| M0NGN |
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2020-11-23 | |
| Works like a charm!!! |
Time Owned: 3 to 6 months. |
I looked around for the best antenna which would fit into my incongruously shaped garden which is surrounded by Oak and chestnut trees, Ant's Hex beam had great reviews and came at a reasonable price. Ant took his time building and sending the antenna out but you cant rush quality, to be fair with the coronavirus ongoing I would have expected it to be delayed. The beam was easy to build, other than a minor operator error with my new Tenna mast there were no problems,i inadvertently left the latch off the tenna mast which allowed the beam to crash against a garage wall on lowering/tilting it.There was damage caused to two arms of the beam I was expecting a lot worse as the mechanism for injury to the beam was horrendous, it is build like a tank!!! I asked Ant to send me a couple of arms, which he did with great haste and the beam was repaired and the SWR was very low on all bands once up in pride of place annoying all my neighbours.
In summary, a great robust easy to build antenna, the results have been outstanding,DX entities Australia and New zealand with no problems, pile ups are no problems for this antenna, on receive and on transmit its great.My hex is 15m high and i use an acom 1010 at about 400w.Nothing but praise for it. |
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| MW5CYM |
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2020-11-20 | |
| One Word: Magnificent! |
Time Owned: 0 to 3 months. |
I bought the G3TXQ 6 Band Hexbeam from Ant MW0JZE and I can only say that I am absolutely over the moon with it. It arrived very well packaged on the date promised and was clearly marked for construction everywhere. I bought mine with the Xtreme WX supports because it can get very windy where I live. Mine is rotated using a Yaesu G-450C rotator which handles it well.
It was as easy to put together as building 'Lego' even for someone who, like me, has limited antenna construction experience! Communication was brilliant from the initial inquiry, right up to the point that the antenna was delivered!
This thing Anthony makes is wonderful! It is so superbly made and is a credit to Anthony! The materials used are of fantastic quality and I feel that the thing will last forever it is so well made! The Xtreme supports make the antenna much tougher and mine has already withstood 100kph winds!
I find that anything I can hear, anywhere, I can work! In just the two weeks since its been up, I have made contacts in South America, Central America, North America, Europe (Obviously), and Asia!
If you are thinking about a Hexbeam, don't go anywhere else, just order one from Anthony. You will not regret it!
As a side note, I will say that I bought the MFJ1846 Hexbeam and it was a complete waste of time and money!
73 de Ian MW5CYM
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| GM0WRR |
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2020-11-02 | |
| Great Antenna |
Time Owned: more than 12 months. |
I bought the Hexbeam from Ant and has worked great
on all bands,the construction is very good and strong the Hexbeam has seen many types of WX, as I check all my antennas each year the Hexbeam is all working fine 100%
And the WX supports do the job well in strong winds .
I have been amazed the countries worked with the Hexbeam compared previous antenna,s
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| John Scott |
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2020-10-28 | |
| Great works well |
Time Owned: more than 12 months. |
I bought the Hexbeam from Ant and has worked great
on all bands,the construction is very good and strong the Hexbeam has seen many types of WX as I check all my antennas each year the Hexbeam is all working fine 100%
73 John GM0WRR |
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| M0XJG |
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2020-09-11 | |
| 6 band plus 40 m extension |
Time Owned: more than 12 months. |
| I have used Ant’s 6 band Hexbeam for over a year and have been delighted by its performance. I do not need a tuner even for my linear. I have just added his 40m dipole extension not expecting it to be much better than my 40 m dipole at 25 ft in free space, but it is noticeably better. Stations readable on the 40m hex often disappear when I switch to my dipole ( 66ft at 25 up ). Also the noise level drops as the hexbeam dipole even though it is not a two element antenna has useful rear rejection. Ant says the 40m dipole needs a separate coax feeder but not wishing to dig up my lawn again I use an MFJ remote masthead switch. Again I do not need to use a tuner which I find an advantage. Thanks Ant. |
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| GW4BVJ |
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2020-03-26 | |
| The Hexbeam is at the centre of my contest station |
Time Owned: more than 12 months. |
Ant, MW0JZE who builds the famous G3TXQ Hexbeam lives just 8 miles from my QTH. After a lot of consideration and research I ordered one on 20 March 2017. My order consisted of a 6-Band Hexbeam, the Xtream WX Supports and the W1JR FT240-43 Toroid 1:1 Balun. There was a waiting list and Ant kindly delivered mine on 30 June 2017.
