Ham Radio Blog | HF Vertical Antennas & HOA Flagpole Antennas, 160-6M

OCF Vertical Dipoles (aka DX Flagpole Antennas) can be mounted on the ground at home or HOA, lake docks, saltwater beaches, sailboats and atop a tower. Radials are not needed for high-performance. Where will you install yours?

A natural starting point in the configuration process of the Greyline Flagpole Antennas and Vertical Dipoles antenna installation.

Covering the "Balanced or Unbalanced" debate, the assertion of floating your entire antenna system, to the ABCs of assembly order with extra Pro Tips... Ham Radio is fun again! Pass it on...

Many have asked, "How close can I install the antenna to my home, trees, even with surrounding buildings so close by?" We asked RF engineer and antenna designer to chime in. You'll be encouraged by his graph and knowledge shared. #hamradio #hoa #antenna

When it comes to radio antennas, efficiency is related to how much loss is within the antenna system. That said, there truly isn't much loss with the pole and tuner. 

He hand-built a vertical-yagi beam on a rotating dock (a rotating dock!). We aren't promoting rotating docks (yet!) but we are offering a useful and we believe the smarter solution for many restricted space QTH's, the DX Flagpole.

Meet our latest product, the DX Flagpole Antenna, an off-center-fed (OCF) vertical dipole antenna with a confident 160-6M performance