| SV8DJW |
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2022-12-31 | |
| Antenna works like machine gun !! |
Time Owned: 0 to 3 months. |
I have no words to express my feelings for this little beast.
Antenna arrived one week before a contest. i set it up easily and i gave it a try. It works like machine gun !!
Every contact from allover the world, appeared at my N3FJP logger , was locked at logger with first try !!
For fellow hams that have restricted roof area, its one-way solution. Bear in mind that is a High-Q antenna and needs at least 6 meters height from the roof. If you have metal objects like solar heaters, dipoles etc underneath the antenna , may be it will have a little frequency shift and a little more SWR. Its not cheap but the quality is 5/5.
After installation i had some questions and emailed Mosley. They responded the next day. Customer service 5/5.
THANK YOU MOSLEY.
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| KD2BS |
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2021-11-09 | |
| An excellent small tribander! |
Time Owned: 0 to 3 months. |
| This is the smallest tri-bander I've used, and it performs as expected. I installed the beam on the lower 3 sections of a Rohn 9H50 which is attached to my house with Rohn stand off braces. It's guyed with heavy Mastrant guy ropes and I'm using a Yaesu 800DXA rotor (overkill for this beam, but I like it!). The height is just 22ft. The antenna is very well made and arrives well packed. No problem checking parts as they are carefully packed and hardware is separated, not all in one bag. The instructions, however, look like they were done by a committee with a different person doing each element - lots of redundancy and confusion. A few good pictures would certainly help. That said, however, once it's laid out on the ground it's fairly straight forward with color codes and not all that many parts. I used stainless bolts rather than the cotter pins in the mast, assembled the whole thing (including guys) on the ground and 3 of us walked it up. The results are most encouraging! SWR is generally below 1.5 and there is a flat frequency within the band on 10, 15, and 20. Gain is about 3 to 4 db (a bit more on 10, but I haven't used it too much there, yet) and F/B is around 12db. That's OK as I can work some stations off the back of the beam and don't need to turn it. Casually working the CQWWDX contest, I worked 33 countries on SSB and just today on FT8, I worked Australia (20m), South Africa and Mauritius (15M) and Mauritania (12). One tip for assembling this antenna; tuning may require cutting small amounts from the driven element. I went to Lowes and purchased a good pipe cutting tool that could cleanly and easily cut a quarter of half inch of tubing. This really made tuning easy, and I ended up taking off the maximum amount to get to 1.0 on 20. Would I like to have a larger beam on a higher tower? Of course, but I have no regrets in having chosen the Mini-33AW! |
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| KV1P |
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2018-08-01 | |
| Works Very Good |
Time Owned: 6 to 12 months. |
| Have my on a 40 foot tower and does the job for me, with my FT-2000D have no problems at all. With the small boom what do you guys expect!!! my HOA very happy with it's size! |
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| K5RWD |
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2018-08-01 | |
| Meh! |
Time Owned: more than 12 months. |
My loop skywire works better than this beam most of the time. It works okay, but the price is not worth the performance.
Does pretty good on 20 meters.
Pretty useless on 10 meters compared to an Imax 2000.
Wound up taking mine down in lieu of my skywire antenna.
Good luck, |
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| G0VEO |
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2016-07-31 | |
| For the price ...a dissapointing Antenna |
Time Owned: 3 to 6 months. |
I chose the "Mosley Mini-33-WARC" for two main reasons, firstly the Mosley name is respected throughout the amateur radio fraternity and has been for many years known as a company who manufactures quality products.
the second consideration was one of antenna size as I do not have unlimited space at home to erect antennas. I built the antenna with little difficulty even though the manual left a little to be desired, however the small footprint of the antenna does come with a price, there are four elements each having two traps and two loading coils and although it loads up fine on the bands it supposed to this does seriously limit the efficiency of the antenna.
Two or three months after I put up the antenna I found a ten foot piece of the reflector stuck upright in the lawn, I can only guess that the reflector had suffered a bird strike as there has been no big winds since I bought the antenna, and it had broken off where the tube entered one of the loading coils. I did not expect this to happen and am not happy having spent over £600 pounds on an antenna to have it fail within three months of purchase.
I have since built a 5 band 2 element Moxon Square wire beam for 6m 10m 12m 15m and 17m built at a "fraction" of the price of the Mosley with no lossy traps or loading coils. I would think hard before you part with your hard earned cash....I wish I had. |
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| OE5RBO |
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2014-10-22 | |
| Small / good / lovely |
Time Owned: 6 to 12 months. |
I got my "mini" in Feb.2013 replacing my ZX-Mini (which was a waste of money) and when choosing the Mosley mini is asked myself what that is good for?!!
