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Reviews For: Diamond A-502HB 6m Beam

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

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Review Summary For : Diamond A-502HB 6m Beam
Reviews: 17MSRP: 100
Description:
2 element, short boom, 6 meter yagi beam
Product is in production
More Info: http://www.rfparts.com/diamond
# last 180 days Avg. Rating last 180 days Total reviews Avg. overall rating
00174.9
W3MAT Rating: 2011-07-22
A Diamond in the ruff Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
I've been using the Diamond A-502HB 6m Beam for only a few months now. I currently have it up on six aluminum stackable poles with no rotor, except to turn it by hand. I have worked Georgia and Illinois with no problem. It will soon be coming of the poles and up on the tower at 50 feet. I can't wait to see the difference.

Would I buy another Diamond A502HB? Absitively!
K1DTC Rating: 2011-07-08
Works well Time Owned: 6 to 12 months.
For a 2 Element 6m yagi, I'm quite impressed. Living just south of Boston, I recently worked Spain, Germany, Switzerland and Croatia and many stateside grid squares.. It only weighs 3.5lbs and I use a small 3' tripod and a channel master TV rotor with NO problems. Always get good reports. It is quite directional and I recommend this to anyone looking for a small 6m yagi. I also have a 2m/6m/440 vertical and this yagi really outperforms the vertical hands down.
W1DVZ Rating: 2010-05-21
Sweet spot on performance, size Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Dual element-driven, flat SWR, small footprint, lightweight, flies together in 5 minutes, works like a charm, spins with a cheap TV rotator, great side and back rejection, decent gain, and it's just a Ben Franklin...what's not to like?

Plus, it is pretty-much street invisible.

Get one, they work very well.

N4DXA Rating: 2009-07-19
great Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
After using a dipole on 6 meters, I put up one of these two element beams and WOW!, what a difference. I have worked a lot of islands and bunches of stateside on it, but my most prized contact so far is a 59 report in the Canary Islands. I would recommend this antenna to anyone with limited space or just looking for a small beam.
W4AMP Rating: 2009-07-13
fantastic Time Owned: 6 to 12 months.
Can be put together in minutes, works well.I have mine at thirty feet and life is good. Very pleased. See you soon from em74.
VR2XMQ Rating: 2008-05-04
Good antenna Time Owned: 6 to 12 months.
I agree with the previous reviewer, this is a good antenna,easy to assemble (I assembled mine in less then 10 minutes).

Using mine with a TE 0552G feeding it and that is pushing it to the limit! Only wished the power limit for this antenna was higher.

I also have the 4 element version which I use for field day and have worked quite allot of DX already with that one.

73 Steve, VR2XMQ
KG6POG Rating: 2007-05-30
Great performance from a two element 6 meter beam Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
This is a honeymoon review of the A-502HB 6 meter beam.

I'll start with assembly and construction, which both are great, no flimsy elements or parts with the construction overall being very solid. I was surprised at how easy the assembly was, the tuning was a no brainier with a great broad banded SWR point being marked easily visible on the tuning elements so no problems at all with tuning the antenna.
Over all I believe the assembly and construction really couldn’t be much better for any antenna under $100.00.

There is one thing I should mention though. The assembly is all done with wing nuts and though they take allot of pressure, and seem like they would keep the antenna together without any problem. I would recommend taking the instructions advice in using loctite or equivalent to make sure it stays together, because after it's setup I really don't believe you'll ever need to take it apart.

Performance? As noted this is a honeymoon review, but and have only worked the antenna for maybe an hour, and have made two contacts from my home in California to Oklahoma and Missouri with solid Q-5 reports, while I could hear other Southern California stations trying to make the same contact and getting no response. So I have to believe it’s working reasonably well. Also While talking locally I’ve noticed a great front to back ratio, with a station coming in the back at very readable 5/1 but when I turned the beam their signal jumped up to about much louder 5/5.

So my first impression is very positive for this small 2-element 6 meter beam.