I should just mention the brilliance of Steve, G3TXQ now sadly an SK. He revised the design of the Classic Hexbeam in 2007 to make it what he called the Broadband Hexbeam after many documented experiments. This is the current successful design that Ant currently builds.
Ant’s Hexbeams are incredibly popular, he has sold to many countries, no doubt because of the amazing results you can expect with two elements on each band, the plug & play aspect, and the convenience of six bands all tuned out of the box.
It is a product of excellent design and of the highest quality, and with each band’s pre-cut wires packaged separately, and all the labeling, makes it easy to configure. I think the hub and centre post are a work of art, as are the fibreglass spreaders and even the Xtream wx supports, and overall I was very impressed. The product is also at a very attractive price point and extremely good value.
I installed an electric winch and managed to erect my Hexbeam on Friday, 23 November 2018 in time for the CQ World-Wide DX CW Contest. The Hexbeam sits on top of a short stub mast into a Spid Rau Rotator on top of an 11.5m (38ft) aluminium scaffolding mast, 48mm diameter, supported at three levels by four polypropylene guys. As the guys ropes are 90 degrees apart we were able to raise the antenna with a 9m (30ft) Gin Pole and the electric winch.
MW0JZE’s Hexbeam design is a wonderfully symmetric antenna; the distance from the centre pole to the tips of the fibreglass spreaders is the same as the distance between each of the six fibreglass spreader tips. I think this has helped along with its small wind resistance, to withstand all the gales and named storms we have had since it was erected, it is a very stable antenna on the guyed mast.
To demonstrate its effectiveness here are some of my special event and contest results;
• CQ World-Wide DX CW November 2018, my first
contest with the Hexbeam and as SO LP NA AB I made 1,088 QSO’s, 373,984 Points, 2nd in the UK, 59th Europe and 97th the World, a fantastic result.
• For 6 weeks during the summer of 2019 I operated GB19SG, GB19CW & GB19CGW in the RSGB Cricket World Cup Activation, making 9,415 QSO's, with all the award chasers and some excellent pile-ups.
• RSGB DX Contest on 6 October 2019, in the SO LP UA 12Hr section, I beat off strong competition to win it!
• Makrothen RTTY Contest October 2019, I was the top ‘G’ station and 17th in the World.
• RSGB HF Championship 2019, made up of eleven contests throughout the year, in 2019 I was placed 12th out of 429 entries.
• BARTG Sprint RTTY Contest January 2020, I was the top ‘G’ station and 11th in the World.
• ARRL DX CW February 2020, on Saturday afternoon I was working a non-stop USA/VE pile-up with stations calling from all over, including the west coast and worked 43 American States and 9 Canadian States.
If I hear DX and end up beaming in their direction I normally get through in a reasonable time with 100W and have continued to add to my country score since the Hexbeam has been up.
When you select a new beam heading on the rotator and the Hexbeam is side on the signal usually disappears, then as you approach the correct beam heading, signals come piling in, you believe you have a much bigger antenna on top of the mast.
The Hexbeam is 6.5m diameter when you build it, it dominated my patio, however, when it’s on top of my 11.5m mast at my QTH it is sometimes hard to actually see the antenna against the tree line and as such has much less visual impact than an aluminium alternative.
I have the special contest call MW6M and my contest station includes a Kenwood TS-590SG with the Hexbeam, 80m/40m dipoles and a 160m inverted L. You can see the Hexbeam is at the heart of my contest station and has brought me a great deal of success.
The bottom line for me when using MW6M in contests, is many times I have beamed stateside in RUN mode on 20m in the afternoon and worked USA pile-ups, often running up impressive QSO rates. In other words the Hexbeam allows my modest LP station to RUN and hold my frequency, just like a big-gun, which is so much fun and great for my results.
