Hi Michael, Thanks for sharing your experience with the Super Antenna. I think it's a great piece of kit. Ideally I would love to have something like a DX connector but the Super Antenna would work for me in my VERY restricted HOA and very portable setup for multiband.
Hassan - N5MTG On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 8:43 AM Michael Hooper KI5MWJ via BVARC < [email protected]> wrote: > I use my Super Antenna with the tripod mount. It sits about 7 feet high. I > dont have the 80m kit for it but that would make it a bit taller. There is > a stake mount available but I didn’t buy it because I use it in Rocky > Mountain terrain. I have made contacts in Canada and South American with it > when using at home in Texas. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 24, 2022, at 5:30 PM, Rick Hiller via BVARC <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hassan, > > Another way around the HOA is to use a tilt over base (DX Engineering and > others). You use a base station type vertical antenna with ground radials > and the tilt over base allows you to tilt the vertical down to ground > level. As long as you have the space to lay it over you are good to go. > Not sure the SA would fit this type of installation but a 4,5 or 6 BTV > Hustler certainly would. Keep it down during the day and at night tilt > it up. Painted appropriately you can't see it. > > Also, look thru some of the antenna books that are available. They are > full of ideas for you to build and implement yourself. Thus lowering the > cost of the high cost commercial antennas. Practical Antenna Handbook by > Joe Carr. HF Antennas for all Locations -- Les Moxon. ARRL Antenna > Compendiums Vol 1 thru 8. Vertical Antennas -- Bill Orr. Vertical > Antenna Classics -- ARRL just to name a few. > > I see that you are in a gated community with all of the street names being > "Quiet XXXX"....Holy Toledo! Your yard has plenty of room for a tilt over > situation, as far as the satellite view can see. Also looks like you have > a tile roof....how about running a loop around the perimeter of the roof > with insulated wire and feed it with coax and a 4:1 balun with a tune in > the shack. An Auto Tuner would be the best for quick band changes. Use > as a receive antenna too. Lots of ways to go, if you think about it. > > GL ES 73....Rick -- W5RH > > On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 6:13 PM Hassan Thomas via BVARC <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 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 >> ________________________________________________ >> 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]/ >> > > > -- > Rick Hiller > *e-mail: [email protected] <[email protected]>* > *Cell: 832-474-3713* > *Physical: 9031 Troulon Drive* > * Houston, TX 77036* > ________________________________________________ > 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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