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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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.

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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

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!