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Reviews For: EAntenna 144LFA5

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

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Review Summary For : EAntenna 144LFA5
	Reviews: 1	MSRP: US$ 169.99
	Description: 5 Element Loop Fed Yagi-Uda Beam Antenna
	Product is in production
More Info: https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/ean-r2010105
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WB2VVV	Rating:	2023-10-22
Excellent 2m SSB Beam for Smaller Installations!			Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
I bought this compact 144 MHz beam from DX Engineering for $170 in the USA. It took a while to receive but was well worth the wait. This antenna is actually made by EAntennas, though distributed through InnovAntennas and/or WiMO. It is clearly an EU made product! The instructions were not so clear, but I am a very experienced antenna builder and have designed many antennas myself as well. Taking my time very carefully I was able to figure everything out, and in the end I really liked the materials provided and the mechanisms used to attach the elements to the square boom. I first converted the manual's metric measurements to SAE, right down to fractional inch measurements, so I could use my SAE tape measure. I then read the instructions several times and laid out everything as it should go together. There were some attachments that were a bit counter-intuitive, but in the end I really liked the way everything went together mechanically! It is a very sturdy mechanical design, and went together very well to make a nice 6' boom-length beam. Once I mounted the antenna on my mast and set up to perform a return loss sweep I was expecting lots of tweaking with the driven element adjustment to move the return loss dip to 144.2 MHz. The manual referred to making numerous 1mm adjustments. Well, that was not necessary as it was good to go with the initial SAE (inch) measurements I had originally converted from the decimal meter measurements in the manual. To be sure, I then experimented with the driven element adjustments and ended up right back where I started as the best all-around return loss dip (or lowest VSWR). There was also no difference in the return loss dip with the mast tilted over and the beam horizontal five feet above the ground versus up in the air. I would highly recommend using graphic frequency display return loss sweep gear (see image below)! Yes, a better instruction manual written by a native English speaker and including some pictures would be great, but it only took me a little longer to convert everything from meters to inches and figure out the assembly. I am very pleased with the outcome! Here is my as-built/installed return loss sweep: https://flic.kr/p/2oWVjGQ

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EAntenna 144LFA5

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