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Reviews For: El Dorado High Sierra

Category: Antennas: HF: Verticals; Wire; Loop

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Review Summary For : El Dorado High Sierra
	Reviews: 1	MSRP: 545.00
	Description: Base Station Version
	Product is in production
More Info: http://www.cq73.com/
# last 180 days	Avg. Rating last 180 days	Total reviews	Avg. overall rating
0	0	1	5

KC9GXC	Rating:	2006-10-25
BAse Station Vertical			Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I can stated without reservation that El Dorado is great for a base antenna for those of us that are restricted for space or live in a community with antenna restrictions. This was money well spent. I tried several antennas trying to keep a low profile and easy set up, but none of the compared to the High Sierra in terms of over all performance, ease of set-up and tuning. The antenna was easy to set-up (follow the manual). I decided to mount it on an MFJ 6’ portable tripod that elevates the bottom of the antenna about 5’ above the ground, using the radial kit that comes with it. I set it up in my driveway and I’m ready to go. Set-up and take down time is less than 3 minutes. Super easy. Tuning using the “k” box was easy. Save the money on an external tuner. Using my SWR meter on my radio the highest SWR I got was 1.5 :1 on 40M. On 10-20 it is lower. I did not try it on any of the bands, yet. Now for the good news on 17m on 10/21/06 I worked Mexico City and Italy (a town 400mi N of Rome) with signal reports of 59+, using about 80Watts. On 40M and 20M I was able to hit the nets and continue to get good reports. Keep in mind this is not a beam or a vertical at 40’, but it does a great job of getting you on the bands and then some. Jim at HS puts together a quality product with great tech service. Save your self the time and money with other products and just get the HS El Dorado. I wish I had done it sooner. Randy KC9GXC

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Antennas: HF: Verticals; Wire; Loop

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El Dorado High Sierra

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