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Review Summary For : Diamond HF-20CL
Reviews: 3MSRP: 71
Description:
HF20CL Monoband Mobile Antenna Length approx. 220cm.
Product is in production
More Info: http://www.diamondantenna.net/hf20cl.html
# last 180 days Avg. Rating last 180 days Total reviews Avg. overall rating
0034.7
N1IPU Rating: 2019-06-07
Fantastic antenna, poor support Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
update to previous. Took near two months to get the screws required for the fold over. After several calls/emails finally they sent me two different screws but one worked. Make sure when you get antenna you use permanent loctite red on that screw.
They are loose when you get them. I used Blue loctite and it wont work on the foldover screw but its what you need for the set screws. Was going to drill the fold over out and drive a Stainless rollpin in and either silver solder or peen them to make them permanent. Maybe a decent solution.
On the Air I haven't found a better single band antenna. Tuning was simple, all three where very close a out of the box. This is just a heads up if you get one. I recommend them with the above caveat.
M0JPS Rating: 2017-04-05
A lot to like ! Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
This is a great mobile 20m antenna for a car roof. Just connected it to a mag mount and it was easily tuned to < 1.5:1 across the band ( even with no earth connection, except the capacitance between the antenna and car body!... which you can get away with at 14MHz but not on the lower band CL series antennas). My first qso's were 2000km on a bad day, so even in the 'shop' setup it sends a good signal. The tilt joint is really useful, not just for folding it away from hazards but folding it down to make small, easy adjustments for a near perfect SWR.
IK2WQH Rating: 2015-02-11
Excellent Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Hi there. I received the antenna yesterday. Mounted today on top of my car with a mag-mount. Tuned to 1.1 SWR in less then 2 mins extending the whip and looking at my FT-817 SWR meter.
In 45 mins I had 4 SSB QSOs in 20m with IT9, ON, LA and SP with reports spanning from 53 to 59 running a FT-817 with 5 watts.
What to say ? Excellent product, quick deployment, easy to tune and good QSOs and reports.
I can only recommend this antenna
'73 Fabio IK2WQH