Aerospace Ham Radio Op chooses a 20' DX Flagpole Antenna for his QTH

by Greyline Performance 9月 06, 2020

"I ran a defense antenna company for 7 years. I am very impressed with the look, quality, machining, and part fit!"

CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT: Meet, Robert in Colorado.

Robert came to us after retiring in January of 2020. He was determined to do his homework and when he was finished he selected Greyline Performance and the 20' DX Flagpole for his HOA, deed-restricted community and the world of radio opened once again.

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"The no-radial OCF dipole design seemed to be a perfect match for what I needed to get back on the air, and XYL was anxious to display a flag as her folks had done during her childhood."

ON THE AIR:

"FINALLY got the transceiver connected to the antenna and started by listening to beacons yesterday when 20M propagation was slightly better than night. Picked up Hawaii, Lima Peru, Caracas, and California. Then went to FT8...

So far I have been exploring the capability of my ham radio station copying 20-meter beacons from Hawaii, South America, and the Atlantic coast of Africa.

When I tried FT8 on 20 meters I was taken aback by the stream of DX stations from all over Europe, North, and South America.

Gotta get my WSTJ skills up to QSO on that mode. Running software on an iMac (has some of its own integration challenges)."

"You are right: it is fun again!"

[Update Sept. 11, 2020] - FT8 reception report of Greyline DX Flagpole in Colorado on FT8 heard ALL-OVER-THE-PLANET!

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[Greyline: Tnx Rob, it is our pleasure to serve you and our peers in this way! 73 es DX]

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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.