Thank you for the feedback. Curious on you Super antenna, how high does it sit off the ground?
Thank you, Hassan On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 2:14 PM Michael Hooper KI5MWJ via BVARC < [email protected]> wrote: > Definitely DX commander. Its not as portable as the Super Antenna. Super > antenna does not perform near as well. I have both. I upgraded the radials > for the Super Antenna and now it better but still lagging. Haven’t tried > the SA for 2 meters yet. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 24, 2022, at 12:04 PM, Jeff Greer via BVARC <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I'm in an HOA as well, but I've had the DX Commander clone up for a year > or so now without anybody saying anything. I don't think anybody > recognizes the 31-foot fiberglass pole sticking up out of my back yard as > an antenna... > > What I really love about it is the ability to change bands at will. I can > get all of the HF bands (ok, I can only get most of 80) with the built-in > tuner on my radio. It makes jumping around really quick and convenient. > > Before (because I was brand new and in an HOA), I just had a 71' wire > strung along the eave of my house and over to a tetherball pole by a > fence. I used an external tuner for that, and it worked ok. The DX > Commander performs a lot better for DX, though. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Hassan Thomas <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, October 24, 2022 1:44 PM > *To:* Jeff Greer <[email protected]> > *Cc:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] Antenna Experiance > > Great question. I would like to use this antenna as a base antenna (HOA > restrictions), fief day, POTA and SHIT. Main use is for HF! Love the > added be if it of hiring the 2m band too. > > > > On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 13:33 Jeff Greer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Oooh, antenna questions! What do you hope to use the antenna for? These > both appear to be multiband and portable. Anthony and I are going to urge > you to consider a DX Commander antenna: https://www.m0mcx.co.uk/ > > https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6wLPPAzu7iPDMaUeHoVvJw > > Anthony uses one for POTA; I use a homebrew copy at home, and put up > another for JOTA the other day. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* BVARC <[email protected]> on behalf of Hassan Thomas via > BVARC <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, October 24, 2022 1:25 PM > *To:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Hassan Thomas <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [BVARC] Antenna Experiance > > Happy Monday, trying to decide on a multi band antenna. Contestant #1 is > the Super Antenna > <https://www.amazon.com/Super-Antenna-MP1LXMAX-80m-10m-Portable/dp/B07HMQ44W2#>and > contestant #2 is the buddie pole > <https://www.buddipole.com/minibuddipole.html>. Curious if anyone has > had experience with either antenna and would share their experience? > > > Kindest Regards, > > Hassan Thomas - N5MTG > > -- > Kindest Regards, > > Hassan Thomas > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- Kindest Regards, Hassan Thomas
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