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Reviews For: VA6AM Triplexer and BPFs

Category: Filters, RF: bandpass, duplexer, lowpass, highpass, RFI/EMI

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Review Summary For : VA6AM Triplexer and BPFs
Reviews: 14MSRP:
Description:
HF Triplexers and Band Pass Filters
Product is in production
More Info: http://va6am.com
# last 180 days Avg. Rating last 180 days Total reviews Avg. overall rating
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K9CT Rating: 2022-11-08
Recommend! Time Owned: 6 to 12 months.
I wanted to install a new tower about 900 feet from the shack at my contest station and connect with a single 1 5/8" Heliax. Pavel was consulted before purchasing two triplexers and three High Power Filters for 10, 15 and 80m. I ran several tests and then we contested with 1500 watts for 48 hours. You could not tell that anyone else was on the other bands. Noise floor remained low and no artifacts were heard.

Quality of the construction was very good. Pavel ships each item well and delivers when he says.

I would highly recommend getting his products.

73, Craig K9CT
N3OC Rating: 2022-11-07
worked perfectly Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I recently added a high-power triplexer and HP BPF to my bencher skyhawk tribander stack. They worked perfectly and this has been an amazing upgrade to my station.

No more "splitting" my stack, now it acts just like I have three monobander stacks available.

I also use Pavel's HP BPFs at the V26B station and they also work perfectly.

I highly recommend these products. Very well made.
K1XM Rating: 2022-11-02
Buy them Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I own VA6AM high power filters for 80 - 10 and a triplexer. These devices allow me to operate SO2R at my single-tower station.

I have used VA6AM triplexers at four stations. We operated in the single op, multi-single, and multi-2. The filters work so well that it is reasonable to design a station with tribanders and a triplexer instead of monobanders.

I recently ordered a set of low power filters to use at WRTC.

They aren't cheap. There are no buttons, switches, knobs, displays, or menus. Put them in a corner, run coaxes, and they work.

And ordering from VA6AM is easy. Send e-mail and tell him what you need and you'll get the personal touch.
N6DE Rating: 2022-10-27
Quality solutions Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
I used VA6AM's high power triplexer and high power bandpass filters (10m-80m) on a Multi-Multi high power contest expedition. These were in the Hammond 1444 style boxes (17"x8"x3") with 3 60mm fans in each box. Fan noise was a non-issue with these smaller 60mm fans.

We had a single triband Yagi running 10m, 15m and 20m high power stations simultaneously with the triplexer and bandpass filters. We had 40m and 80m antennas running high power simultaneously through the bandpass filters. All the VA6AM gear performed flawlessly.

Pavel VA6AM provided good communication throughout the process and beat his estimated ship date.

See pictures of the VA6AM gear in action from our contest expedition photo album:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/BsYhhcANz1xy6iTE6

NO9E Rating: 2022-08-20
Very well made Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I bought a triplexer plus a 40m filter. The delivery was ahead of time. The devices look very well made and they work.
K9RS Rating: 2022-02-21
Very impressive performance Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
I have the 20/15/10 triplexer and filters that I am using with a stack of JK Mid-Tri antennas. Used this setup for the first time in ARRL CW DX 2022 and it was like having 3 separate stacks! Great products and great customer support!
WV4P Rating: 2022-02-20
They just Work ! Time Owned: more than 12 months.
When I got into Multi Op Contesting it did not take long to realize I needed filters. I sent Pavel an Email and we got it all started. I wanted some pretty custom stuff as far as enclosures and he made them to suite. Very easy to deal with, prompt replies, clear and concise on what you are buying.
How do they work ? Well, Excellent. We have them in use at the NJ4P Contest station and could not be happier. Inter Band interference is either eliminated or attenuated to levels that make it a non issue even in QRO M/2 contests. SO2R operation is Fun.
I highly recommend Pavel and his products. A ++++
K5WA Rating: 2021-12-16
Well beyond expectations!! Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
I started with VA6AM's triplexer and 20-15-10 BPFs because I saw several nice reviews about them. A friend of mine has a JK 10/15 combo beam (one coax) and needed to separate 10 from 15 for SO2R operation so I thought I'd experiment with my new BPF in that application. It worked so well in that tough application (10 and 15 on the same boom) that I have now installed them in my SO2R station along with Pavel's 40M BPF. I actually wasn't expecting much difference in cross radio interference because I have the Array Solutions automatic BPF on my pair of K4s but when I inserted the VA6AM filters, I was very pleasantly surprised to find much better cross-band rejection and harmonic suppression. I can not even tell the other rig is transmitting until I get to a harmonic but the low level broadband thumping I was used to is now gone entirely.

Pavel is so easy to work with and makes each purchase fit your needs exactly. He actually has more options than I know what to do with so I've told him "Just use your best judgement" and it always works out fantastically. His shipments arrive very quickly even through US Customs. These filters are good for 3500 watts and have fans if you were to ever use that much power but I'll never need more than 1500 watts. The 40M BPF is rated at 2500 watts and that is still overkill for whatever I'll need but it is nice to have such a healthy safety overhead available in case my SWR ever goes up unexpectedly.

I can highly recommend Pavel and his products! Very well made and works BETTER than advertised!

Bob K5WA
VE3JM Rating: 2021-11-05
Great filters Time Owned: 6 to 12 months.
Highly recommended. I was using LP W3NQN filters with coaxial stubs for years in SO2R and M/2 operations, but had some interference.

I have purchased Pavel's HP BPF filters for all bands and 2 HP triplexers for 2 tribanders that are used for multipliers. The filters help a lot and the triplexers provide an additional flexibility in using the tribanders simultaneously on different bands.

Pavel is quick in replying to emails and providing updates on orders.
WB4BLY Rating: 2021-08-17
I bought the low power 80, 40 and 20 meter bandpass filters. Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
They are top quality and the service is great. Pavel goes out of the the way to make sure you are buying what you need. I look forward to buying additional filters and products as I build my two radio setup. He also has a lot of good information on his site.