The Skyline 33 Flagpole Antenna
Every band, 160 through 6, from the classic 40-meter quarter-wave height — flying a flag. The 24-foot DX Flagpole plus the 9-foot DX Whip stands 33 feet: no tower, no radials, no guy wires. It also runs ahead of a full-radial quarter-wave across 30 through 15, strongest on 17 at about +3.5 dBi. The HOA sees a flagpole. The bands hear a serious HF antenna.
The Working DXer's Flagpole
Thirty-three feet of aperture, every band on the dial, and a flag on top the whole time.
The Gain, Band By Band
In NEC modeling over average ground, measured against an ideal quarter-wave on a full field of buried radials (0 dBi), the Skyline 33 reads: 40 m 0.0 — equal to that full-radial ideal, with no radials, and about 1 dB over the bare 24-foot · 30 m +1.1 · 20 m +2.3 · 17 m +3.5 dBi, the strongest · multi-lobe from 15 m up, and still working there.
On 80 and 160, small-lot operators working 500 to 1,000 miles are delighted to be in the game. Do not be afraid of a zero on 40: it is the textbook antenna, in your yard, without the radial field. How to read antenna gain → · The full Skyline 33 story →
The Build // 33 Feet, Flag Flying
Base: 24-foot DX Flagpole — every band, 160-6M, one feedpoint, no radials.
Top: 9-foot DX Whip — two-minute install, no tools. The flag and the whip fly together.
Bonus bands: every band works; in NEC modeling it also runs ahead of a full-radial quarter-wave across 30 through 15 — 17M (about +3.5 dBi), 20M (+2.3), 30M (+1.1) — and matches one on 40M. Multi-lobe 15M and up.
FT8 / digital: Full duty cycle at rated power — a solid radiator with no traps or loading coils to heat.
How it ships: 4-foot, 2-inch sections with the couplers already bolted on — no loose hardware — bagged and boxed, plus the whip.
Storm rule: when the forecast turns, flag down and nothing on top.
Complete The Station — Priced As A System
The Tilt-Up Base — at 33 feet with a flag to service, this keeps it a one-person job for life. $50 off automatically with any Skyline.
Assembled coax and hardline — genuine Times Microwave LMR and Andrew Heliax, cut, terminated, weatherproofed. 10% off automatically with any antenna.
A tuner, in the shack or at the antenna — both work, and almost any decent-size ATU will do. The LDG RT-100 remote is the easy, affordable starter; see the tuner shelf.
Getting It Approved
If your board has to say yes first, we wrote the brief they want to see. The HOA Architectural Brief → · The HOA Approval Hub →
The Skyline 37 and 29 — every band on both; the 37 carries the most aperture, with bonus gain up to about +4 dBi on 17, and the 29 is the shorter pole with a higher wind rating. Antennas ship within days, free to the USA and Canada.
73 — Jon KL2A — 435-200-4902
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