Ant MW0JZE is always there if you drop him an email, and he has offered me fantastic support the couple of times I have contacted him. Thank you Ant for all the work you have done to develop this kit, and for the manufacture and supply of such a fabulous G3TXQ Hexbeam Antenna.
73 Rich GW4BVJ/MW6M
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| G4OBK |
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2019-02-18 | |
| A Practical solution in limited space |
Time Owned: 6 to 12 months. |
I've used various HF single and multi-band Yagis and a 10 element log periodic since 1982. I bought the Hexbeam after moving to a more residential location than my previous QTH. The Hexbeam is lightweight and has a smaller turning circle compared to a full size 5 band beam.
The antenna is well made - I've been using it now at 12m AGL for 9 months and it totally outperforms an 130 feet long off centre fed dipole at 15m AGL on all bands 20m - 6m. The antenna is well matched on all HF bands 20m through 6m and has not needed any adjustment or antenna tuning unit usage since it was assembled. It is well worth buying the optional weather struts to strengthen the antenna framework.
Comparing with the two previous aerials I used at my old QTH - a T10 log periodic and an Optibeam 11/5 at 18m AGL, the Hexbeam does not have the same gain - I did not expect it to, however for its size and weight I find the Hexbeam to be adequate for my needs and capable of working DX. I also have a 5 element 6m yagi mounted one metre below the Hexbeam and this has not affected the performance of the Hexbeam. On 6m the yagi (4.2m boom) as you would expect, easily outperforms the Hexbeam.
To sum up, it was worth waiting 3 months for my Hexbeam order to be processed due to its good performance. |
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| IZ3ZLU |
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2018-05-14 | |
| Fantastic!!! |
Time Owned: 0 to 3 months. |
Un'antenna FANTASTICA!!!
Poco ingombrante, molto direttiva e..... finalmente mi sentono ovunque e su tutte e 7 le bande.
A FANTASTIC antenna !!!
Not cumbersome, very directive and ..... finally I feel everywhere and on all 7 bands. |
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| EA4OR |
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2018-02-16 | |
| Great performance !! |
Time Owned: 0 to 3 months. |
I have installed my hexbeam antenna about 1 month ago. I have not been able to install it high enough but its performance is fantastic. Very easy to assemble and practically without any adjustments.
These are some of the countries that I have worked in just one month in cw (100w) from Spain:
Z60A, RI1ANA, JH1EDD, 3G9A / MM (Nr Bouvet), 6W7JX, C5DX, PJ2/WI9WI, 8P0P, JY5HX, PJ4/K4BAI, VP5/K0PC ... (most of them in Pileups).
In short, I think it is a fantastic antenna for DX and contest. Its quality is very good. The communication / support with Anthony MW0JZE and Oscar EA4TD (Spanish distributor) has been perfect.
73´s Ignacio EA4OR
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| G4WIA |
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2018-02-03 | |
| Great beam for extreme conditions |
Time Owned: more than 12 months. |
Poldhu Amateur Radio Club (gb2gm.org) is based at the Marconi Centre, Poldhu Cove, Cornwall on the site where Marconi made the first transatlantic contact in 1901.
The Marconi Centre and the antenna field are situated on the cliff top which suffers from very high winds and spindrift, a salt-laden mist in windy conditions. Consequently, our towers and aerials take a dreadful battering each year. Even Marconi’s 200 foot antennas blew down!
The Club had previously owned a 4 element triband beam made by one of the leading manufacturers. Unfortunately, the beam suffered storm damage each winter and in the final year the damage included the boom being broken in two.
We decided to replace the beam with a Hexbeam and chose one manufactured by Anthony David, MWØJZE. We described the harsh site conditions to Ant and he assured us that one of his Hexbeams would be up to the job.
The Hexbeam, complete with Xtream WX supports was purchased and erected on our tower in March 2015 In January 2016 our extreme conditions caused one of the spreaders to pop out of the mounting tube, but this was quickly remedied and modified by Ant to prevent the same thing happening again.
Since then, the only problem has been a broken wire element at the point where the wire enters the ring terminal.
After almost three years the Hexbeam has proved to be capable of surviving very hostile conditions and we are extremely pleased with it.
The after-sales attention from Ant has been flawless and the Hexbeam is excellent, even in a very severely exposed site.
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