KO4IOE works India on 17M (8,632 mi) on 20' Flagpole Antenna + 100W

by Greyline Performance декабрь 04, 2020

KO4IOE in a fussy Florida HOA works the world with his 20' Greyline Flagpole and 100 Watts!

KO4IOE left the following 5 star review for the product 20' DX Flagpole Antenna + LDG RT-100 Stealth Ham Radio in HOA:

CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT: KO4IOE, Retired USMC

Bill KO4IOE reports:

"I have been making many contacts and yesterday I made a contact on 17 meters @ 8,632 miles- India from South Florida."

"I hung a wire dipole for an alternate, but the Flagpole antenna was 2 S units above."

Greyline notes: This is Real DX right out of the box. Smarter, stronger and more elegant than other options. Ham Radio is fun again.

A snap shot of signals hearing Bills signal on the RBN Network:

Greyline notes: Look at the dB's in Europe and back to KC0VKN too.

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Pictured: KO4IOE 20' Greyline DX Flagpole Vertical Antenna. Pretty QTH Bill. Good stuff.

KO4IOE left the following 5 star review for the product 20' DX Flagpole Antenna + LDG RT-100 Stealth Ham Radio in HOA:

Very Pleased @ DX is working very well

I'm very happy with my flagpole antenna. It took a little doing to get it in the ground with all my nosy HOA neighbors. No complaints from them. I have been making many contacts and yesterday I made a contact on 17 meters @ 8,632 miles- India from South Florida. It didn't last long but good enough to make it into my log. I hung a wire dipole for an alternate, but the Flagpole antenna was 2 S units above. John at Greyline has responded quickly to my many questions and got me up and on the air. I am new to Ham Radio so Johns help was very valuable.

I would very much recommend this flagpole antenna. Especially to those living where the HOA gestapo watching.

Bill Whittaker
USMC retired
Semper FI
KO4IOE

Greyline Performance writes:

Bill, That is a good looking antenna. Working the world from that Flagpole Antenna in your fussy HOA. No trouble from the neighbors is great news. Way to go. Enjoy the bands, we'll see you around the ham radio spectrum.

- 73 and DX from your friends at Greyline Performance

Do you want to work Real DX, 8,632 miles away with 100W just like Bill does from your Home or HOA? Now you can too. We are shipping short wave adventures to radio operators just like you everyday! Pass it on.

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."

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Bills Greyline Package (Greyline Flagpole antenna + 100W remote tuner)

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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.

KO4IOE works India on 17M (8,632 mi) on 20' Flagpole Antenna + 100W

KO4IOE in a fussy Florida HOA works the world with his 20' Greyline Flagpole and 100 Watts!

KO4IOE left the following 5 star review for the product 20' DX Flagpole Antenna + LDG RT-100 Stealth Ham Radio in HOA:

Bill KO4IOE reports:

"I have been making many contacts and yesterday I made a contact on 17 meters @ 8,632 miles- India from South Florida."

"I hung a wire dipole for an alternate, but the Flagpole antenna was 2 S units above."

KO4IOE left the following 5 star review for the product 20' DX Flagpole Antenna + LDG RT-100 Stealth Ham Radio in HOA:

Do you want to work Real DX, 8,632 miles away with 100W just like Bill does from your Home or HOA? Now you can too. We are shipping short wave adventures to radio operators just like you everyday! Pass it on.

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