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Reviews For: Retevis AY04 Dual Band Yagi

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

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Review Summary For : Retevis AY04 Dual Band Yagi
Reviews: 1MSRP: 50 USD
Description:
Dual Band Yagi - 144/440 coverage.
Product is in production
More Info: https://www.retevis.com/AY04-HIGH-GAIN-YAGI-144-430-MHZ-DIRECTIONAL-ANTENNA/
# last 180 days Avg. Rating last 180 days Total reviews Avg. overall rating
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A22EW Rating: 2020-08-18
Excellent value and performance Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
Friends:

I put an order and received the following AY04 dual band yagi. I was needing to replace a very old antenna which worked but had fallen apart.


The same antenna is there on Retevis website as well and i suspect can be ordered directly. For 50$ USD incl shipping; took 9 days to arrive.

Well, i put it together and it was fairly straight forward. Manual is non-existent but the parts are well labelled. The 2 stubs are already joined meaning it is a pre-tuned antenna. I checked; it is 1.3swr and 1.1 on 2m/70cm. My feedback to the company was an adjustable match is preferred even if you give a marking for a preset.

Second issue, was 2 sets of screws. First is for main boom/element screwing - it is fine but i found its is a bit soft and issues with screwing them in. then there are a set of thin screws to put the 2m extension. These were mild steel and will corrode; i replaced them with stainless steel.

I put it up over the weekend and no issues. Able to get thru to repeaters over 90km away on both 2m/70m.

I then added the mast and got it up to 10m height. Amazing performance overall and combined with Retevis RT-95.

I had very good success. The weight is low enough and makes a good candidate for satellite. It is now a permanent antenna on my qth.

Passing my finding to the rest of the community.

73s.
VA3QY/A22EW/H5ANX


Update:
Store URL:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/362964645610
https://www.ebay.com/itm/193413299364

For US shipment:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184407842806

It is cheaper to get it from John vs Retevis directly who are double the price.

After several months of using it; i can say very pleased with it. Hitting far away repeaters - 140km is now the norm.

5 thumbs up for this antenna.