The Signal Report | Operator Stories, Antenna Physics, Field Reports | Greyline

Russ, N9BGG, had been off the air for over thirty years. At 85, west of Chicago, he put up a Greyline flagpole and was working from Mississippi to Latvia within his first contacts. No tower, no radials, just back on.

Jeff, KN4BDC, builds RF for a living. He feeds his 24' Greyline flagpole with a balanced 300-ohm line and a home-brewed LDMOS amp at the full legal limit, and calls the design very impressive. The professional's endorsement.

Tim, KA4AHU, runs the full legal limit into a 24' DX Flagpole at his lakefront QTH and worked DXCC on FT8 in a few months. A kilowatt and a half, a flag over glassy water, and neighbors who never guessed it was an antenna.

K3WA worked 1,000+ QSOs and a clean sweep on Sweepstakes from a 24-foot HOA flagpole. NN3W worked five continents on his first night with the 28-foot DXV. WC0R, a retired defense antenna executive, called it professional-grade. Three operators, three installs, one antenna line -- none running the whip.

Bill NO4ON is 78, a new Extra, and running a flagship digital station from Pensacola: FlexRadio Aurora AU-520, 4O3A Antenna Genius, 4O3A Tuner Genius XL, Q5 transverters — with a Greyline 28' DX Flagpole plus 11' extension as the HF antenna anchoring it all. 13 QRZ awards. Master of Radio Communication on two continents. Seven bands of confirmed worldwide DX.

A customer on a Maine waterfront called the letter he received "the finest business letter I have ever received" and printed it out for his grandson graduating in naval architecture. Here's the story of what happened, why it happened, and what it means for every Greyline customer going forward.

A 20-foot Greyline went together like a charm for Peter, W4ISA - clean install, buried LMR-400, surge protection done right, and it works everything he hears.

Two contests, casually operated between football games - 56 countries on the high bands, 29 states on 160 meters, all from a 20-foot flagpole. And on the same weekend, on the same coax, it out-worked his end-fed wire. Here is exactly what Ted ran and why the physics favors the vertical dipole.

K8AXJ put up a 24-foot Greyline on a tilt mount in under half an hour at his beautiful Six Lakes, Michigan QTH - no radials, pre-fit before shipping, and excellent on 20 meters.

KE6TT started at 20 feet, added the 4-foot extension to reach 24, and measured SWR of 1.0-1.3 across 40-160M - then worked Europe and Africa on 100 watts.