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 and contestant #2 is the buddie pole. 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]/
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