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Reviews For: Vertical-Array 80/160L

Category: Antennas: HF: Verticals; Wire; Loop

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Review Summary For : Vertical-Array 80/160L
	Reviews: 7	MSRP: € 650,00
	Description: Height 10/12 meters Wire 10/8m 5kw power Elements diameter from 50 to 20 millimeters Hardware full stainless steel Coil of aluminum tube for a perfect mechanical seal. Switch cw / rtty / SSB Today in 3 versions:
	Product is in production
More Info: http://www.vertical-array.com/en/80-160l---40-60.html
# last 180 days	Avg. Rating last 180 days	Total reviews	Avg. overall rating
3	3	7	3.4

SV2JAO	Rating:	2024-12-20
Very good antenna for 160/80/60m			Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
I work the vertical array inverted L 160/80/60 antenna , about 3 months now. Easy installation with good materials & great performance. At begin i had some issues with rele box and one capacitor , but with awesome service of company solved immediately . YES .. highly recommended .

LA5C	Rating:	2024-12-11
Bad bad quality			Time Owned: 6 to 12 months.
I ordered the antenna in December 2023 and was promised shipping before new year. Nothing got shipped and I wrote alot of emails asking for my antenna. Faber, which I think is the owner, gave me excuses after excuses and every time a new date for shipping. 6 months later the antenna finally arrived. All Delrin insulators are to small and the whole antenna wobbles and looks terrible. The 40m insulator is way to thin so the top looks like a cocktail stick in a martini glass. I sent him several pictures of the antenna and I asked for new insulators that fits, or at least unmachined Delrin rods that I could machined to fit myself, but no. Nothing offered from Faber. On the positive side the antenna works. If you want the most wonky looking, unstable vertical this is for you. If you however want a quality product then stay away from vertical-array. 73 de LA0GE

IW0HQE	Rating:	2024-10-24
Don't think about it, just buy it !			Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I installed the 80/160 meters only, inverted L version in my garden. I live in Italy, and the same day I finished the installation and tuning I was able to contant ZL7IO Chatam Islands DXpedition in 80 meters with just a few calls ... I absolutely recommend this antenna, here's why : 1) Materials are top notch, extremely sturdy and strongly built. 2) The assemble of the antenna is super easy. Just some nuts and bolts to tight and that's all. After assembling it it just requires a fine tuning. 3) The fine tuning not only is extreamly easy, but I also had great fun doing it. It only requires to slide a few millimeters up or down the 160 and 80 meters coils. I did this just standing with my feet on the ground with one hand, while the other hand was holding the antenna analyzer. 4) The reception is noise free. 5) Last, but not least, the owners of this Company are available to support you. I asked a few questions about the antenna and they answered me within MINUTES. You would not have any difficulties assemblying the antenna, but should you, just send them a message and they will promptly get back to you in no time. 73s de IW0HQE - Alessandro

IU4JNR	Rating:	2024-05-02
40m does not work			Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I know there are a several satisfied users but not my case. I bought 40/80/160 inverted L mainly for 40 and 80m band. On 80 and 160 it works as expected but on 40m band there is no way to make it works. I had to struggle to make it resonate on 40 and it actually resonate in a very narrow slice, 20khz, where it is supposed to work almost entire band. In the slice it badly resonate, when I apply more than 200-250W after a little while, it start to de-tune and the vswr rise to unacceptable value. Company sent me a couple of capacitance to try but I had no success at all. The company eventually said that there is something wrong in my place or installation. Said that the manual is very basic, the one I've got didn't represent my actual antenna version but a previous version. I didn't got thrilled and following the company directions I've installed it (on ground with 42 tuned and random ground radials. I'm now stacked with the 40m inoperable and no valid solution found. Since I bought it mainly for 40m I deeply regret my purchase and I'm now looking for a new vertical antenna for 40m that works. Never more Vertical Array

IU6AKY	Rating:	2020-01-05
For Very DXer in Low bands			Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I have owned this antenna for over 1 year and then resold it for a change of home. The current owner is also very satisfied. Solid aluminium construction with excellent coils, also easy to calibrate. The bandwidth was 300 khz in 80m using the switching relay and 30 khz in 160m. I've done good DXs in both 80 and 160m. I also added the 60m band kit and it works perfectly. The ground floor was 40 radials of various lengths untuned Highly recommended for Low Band Dxer

IK0PUL	Rating:	2019-12-28
Great antenna for low bands			Time Owned: 6 to 12 months.
I've invL for 160 mt and 80 mt ( 12 mt high and 8 mt horizontal wire ) with no switch box and tuned on CW portion of the bands. Great material, easy to assembly and easy to tune. It works very well and it has prefectly survived to winter under sever winds storms too ( I've one order of "contro venti" ). It easily allow me to break several pileups and I can reach JA or Korea on 160mt too. I would buy it again, and price is very reasonable for the material and quality. I would say also that owner ( Claudio ) is very helpfull with suggestions and support. Top rated.

I0JBL	Rating:	2019-12-18
Top Band at your fingertips.			Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I worked high bands for many years and I had a lot of satisfaction reaching the DXCC Honor Roll. To improve my score in the Challenge program I had to start getting interested in the Top Band and bought this antenna and I was thrilled. It is a vertical antenna with a tip wire for inverted L configuration. I arrived at home in an excellent and sturdy package and when I started to assemble it I realized how robust its realization was. Tuning it was very easy thanks to a sliding collar. The thing that surprised me was the low noise level. In the following I used it with a loop for receiving Vertical Array that is truly exceptional. I recommend it to everyone. Money well spent and DX in Top Band at your fingertips.

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Antennas: HF: Verticals; Wire; Loop

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Vertical-Array 80/160L

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