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Reviews For: Diamond WS330s

Category: Antennas: HF: Yagi, Quad, Rotary dipole, LPDA

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Review Summary For : Diamond WS330s
Reviews: 1MSRP: £160
Description:
Terminated Folded Dipole (short version) Length:10m / Weight:1.7kg Max.power rating:150W(PEP) Very well made.
Product is in production
More Info: https://diamondantenna.net/
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GW1HNG Rating: 2021-09-11
Very good small antenna, very low noise. Time Owned: 6 to 12 months.
I have used this antenna, (which is only 12 feet off the ground) for about 10 months, and have found that it out-performs my fan dipole on all bands.

Yes, it has a resistor built in so you do lose about a quarter of your transmitted power as heat but you don't need any tuner and the VSWR is always less than 3:1 anywhere from 1.81mHz to 29.999mHz.

On RX the received signal is down by about 2 S points, but the background noise is down by at least 3 S points, so I am able to copy a QSO on the WS330s that I can't copy on my fan dipole due to noise.

The best antenna I've ever tried for RX, worth every penny.