.
What a nifty little antenna! Put the A503S six meter yagi up 18 months ago and have worked WAS and 50 dxcc countries with it with just 100 watts! Like I said, proof is in the puddin'. Construction quality is excellent, will last a long time. Mine is on a homebrew 33 ft. wood tower and is rotated with a cheap TV rotator. For a small space six meter yagi, backup or portable antenna, or starter antenna, this is a great one. If you like you can see the antenna on the wood tower at http://www.qsl.net/k0kp go down the page to the homebrew ham gear link and follow to the "wood tower" page.
JAMES_BENEDICT_EX_N8FVJ Rating: 2001-01-01
Well Constructed. Time Owned: more than 12 months.
The Cushcraft A503S has held up well in northern Michigan. I have installed this antenna at previous locations and owned this antenna for many years. My present QTH is at 1450 feet. The antenna is above the surrounding tree line fully exposed to the elements. Ice storms have come and gone. The antenna has survived 70+ mph storms with ice loading. I even lost a guy wire in the worst storm, fortunately my roof mounted tower survived. I had installed four guy wires! This is a well constructed antenna. The bandwidth is limited, however, my transceiver has a built-in automatic tuner which allows full bandwidth on SSB and FM with flat SWR. Highly recommended!
EI7FFB Rating: 2000-10-20
Works ! Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
As a new ham(March 2000)without HF privileges(soon I hope !)I bought one of these a503S antennas,I have worked most European countries(around 70 grids)via Sp. E with mostly 59 reports just running about 30W.Easy to assemble apart from the American hardware sizes(when will you guys in the US catch up with the rest of the world HI HI).Clear easy instuctions,all the parts and it's still nice and shiny on the roof!SWR was spot on as specified-1.2:1.Allowed a VHF only ham to work a bit of DX.Seems to be standing up to gale force winds OK.