loved to witness this... never seen a 7300 in a car... hope to work you soon (maybe on 20m) as we are having the SRAL annual summercamp soon from karelia finland, and i need to make some contacts for my mobile/portable EGO. cheers, 73, OH8XAT/OG4U
Well then. That was some great advice. I'm inspired to purchase one of those coils and I can see from your demonstration that the matching wire is a point of weakness. Thinking I'll be replacing mine with a braided grounding strap insulated with heat shrink tubing. Thank you for sharing your advice. 73 de KF4LBG Larry
The lead is not a weak point & lasts about 2 to 3 years with constant day to day use. The video was simply about extending the life time of the lead further, But as all existing customers know We replace the lead free of charge for the life time of the coil. So it's not an issue at all.
Thanks. Useful tip. Excellent antenna used with the ‘screw together’ whip. A great antenna for garden, car and field. Best investment so far. Great results achieved with it. Phil - g0nik, Suffolk.
i have a tall car so will be looking to use an atu so i do not have to keep climbing up and down off the vehicle. it looks quicker to set up than the multiple antennas i have at the moment. thanks @@Tantalicdavid
@@wowsly An ATU Will create a big loss in the antennas performance, By tuning the coil you get a resonant antenna for each band & no lossy atu in circuit.
Nice Antenna, but 57 seconds is not much of intro or demo. You might try and record a few minutes of QSO's, to let people see how it performs. Kind regards - 73's - EI5HYB
Hi,looks great but surely at that height it would be almost omnidirectional so therefore no point making it into a dipole instead of a vertical?? Apologies if iam wrong .73
We did on air testing over a year ago & I can assure you this antenna is far from omnidirectional. Stations reported up to 3 S Points difference when we rotated it 90 degrees to face there station.
Primary use is for portable setups, I suppose it could be used at home as a a permanent base station antenna. But we would recommend you check it regularly ie to maintain it.
@@Tantalicdavid thank you so much . I just got a antenna and I trying to complete my yeasu ft-891 man pack and I was like how to I connect this antenna. Thanks again
depend on the setup. you need somekind of base to screw the antenna in and get your BNC connector out. some people are using an adjustable coil at the base.
What would be the best way to put this on a balcony or deck? I have a wooden deck that is around 10 feet high, attached to the side of the house facing the backyard area above the basement exit. The back door of the main floor leads out to it. Thank you.
I received one a couple of weeks ago, Red because it is faster :-) Only just had chance to play with it. Using a Tank Whip, 9 foot long. Very impressed. takes a bit of getting used to where to place the slider, not gone as far as marking it yet though. Thank you very much for a good product, just going to see if I can make up my own ground mount kit from my bits n bobs box.
This coil looks interesting to be sure. I am currently using a couple of Ampros for 20 and 40 which seem to work okay. It would be nice to get many more bands without the need to unscrew one antenna and replace it with another. What method is used to mark the coil for the different bands?
@@Markinpuff Its a ground mounted antenna system not designed to be up a mast. works best at ground level Please search here on RU-vid & the internet lots of customers have put content out about their experience of the Slidewinder DX Antenna
