43 Foot Antenna Installation – The Rising
The raising of the Flat Black 43 Foot Antenna from DX Engineering.
Priming Aluminum Antennas
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 [...]
Ham Question: Coax Loss and Remote Tuner for 43 Foot Antenna
A viewer asks about coax losses associated with using the “tuner required” 43 foot vertical antenna.
Installing a Vertical Antenna Base with no Concrete
Here is a step by step approach for an amateur radio vertical antenna mount using only a hole, gravel and a piece of plumbing pipe. Included is a story about know-it-all relatives.
BigIR vs. 43 Foot Antenna EZNEC Shootout Conclusions
The EZNEC simulations of the 43 Foot Vertical and the BigIR Vertical HF antennas are summed up with some final thoughts on which to select if you can have only one.
BigIR vs. 43 Foot Vertical Antenna @ 80 meters EZNEC Shootout
The BigIR vs. the 43 foot vertical antenna at 80 meters.
BigIR vs. 43 Foot Vertical Antenna @ 40 meters EZNEC Shootout
Analysis of 43 foot vertical against the SteppIR BigIR vertical in the 20 meter band.
BigIR vs. 43 Foot Vertical Antenna @ 20 meters EZNEC Shootout
Analysis of 43 foot vertical against the SteppIR BigIR vertical in the 20 meter band.
BigIR vs. 43 Foot Vertical Antenna @ 15 meters EZNEC Shootout
Comparing the 43 foot vertical with the BigIR vertical at 15 meters.
BigIR vs. 43 Foot Vertical Antenna @ 10 meters EZNEC Shootout
Analysis of 43 foot vertical vs. BigIR at 10 meters.
