If you have been reading this web site you will recall I have paid much attention to the 43 foot antenna manufactured by DX Engineering and Zero Five Antennas.
After much simulation and trading the benefits against pitfalls, I purchased the DX Engineering 43 foot antenna kit with the balun.
However, a shiny aluminum antenna in the back yard would attract the kind attention I just don’t need. Research on the Internet reveals several solutions including:
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A reader asks…
I am thinking about getting a 43′ vertical to use on 160 to 10 meters.
Has anyone calculated the coax loss for 100 feet of RG-213 coax, especially on 80 and 160 meters?
Would it be beneficial to build a remote tuner [like below] and place it at the base of the 43′ antenna to reduce coax loss?
Remotely Tuned 43 Foot Vertical Antenna
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This is a bit silly of a post for an amateur radio web site.
However, I just had to toot the horn of one company who has consistently provided great service. That company is DX Engineering.
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Hello all,
I wonder if any of you had your display unit for your Kenwood TM-G707 2/440 transceiver go blank and reboot even while the radio operates just fine.
If I move the wire with respect to the control head in a certain position this happens.
Is this just a case of dirty contacts between the little cable adapter and the control head or have any of you seen the wire in the cable actually break?
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Bob asks…
“I am looking for a Yaesu Manual …..model # c508a its small hand held. any ideas … thanks”
Can anyone help Bob out?
About two years ago I received a DX Engineering Radial Plate for Christmas. Nice gift for a ham eh?
It has been serving as the focus of twenty-eight 33′ radials and a 16.6′ vertical antenna for over a year with great results. A QSO, a 20 meter phone QSO, with a station in Australia was the highlight. Okay he had a stack of four 20 meter beams phased and pointing straight at me, but it still makes me like my dirt based 20 meter vertical.
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Well I went ahead and purchased the 43 foot antenna kit from DX Engineering during that sale they were having till the end of last year.
This is the story of how I constructed the ground mount for it.
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