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Reviews For: Alpha Antenna 6M, 2M/VHF, 440MHz/UHF Loop Add-on

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

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Review Summary For : Alpha Antenna 6M, 2M/VHF, 440MHz/UHF Loop Add-on
Reviews: 3MSRP: 44.95
Description:
This add-on element adds 6 meters, 2 meters, and 440 MHz to the 100W Magnetic Loop Antennas from Alpha Antenna, which enables it to support VHF, UHF, & HF from 440MHz to 3.5MHz.
Product is in production
More Info: https://alphaantenna.com/
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K1YOU Rating: 2021-08-02
Best all around antenna for my HOA Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
As others said already owned the Alpha Loop and it worked perfect with my HOA issues.
Ordered it the day I got the email and it arrived shortly after. Set up was easy and tuning wasn't bad at all..great FM and SSB contacts on 2 meters..next will try on 6 meters...really great addition as I own Yaesu FT 991A so know can work all bands with antenna..NOTE had email conversations with Steve at Alpha about being able to use it with the 6- 70cm while set up on with 80-10..instruction manual doesn't say anything. Steve answered me that NO you can't use it on 80-10 with the adapter band extender. Thanked me for picking up on that and they will be doing an addendum to the manual.
Great company...
Paul K1YOU
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KA3TTT Rating: 2021-07-31
So much fun! Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I already had the Alpha Loop, which gives coverage from 80 meters through 10 meters. I bought the VHF element as soon as they announced it. I can't see, and Steve worked with me to make sure I understood the instructions. After a little playing I got it tuning to a 1.3:1 SWR. So far I have checked in to 2 nets on 2 meters, and 1 net on 6 meters. A station in a farther suburb asked if I could copy them, which I could. I gave them an S6 and they gave me an S4. This happened on 10 Watts SSB. So much fun! Now I have 80 m through 70 cm.
WA7JFO Rating: 2021-07-31
It works well. Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I purchased this as I really needed a complete antenna solution that would support the VHF/UHF/HF bands that are included with my rig, but everything I’d seen up to this point either supported just VHF/UHF or HF, and nothing included 6M.

So I purchased this. After I added it to my 10-80M 100W HF MagLoop, I found that it could be tuned on 6M/2M in 15 seconds using my rigs built-in SWR meter. I then checked into a local VHF SSB net on 2M, no problem. So I switched over to 440MHz where I hit a couple of 440MHz repeaters, easy. For a couple of days I didn’t hear anyone on 6M, and then as I was going to bed I heard a station at sea that was 1200+ miles away. Would he hear me? Yes! The next day I made another 6M contact, although it was a local operator only 20 miles away. 6M really is the magic band, and sure paid off big after a lot of patience.