Steve compares his 20' DX Flagpole Antenna to 84' End Fed Zepp

von Greyline Performance 05. April. 2019

Hi Everyone!

It's antenna season! We have asked customers for their review for the November 2018 updated version of the DX Flagpole vertical antenna system and we will be rolling those conversations out in the coming weeks. Here's one to start things off...

Meet Steve. He has been on the air for a while now with his DX Flagpole, he wrote in with the following report:

The 20' flagpole is working well... I've done some A/B antenna testing with my stealth 84' end-fed-long-wire and the DX Flagpole. I've also done some RBN signal strength testing.

I was able to light up several USA and EU skimmers on 40/cw a couple of evenings ago circa 0001Z with the DX Flagpole. The EFLW also lit up skimmers all over the USA but fewer in EU which gives me some idea of the lower angle of radiation produced by the DX Flagpole.

FYI, I'm running a Yaesu FT-1000MP Mark V Field - 100w.

On the DX front, I've worked the XR-zero on a couple of bands, C5DL, and 9G2HO on 40/30/20. I've also worked several 'garden-variety' EU stations on 40 and 20.

I am able to to get back into the weekly CWops sprints and have had success running a few stations on 40 and 20 CW... (running!)

So, yes, I'm pleased with the results thus far given our poor band conditions....

Are you wanting to light RBN skimmers up all over the world just like Steve does with his DX Flagpole no radials Vertical Dipole Antenna from his HOA QTH?

Let's get you and your friends back on the air. Consider sHaring with your friends, they will be so glad to join you in the bands!

Now shipping Antennas worldwide. Want one?

73 Greyline Performance

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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

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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!

Steve compares his 20' DX Flagpole Antenna to 84' End Fed Zepp

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