KC7WEZ works Europe with 100W from his HOA Flagpole Antenna

by Greyline Performance октябрь 11, 2021

"Worked Europe with 100W and 24-foot Flagpole Antenna, from Washington!"

CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT: KC7WEZ

KC7WEZ ham radio install of greyline performance dx flagpole antenna in his hoa. A prettty HF vertical for ham radio using no radials.

Pictured: GP24 Greyline Performance 24-foot DX Flagpole, HF Vertical Antenna, and 100W remote tuner. No Radials.

Dave, KC7WEZ writes:

"DX from Washington State to Europe with 100 watts via 24' Flagpole Antenna. I am very happy with my purchase!"

Greyline writes:

Dave, that is a really pretty ham radio antenna. Congrats on working the world. It's only going to get better from here on out. Cycle 25 is showing up big time. Ham Radio is fun again!

New to Ham Radio? A quick refresher on "How to set up your Ham Radio station for Real DX on all bands at Home or in an HOA?"

According to K3QZ's pictures and story (previous Blog post), it is as easy as.

1. Pick a pleasing spot to plant an HF Vertical Antenna at your QTH

2. Dig a little 3-4' deep hole, 10-16" diameter.

3. Pour the Quikrete and set vertical the included PVC sleeve.

4. Assemble the Flagpole Antenna, tilt it up and plant it, by sliding it into the PVC sleeve (it's a strong method that's been through hurricanes)

5. Connect the coax cable

6. Pick a band, tune the remote tuner and within a minute or less, YOU ARE ON THE AIR with a Real DX signal. Ham Radio is fun again.

WHAT CUSTOMERS ARE SAYING:

"Real DX 160-6M at my HOA"
"4 Band DXCC in 3-months at my HOA."
"So pretty my XYL approves!"
"If I can hear it, I can work it."

Let's get you and your friends back on the air. Ham Radio is fun again! Pass it on...

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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.

KC7WEZ works Europe with 100W from his HOA Flagpole Antenna

"Worked Europe with 100W and 24-foot Flagpole Antenna, from Washington!"

New to Ham Radio? A quick refresher on "How to set up your Ham Radio station for Real DX on all bands at Home or in an HOA?"

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