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Reviews For: Eantenna 2850MOX (10m + 6m)

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

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Review Summary For : Eantenna 2850MOX (10m + 6m)
	Reviews: 4	MSRP: £340
	Description: Dual band Moxon antenna (2 + 3 elements) for 10m and 6m, ideal for Sporadic-E or DX. Not only for Sporadic-E QSOs on the bands 10 and 6m, the 2850MOX antenna made by EAntenna offers a high gain with very compact dimensions. This antenna features an additional third element for 6m, which leads to a particularly high gain on this band. 10m = 8.3dBi 6m = 10.5dBi Comes complete with balun
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# last 180 days	Avg. Rating last 180 days	Total reviews	Avg. overall rating
2	5	4	5

W7TEC	Rating:	2025-01-08
Fantastic Antenna			Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
The EAntenna 2850MOX is a fantastic antenna! The build quality is very decent and expected a good long life out of it. It’s pretty “plug and play” once you decipher the horridly less than helpful instructions. The instructions are really the worst I’ve ever seen and I’m over 50 years old. SWR was 1:1 on 10m and 1:1.2 on 6m without doing any adjusting using a Diamond SX-600 SWR meter. With the DB gain over a dipole, I can do quite well running barefoot at 100w and (as of this writing) have 169 confirmed DXCC contacts with it from my location in Central Minnesota USA. I’ve owned it for just over 4 months now. The size of it with a just shy of 6ft boom (1.8m) and short turning radius of just shy of 7ft (2.05m) is great for small spaces. Have mine on a 34ft Rohn mast with a tv rotor. Yes, I’m happy with it, yes I’d buy one again, and yes I’d recommend one to anyone that’s looking for a 6m/10m antenna. W7TEC

M0TNX1	Rating:	2024-11-17
Small antenna with a big punch			Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I've been a long time Cobweb user and have worked lots on it, the biggest issue I find with the Cobweb is it needs 10M to be really alive to work things. In the past I've made Moxons - mainly from fishing poles and wires, they do reduce the aerial real estate required with a gain in performance. Recently, I purchased a 6M 4 element LFA from EAntennas, it worked well but the build was 'alright' and the instructions, well, hmmm. I wanted an antenna that would let me work 6M but give me an improvement to my Cobweb. Now, I understand at the time of writing we are at the peak of solar cycle 25 and it has been a good one, however. This antenna's first contact on 10M was VK9DX (Thanks Nick!) and it has since brought me some amazing surprises world wide - including PY7 on 6M FT8 with 70W. on 6 you will never compete with the big guns, but it is great to be able to still have more than a dipole and work DX and E's. Build quality is alright, time will tell and you need to read, read and then read again the instructions. Before lofting it, make sure all elements are correct and that you have the directors and reflectors in the right orientation.... Ahem. Resonance for me with this antenna above a 4 band cobweb is 28010 and 50100, being a CW op this is great. Would I recommend it? Yes. Could the build quality and manual be improved? Yes. It has transformed my 10M experience and has helped me break pile ups. It's not the biggest 10M antenna I've used and I do have a fair bit of experience on the band, but for a limited size house/lot, this is as big as I can erect. A pic of the antenna is on my QRZ page. If you want any info, please feel free to contact me. M0TNX

WB2VVV	Rating:	2024-05-27
Compact but Great 10m + 6m Beam			Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I built one of these 2 weeks ago for one QTH and decided I liked it enough that I built another one for a second QTH! They easily were purchased thru DX Engineering in the US, even though made in Spain by EAntenna and distributed by WIMO in Europe. At the second QTH I replaced a Hy-Gain VB64DX which is an older design 50 MHz traditional Yagi-Uda 4 element beam on a 12' boom, that has 8.2 dBd gain and 20+ dB F/B. The 2850MOX is a traditional 2 element Moxon PLUS an added parasitic director on 50 MHz, so a 3 element beam on a 6' boom. I consider it an upgrade because it has about the same gain on 50 MHz as the old Hy-Gain (8.37 dBd) AND it adds 28 MHz operation at 6.17 dBd via traditional 2 element Moxon configuration. It does have less F/B on 50 MHz (12 dB) compared to my former Hy-Gain (20+ dB), but for my QTH this is actually an advantage! Giving up some F/B is a good trick to maximizing forward gain! Both went together properly, though it was most helpful to have a metric ruler and metric tape measure during assembly. The parts are all very high quality and it's a really nice mechanical design. I followed the directions exactly and was very happy with the Return Loss Sweeps (Low VSWR) on both bands in the final installed position. Listening to beacons on 50 MHz showed no difference in performance from the former larger Hy-Gain, and it adds 28 MHz!!!

G4KIV	Rating:	2023-09-24
Proof is in the pudding and I feel well fed !!!!			Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Having built a Moxon out of garden canes and a bit of wire on a calm, windless day, I instantly saw the benefit of a directional antenna that had a fair bit of front to back. Desperately searching for a review of this antenna and finding none I decided to bite the bullet. ML&S had one in stock and having dealt with them numerous times I had no reservations of ordering again. As expected, delivery was prompt and the antenna was well packed. Unpacking the box, all parts were present and correct and there was a single, spare, M4 nut ! The instructions to be fair are not great. Adequate at best but it is not a difficult antenna to put together. The build progressed well but some of the parts were not finished. The short joining lengths of aluminium were rough but wiggling a screwdriver within the hole to enlarge was all that was required. My only real criticism was of the driven element. The insulated centre was far too big for the hole in the boom and the fibreglass needed some filing all around. A fair bit came off and then using a rubber mallet I located it into place. The other option of course would have been to drill the hole 1mm bigger but I did not want to risk damaging the boom and this was by far the easier option. Measurements were done exactly as indicated in the manual and I connected a Rigexpert analyser to check resonance. 28.090MHz 50.100MHz Yes, I could have adjusted this but it is close enough and from the cw end through to 28.600MHz the swr was 1.2:1 I cannot grumble at that. Today is CQWW RTTY and my previous antennas have been very deaf on 10m (Cobwebb and Prosistel PST1524TV) so it was the first time to test this band with a decent antenna. Hoisted up on top of a 20' scaffold pole and secured to the garage. I pointed it towards South America and let fly ... ok, I let fly a little bit running QRP. Eleven different countries in South America running QRP is phenomenal. Despite the poor instructions and some components a little rough around the edges, I am very happy indeed with this antenna. I hope it stands up to the winds here although it is rated to 200kmh. Steve G1G / G4KIV

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Eantenna 2850MOX (10m + 6m)

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