DX Flagpole featured on Ham Talk Live "Stealth Antennas & HOAs"

by Greyline Performance ноябрь 01, 2019

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The DX Flagpole on Ham Talk Live, Episode 188: “Stealth Antennas and HOAs”

In Episode 188 of Ham Talk Live, Neil interviews John, W6NBC — retired NBC broadcast engineer and QST antenna award recipient — about antennas for restricted neighborhoods, including the Greyline DX Flagpole, and about working with HOAs. To listen, search your podcast app or the Ham Talk Live archive for Episode 188.

A related piece of history: Greyline worked with the ham radio steering committee at the Sun City, Arizona community during the talks that produced its outdoor antenna guidelines — ARRL coverage of the agreement. It was big news then, and it still is a model for how hams and boards can find common ground.

What customers were saying:

“So pretty my DX Flagpole Antenna is allowed in my wife’s garden! In the GARDEN!”
“4 Band DXCC this summer with my 20’ DX Flagpole from my HOA!”

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Today’s Greyline: every band, 160 through 6 meters, from one feedpoint with a tuner; no radials, no guy wires; the pole itself is the antenna. Antennas ship within days, free to the USA and Canada.

DX Flagpoles → · DX Verticals → · The HOA guide → · Specs & facts →

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Ham Radio is fun again! Pass it on… 73, Jon KL2A · 435-200-4902

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Hi Dan,
There is no difference in performance. The DX Flagpole has a few extra holes and hardware to allow it to become a Flagpole and DX Flagpole vertical antenna. Ham Radio is fun again! 73 Greyline DX

Greyline Performance январь 13, 2020
Other than the flag capability, is there a difference between the flagpole version and the antenna.

Dan Ehrenfeld январь 12, 2020

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Worth every penny!

I added this tilt mount on my older (2.25") 28' flagpole and I couldn't be more pleased with how well it works for me. I can now drop down or raise my flagpole by myself in about 5 minutes in each direction. This mount is an engineering beast with how well it is constructed! Previously I had to wait and get another person to help lift the base out of the PVC pipe and help lower it hoping that it came down as planned. Going up was even more of a challenge getting the base into the hole and raising it back up. That's 33 feet of wiggling aluminum and not so easy to manage even with two people. With this mount I don't even give it a second thought about doing maintenance or lowering it for an impending storm. It's straight coming down and going back up with no overshoot. Or worries. This is an excellent investment in both time and money!

Gary, coming from someone who's flown one of our early 28-footers for years, that means a lot. Thanks for the upgrade and the kind words. — Jon KL2A

Aperture makes a difference

I find that the added 4 feet makes a difference, along with the 9' whip and tilt base. Signals are stronger on receive, and my transmit reach appears to have extended based on signal reports. Still adding many DX contacts to the log! Looking forward to getting the aluminum cap for the 2" to whip transition. I believe that will help as well.

Christopher, the extension, the whip, and the tilt together are the full aperture system, and your log shows it. Thanks for taking the time to write this up. — Jon KL2A

Size Does Matter!

I was already happy with my DXF24 flagpole, but adding the 4' extension made a great thing even better! My setup is the 28' flagpole with the tilt-over base, 1:1 balun at the base with 40' LMR400 to my KAT500 tuner in the shack.

My first week after adding the 4 foot extension (a super easy job with the tilt-over!), I logged RI1FJL on 15m and P29YY on 17m, and discovered I could now make QSOs on 80 meters. I hadn't made a QSO on 80 meters I moved into this HOA community 21 years ago!

If I had room for the 9' whip on top, I would add that next and probably gain 160 meters. But this current flagpole setup is giving me 80 thru 6 and tons of QSOs, all with convenient band switching from my shack. Yes, it's fun again!

Tom, 80 meters for the first time in 21 years, from an HOA lot — that's the whole case for aperture in one line. RI1FJL and P29YY in the first week didn't hurt either. Thanks for the report, and see you on 80. — Jon KL2A

Doesn't get any easier

I've had my 24ft flag pole for about a year and each time I wanted to do any maintenance it required another person and even then as we get older it's a task and a half. The installation of the tilt up base was to easy. As described by others, loosen the three bolts, remove the second one and up or down is a cake walk. I always had a little wobble at the ground when the wind blows so I fashioned a shim from some aluminum flashing, shaped like a shoe horn and now it remains straight up in the wind. I have some experiments planed which I will now be able to do without help from another person.

Bart, no second person, no ladder, maintenance on your own schedule — that's exactly why the tilt exists. Thanks for the shim tip too; it's gone to our shop. Enjoy the experiments. — Jon KL2A

Game Changer

It’s not the weight of the antenna - it’s the fulcrum. Before the tilt up base it was a two person job. Now it’s a very simple operation to raise and lower the antenna. Great addition, especially in Eastern North Carolina where severe weather is abundant.

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DX Flagpole featured on Ham Talk Live "Stealth Antennas & HOAs"

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