Small antenna for bands with long wavelength - that will not work, it´s the size stupid!
But - i learned that there is a way.
So my the Mosley Mini (pre-mast mounted) about 36ft over ground does, in relation of it´s size and costs an excellent job.
I have about 100kHz on 20m and general coverage on all higher bands. Even just working as a dipole on 12 and 17 also this is better than using the tuner.
So of course it does not perform like big Multiband beams or well adjusted monoband gear - but it´s (my thoughts) much better than a vertical antenna and shows much bang for small money. And yes: it is small!
So if space is limited, but HF-Bands wished the TA33-WARC allows an acceptable compromise.
There is just one wish: I don´t know who wrote the assembling-instruction, but this human needs help!! If only one sharp picture would have been avaiable, that might had shown much more information than this crazy writings and MS-Paint drafts... |
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| K3OCW |
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2011-11-15 | |
| Good |
Time Owned: 0 to 3 months. |
| Had mine up about 6 weeks now & I'm hearing & working stations I haven't worked before. Manual is very lacking.My mini sat in a box for 2 years & the color coding faded. But a call to Mosley service told me where to locate the elements in relation from the end of the boom.Tuning took some time.I tuned it as close as possible ,raised 12'while still in the yard.Made my adjustments & errrected the mini on the roof. The internal tuner of the IC746 handles it after my intial adjustments. .Another plus is I can errect it by my self, on a 4' roof mounted tripod.Mast is 7'.So far I like it very much. |
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| KE5AKG |
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2011-11-14 | |
| very happy with this antenna |
Time Owned: 6 to 12 months. |
I use this miniature beam on a rooftop tower on top of an old 3 story Victorian house, about 50 ft above ground.
My results with this antenna have been far beyond my expectations. I am working DX with ease that I could not even hear on my G5RV or 43 ft vertical.
This is a true beam and works exactly as per specifications. It was easy to assemble and is lightweight. My house is of historical significance and we are currently working on a listing on the National Register of Historic Places, so a large beam or tower was out of the question, and so was a Hexbeam or Spiderbeam with their umbrella-appearance. This antenna has a classic (actually 'classy') look, and my wife says it does not distract at all from the appearance of the house...I think she is right! Also, the antenna survived 55 mph peak winds at my breezy West Texas QTH without any problems at all. It will handle 800W PEP SSB and 500W CW as advertised, I routinely run this power for DX, sometimes up to 1000W PEP SSB.
There is only one caveat: The tuning adjustment is quite sensitive,, and in my opinion completely impossible following the instructions in the manual. Following those instructions, resonance would not be anywhere near where I need it...attempting to tune it without an antenna analyzer is hopeless. With an mfj-259B antenna analyzer, I had it tuned in about an hour. The antenna analyzer is a must and should be included in your budget. In summary, this is the perfect beam for my needs. |
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| KB7GJ |
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2011-04-19 | |
| Poor 20 m performance |
Time Owned: more than 12 months. |
20 m will not adjust to allow good match (>3:1 in upper part of band). Extremely poor manual.
No useful help from mfgr is resolving problem. |
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| W6VOL |
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2011-02-21 | |
| Great For Restricted Sites |
Time Owned: 6 to 12 months. |
I have been using this antenna for a year at an unusual, height restricted location (see pics at QRZ.com - W6VOL). The Mini-33 "WARC" is installed about 20-feet above ground, but only 3-feet above my flat roof (frame home) It replaced a Delta 3-band wire antenna. Assembly was initially confusing, but common sense prevailed. Component quality was good.
Initial tune-up was inductive at 20-meters, which is to be expected in this situation. However, after consulting with Mosley, gradual trimming at the ends of the four elements(total about 1.5 inches) attained good overall resonance. When pointed in certain directions (see below) the antenna will actually attain near-perfect resonance (50 ohms, Xc <= 5, VSWR 1.1) in all 5-bands. Interestingly, Mosley says such perfect resonance detracts from directionality on this specific model.
When I swing the antenna, the VSWR and reactance change at 45-degree intervals, which I suspect is related to capacitive coupling to some AC wiring in the ceiling joists of the bedroom below.
I have tried some directionality tests (receive) using my Flex Radio. Results indicate about 3-db F/B, and rejection of about 5-db on the sides. Overall, better and quieter than the dipole.
The QTH is in an urban area, with a long, 150-foot coax. I cannot overemphasize the importance of using multiple line chokes. I have six installed at various locations (ferrites with/without loops). They reduced the background noise on 10-12-15-17-20 by at least 2-S units (S-5 to S-3 days). It am also using 1:1 boom-mounted balun, to interface with the coax.
Overall, despite the weak documentation, I would recommend this antenna for restricted sites. |
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