Ski Bag Portable, Parks, Camps, Beach Ham Radio with Greyline DX Vertical Antenna #POTA #SOTA

by Greyline Performance مايو 04, 2019

Hear real DX audio from summer Quick-deploy, Ski Bag, and Beach house DXpeditions with the Greyline DX Vertical Antenna

Hello Radio Friends,

We receive requests to share more pictures and stories of the Greyline Vertical Antennas, we created some for you and it was a lot of fun too.

It's our hope that you appreciate the audio of the below, Live "on the air" action with RBN (signal report data) and some commentary too.

Updated: WPX CW AUDIO added

KL2A (Member of Team USA WRTC 2014) returned to rural W7 using the callsign of KQ7W for the weekend to test the 20' OCF vertical dipole from a beachfront QTH.

The ham bands weren’t great but you can hear a fun opening very-late evening on 20-40M from near Seattle. The background DX in the audio files is worth noticing!

Jon (KL2A) writes, "please excuse the LID'ery, it was freezing at night. I was wrapped in a sleeping bag, just the fingers out for the CW paddle, with only the light from the laptop, radio, and the stars! A real good time."

G5W 20M
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h8n3OJnw40WgjK7cCPdzfAPoeGmBxXqN/view?usp=sharing

KH7M 20M
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1klf4BeupwPWfxOxsfRymFNPbHBPdu2at/view?usp=sharing

W6/7 mini-regional ”run”
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Kgcubu8gS373byn3Vid4ChnWZIcfQj7x/view?usp=sharing

Other noteworthy highlights are the DX RBNs that reported hearing us all over the world. Remember, this is 50W to a 20' VDA vertical antenna.

What highlights and adventures did you find? Email us to share your highlights. 73

7th Call Area QSO Party

7QP Ski Bag to Beach House Portable: Puget Sound, Washington State
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Jf7XPzEyFTaErDkB9

How-To: Schoolkids Build a DX Flagpole Antenna in 90-minutes!
https://photos.app.goo.gl/VSNpeMSCYg1ckKGJ8

[AUDIO] Recorded Live using 20' DX Flagpole and 50W during 7QP 7th Call Area QSO Party
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d6uY57zOo6BWkTxWlYJsXZ7vFCxP_O82/view

*portability is a bonus (antenna weighs only 20 lbs total)

**Note: This recording was captured mid-day on 20M from North of Seattle, Washington. In this short segment, we work into Florida, California, Alaska, New England, and the mid-west too.

Learn more about our VDA Vertical Dipole Antennas by studying our data and graphs on performance, losses, and comparisons with the market offerings. We discuss in more detail within the RF Blog including several other stories and customer pictures. Also, our FAQs answer so many questions we've received on the DX Flagpole antenna. You'll be pleased with the design and performance.

As always, please send any questions or comments our way. We'd like to share them with our peers. Consider passing this on to a friend that really could enjoy getting back on all bands with DX confidence.

Let us know if you have any questions or comments.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO WORK THE WORLD FROM HOME OR IN YOUR RV OR CAMPSITE WITHIN JUST A FEW MINUTES OF PARKING? YOU CAN...

HAM RADIO IS FUN AGAIN. PASS IT ON.

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I am providing my first impression report regarding my 24FT HOA antenna. Installation was easy once I was able to figure out the instructions. The twin lead spacers were missing so I inserted a section of PVC into the lower section to insulate the twin lead. I’m using an IC7300, MFJ 993brt remote tuner, Balun Design, Inc model 117t balun which takes coax as input and twin lead as output. I then feed it through an Array Solutions model AS309H arrestor which takes twin lead as both input and output. With the remote tuner: SWR readings are 1.2 in the cw portion of 40 meters and 1.5 in the ssb portion SWR readings are 1.1 all the way across 20 meters (my favorite band) SWR readings are 1.2 in the cw portion of 15 meters and 1.4 in the ssb portion I am a cw guy and have worked all over Europe and South America as well as New Zealand and am getting very good signal reports. Needless to say, I am very pleased with this antenna so far. It works way better than I expected I haven’t yet had to operate in windy or rainy conditions so there is more to learn. Howard Glassman K4OBC

Great pole, excellent service and communications.

I purchased the pole without the antenna and am very happy with the quality and ease of installation.

Great addition easy install

Added this to my 20ft flagpole for 160 m work. Able to make contacts, looking forward to up the power. Great flagpole!

DX and the Greyline antenna

What a wonderful Antenna I have made contacts in over 50 country's so far in less than three weeks easy to assemble and works.

24' Flagpole does the job.

I purchase a 20’ Flagpole antenna that also included the 4’ extension. I installed the flagpole the end of January here at my home in central Florida. The install was easy with only a couple of small issues that were easily resolved by just thinking things through. I installed the antenna in the back yard in the HOA and have not had any complaints.

The performance of the antenna has been very good. The SWR on most band has been =< 1.5 except the 12 meter band. The SWR is just under 2.0. The DX into Europe and Africa has been good. Have done a lot of FT4 and FT8 with good reports. SSB has been good with good signal reports depending on propagation. All of my contacts have been made on 70 – 100 watts. I am using a SGC 230 tuner mounted at the base of the antenna

Most of my contacts have been 10 MHz – 28 MHZ. I have done some work on 40 meters but not much. Not much of an night owl so I don’t get very much of a change to use the antenna on 40 – 160 meters. The SWR is on these bands is 1.0 – 1.3, so I would expect good performance if I had more power.

At this point in time the only negative I have to report is the flag. It has been flying on most days in 5 to 15 MPH winds. I have taken it down when we had higher winds had exceed the 15 MHP. I noticed this morning the flag was torn and shredded. I took the flag down and noticed the flag was made by Anley and it was manufactured in China. I wouldn’t expect a flag to be in this condition after 3 months. I had USA made flags last over a year flying in much stronger winds that this one.

I'm only giving a 4 because of the flag issue. I will reach out to Greyline to see what they have to say.

We are so glad to hear that your Antenna has FB SWRs from 160-10M and congrats on the great DX! Fun... We buy our flags from several USA companies one of which is Anley, Inc., which is also a US company based in California. We are happy to replace the flag.

US GOV reports 90-days is the expected Flag lifespan. 'The U.S. Government generally expects a nylon or cotton flag to last 90 days based on being flown daily from sunrise to sunset - but not during periods of inclement weather. Tests have shown that, in some cases, a flag flown 24 hours a day will last only one-fourth as long as one flown only during the daylight hours.' - again, happy to help and we will contact you directly for a replacement.

Remember, Ham Radio is fun again, Please pass it on to your friends and family. - 73m Greyline Performance

Ski Bag Portable, Parks, Camps, Beach Ham Radio with Greyline DX Vertical Antenna #POTA #SOTA

Hear real DX audio from summer Quick-deploy, Ski Bag, and Beach house DXpeditions with the Greyline DX Vertical Antenna

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