(VIDEO) 20 mins of Fun Ham Radio CW from Idaho using 100W + 24' Greyline Flagpole Antenna, HF Vertical

by Greyline Performance May 04, 2021

(Video) 20 minutes of ham radio (CWT contest) from Northern Idaho using a portable go kit "ski bag" amateur radio station on the deck

24' HF VERTICAL ANTENNA & 100W WORKS A LOT OF STATIONS

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One more video from the week at the Idaho lake house. Pictured here is a portable go-kit ham radio antenna set up for 160-6M using the LDG RT 100 remote tuner and Greyline Performance 24' OCF HF Vertical Antenna, aka Flagpole Antenna (without the flag up high, but one is on the deck!)

This antenna travels in a ski bag as a portable go-kit radio unit that can be installed (ropes to the deck in this case) in 5 minutes or so and ready to operate on the ham bands.

The ladder line is seen exiting the antenna to an adapter which converts the window line to a PL259 that plugs into the LDG RT-100 remote tuner. Simple.

Tthe other black box you see is a mini RF Choke that connects the feedline to the shack which is about 25’ of LMR 240. This keeps any CMC (common mode current) off the coax and at the antenna.

Cycle 25 and the ham radio bands are coming alive and we are having fun working the ham bands from the cabin from the Pacific Northwest once again.

"We had some fun runs and guys were hearing us across the country from Northern Idaho! So much fun."

THIS WEEK ON THE RADIO: WA7BNM's Contest Calendar

What other 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."

CQ CQ CALLING ALL DX FLAGPOLE OWNERS:

Will you share your DX adventures with us? Please send in a picture or YouTube video of your shack, antenna, or some action shots of the bands coming alive. We'd love to share your story of good news with our peers around the world at large.

Simply reply to this email, we'd love to hear from you. emailto: flagpoleantennas@gmail.com - Thank you!

Would you like to work the world within a couple of hours of receiving your Greyline DX Antenna?

HAM RADIO IS FUN AGAIN. PASS IT ON.

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24' Fag pole antenna

I'm very happy with the Greyline Flag pole antenna, easy to install and the shipping was fast with all the parts arriving at the same time.

Great product

I'm very happy with this antenna. It works wonderful and I couldn't be happier.

DX 24' Flagpole is a Super Awesome Antenna

I originally installed a Greyline DX 24' Flagpole, in my covenant restricted area,
about 3.5 years ago and made several thousand OSOs. Super quality material, was
easy to install and performed better than expected from my noisy locale.

Due to some issues with the park I live in and some performance degradation, I decided to
refurb the installation with new feedline, balun (my tuner does not have a built-in balun)
choke and the ladder line. During the process, I found a frayed part of the internal
ladder line that look like it was chewed on and a few other minor issues (weather related)

Needless to say, it fired up first time with no issues (I followed the tips) and seeing
signals and S levels I haven't seen in awhile..

The DX Flagpole antennas are well worth the investment as they work extremely well,
made of highest quality materials that will last for a very long time.

Longest QSO was about 12,500 miles on FT8. Super awesome.

73,
Greg K7GAN

Fun Plus

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!