VE7GPZ: Beautiful 28' DX Flagpole Antenna by the Ocean in British Columbia, Canada [PICS]

by Greyline Performance June 25, 2021

"Very happy with the flag pole gets out wonderfully and its going to get a work out this field day!!!

CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT: VE7GPZ, Mark

Greyline writes: Mark saw our shipping special to Canada was $22 USD and jumped on it. in no time, he is ON THE AIR. Look at that take-off angle!

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VE7GPZ Vertical Antenna: Greyline Performance 28 foot DX Flagpole Antenna, 160-6M operation

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VE7GPZ installed his Remote Tuner above ground at least 6 inches for best results. Beautiful stealth ham radio all band antenna system that XYL's approve of. That's strong, smart and good looking.

Mark writes: "QTH is Peachland, BC, Canada located in the Okanagan Valley. My call sign is VE7GPZ

Here is my shack ….couldn’t resist :) "

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Greyline Performance writes: Mark, that is a beautiful take off angle you have there. Lovely garden as well. Ham radio IS fun again.

Want to keep the neighbors happy like Mark? Grab an antenna package like his, right here. An excellent HOA ham radio antenna option that works Real DX out of the box. Maybe your XYL will prefer the install in her front yard or garden too! Ham Radio is fun again!

WHAT CUSTOMERS ARE SAYING:

"Real DX 160-6M at my HOA"
"4 Band DXCC in 3-months at my HOA."
"So pretty my XYL approves!"
"If I can hear it, I can work it."

Let's get you and your friends back on the air. Ham Radio is fun again!

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Looks great and works even better. I hear more stations on my regular nets than I normally do. I used stone papers for a rectangular wall around the flagpole which matches the house. A beautiful, wonderful, addition to my hoa property.

A positive upgrade...

I was impressed with the quality of the antenna tubing used. It's not the normal aluminum used by the other manufacturers, but a precision machined tubing. It fit together tightly with the thick fiberglass insulating sections. Using the LDG-RT600 remote antenna tuner, it tuned very well on 40-6 (I don't use 160/80) as a ground-mounted 28 ft. vertical dipole and really captures the DX! My QSO and country count really started accelerating from where it was. I live on a small corner lot with no HOA, and have no real trees for antenna supports. I can now reach AUS and the South Pacific with ease from the East Coast of the USA. I had a special installation so it took me about 5 hours to install by myself (several trips to several hardware stores for clamps, all-thread and such). It was pretty much a 'remove and replace' with the old antenna. All-in-all, it was a worthwhile investment and upgrade, I love this thing!

Very pleased and impressed.

I got HOA approval, even though they require white fiberglass flag poles. I explained that while it was a genuine flag pole, it was also an amateur radio antenna that provided emergency communications if needed. Living in hurricane country, that thought that was a very good thing to have in the hood.
As for the technical details of the antenna, speaking as one who has built their own flag pole antenna, this one is a great design and manufactured antenna. The machined parts and hardware are first rate! The performance is superb. I’m FT8 ing points easily 1000+ miles on 20w. (20 meters).

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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.

VE7GPZ: Beautiful 28' DX Flagpole Antenna by the Ocean in British Columbia, Canada [PICS]

"Very happy with the flag pole gets out wonderfully and its going to get a work out this field day!!!

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