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Reviews For: DX Engineering Hot Rodz™ Capacity Hat Kits

Category: Antenna parts, accessories, incl. baluns, hardware, etc.

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Review Summary For : DX Engineering Hot Rodz™ Capacity Hat Kits
Reviews: 3MSRP: 37.50+
Description:
Get ready for better signals and better signal reports! DX Engineering offers the extremely effective Hot Rodz(tm) adjustable capacity hat system for greatly increased efficiency on mobile or base vertical antennas and screwdriver antennas. Your antenna system can gain these benefits:

- Antenna is shorter for given band
- Wider bandwidth
- Use a single coil on multiple bands
- Attaches easily
- Aerodynamic
- Adjusts to exact frequency
Product is in production
More Info: http://www.dxengineering.com/Sections.asp?ID=8&DeptID=21#Top
# last 180 days Avg. Rating last 180 days Total reviews Avg. overall rating
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AG4SO Rating: 2011-10-07
Great improvment Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I have a 100W mobile with a SGC237 in a metal box inside of the rear bed of my pickup. On top is a ball mount and 102" whip. Has been great except could not keep tune lock on 75. Added hat between mount and whip with quick disconnect. Now 80 tunes/locks no effort, great reports including imporveme signal reports on 40m.
Simple but effective.
W3BNY Rating: 2006-05-31
Great product! Time Owned: more than 12 months.
Ive used these guys on the verticals on my truck and now shifted it to the verticl I use at the QTH. Its expandible, solid, well built and it works!
KG4RUL Rating: 2006-04-14
Great Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I use the Hot Rodz with a Little Tarheel II, attached to a Comet trunk lip mount, on my the rear hatch lid of my Saturn VUE (only when stationary). Adding the 'Rodz' allows the antenna to resonate at 86 Meters (MARS frequencies) with approx 80 less turns of the loading coil exposed.

Dennis KG4RUL