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Category: Antennas: HF: Verticals; Wire; Loop

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Review Summary For : SV8-PLUS HF
	Reviews: 6	MSRP: 650,00
	Description: SV8-PLUS Vertical Antenna for 6-10-12-15-17-20-30-40meter 1500w
	Product is in production
More Info: http://www.vertical-array.com
# last 180 days	Avg. Rating last 180 days	Total reviews	Avg. overall rating
0	0	6	4.8

IK2GNP	Rating:	2023-11-10
Very good vertical antenna			Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
Update November 2023: After about 5 months of usage, I'm more than happy with this fantastic vertical antenna. It performs absolutely surprising on all bands. For example, just got TJ9 in 10m and 7O8 in 15m during this week, and you can only imagine what a pileup was involved. Also V31 in 10m and 17m, and I could continue. Very good in 6m too. When the "magic band" is opened, many strong stations can be listened and worked. ZS6 is only the last one, a very nice DX in 6m band. All this in SSB and only with 100 watt from my TS2000, no amplifiers here in my shack. In my opinion, this is an absolutely recommended antenna to all ham that do not want or can't install a Yagi. 73. ---------------------------- Just installed this antenna and my first impression is very good. The installation was very easy, no mechanical problem. One of the most important point is that, during first setup, any adjustment is required. The only part that can be adjusted is the upper 40m stub, but following the advices from the manufacturer my antenna was just tuned also in that band. I remember troubles and time spent to tune and adjust my previous antenna in the past years.... this one is another story. More simple and straightforward. Before purchasing, I evaluated other products like Hy-gain AV640, but finally my choice was for this SV8plus just due to the lacking of difficult adjustments. So I'm very happy. After my first usage, I suggest this antenna to all people looking for a good, not so big, easy to install and stable multiband vertical antenna covering all bands from 40m to 6m. Also, the manufacturer is very helpful, and this is an additional very important point. 73 de IK2GNP Marco

IT9IJF	Rating:	2023-11-09
IT9IJF Mauri Caltanissetta Sicily Is.			Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
The antenna was mounted without any need for various calibrations, having respected what is indicated in the manual, maximum VSWR found on average 1.3, on 40 meters and on 6 meters zero stationary, I hope to make many good DXs. IT9IJF Mauri Sicily Is.

IZ0JNY	Rating:	2022-03-24
great vertical antenna			Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
I bought this antenna because I tried it from a friend and I fell in love with it. I have as experience in the vertical the Gap Titan DX, definitely superb antenna for HF that I owned for more than 2 years. The SV8Ultra is at the level of the Titan from 10 to 20m WARC included, but receives better in 40m than Titan in my humble opinion. Mechanically very robust, and resistant to strong winds. I preferred it to the Titan for its greater mechanical strength, and for the possibility of being able to use it without problems with high powers. I use it when wind is too strong to keep my Yagi's at 14meters, and also for diversity in combination with yagi.

IT9BGY	Rating:	2022-01-05
Antenna fantastica			Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I have owned this antenna for over 1 year and am extremely satisfied. Solid construction with 2mm thick tubes with excellent traps made of high strength material. Working the bands ranging from 10m to 40m is a lot of fun and gave me the opportunity to do excellent dx. I also added the kit for the 6m band and it works perfectly. What can I say, excellent in everything! Salvatore IT9BGY

IZ0AEG	Rating:	2019-12-17
very satisfied			Time Owned: 6 to 12 months.
Vertical antenna for HF 6-10-12-15-17-20-30-40 meter great hardware and power reting 1500w.

IU5KZV	Rating:	2019-12-17
Very very good antenna			Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
Im the happy howner of this antenna since June 2019, it is a very good antenna strong and very efficient with a very big bandwidth for each band. It is easy to mount the only thing that you must remind is to respect the distances between the elements as reported in the user manual, no other more matching is required, and you are on air. Strongly recomended! 73' de IU5KZV

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Antennas: HF: Verticals; Wire; Loop

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SV8-PLUS HF

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