That was awesome Hayden! I had already lowered my Hexbeam "ChuckyHex" lol and I think Jason and I were pointed at you but When Charlie and Frank got on the Hex I think it had rotated a bit , the antenna was just floating and not secured in a direction. We will have to take a look at the bands and pick a weekenf or day that we can both get our and try multiple bands. This was the first time I had set mine up and it still needs some tweeking, but I was happy how well we both did!
Woooow what an Antenna. Congrats on your Purchase, Hayden. To me this is one of the best Documentary Videos you ever made and published. Keep up our great Work & happy Sunday. 73 de YFUG 💯🔔🔔🔔👍🙋♂
I've been looking forward to this video for a while - the BuddiHex looks like a great piece of equipment. Have you considered doing an interview with the designer of this antenna ? I ask because when you look at the design and attention to detail show there has clearly been a lot of thought put into the design. I could not say how many coffee's went into it, but the end result looks fantastic, the sensible use of colour coding parts, the 'toggle' connections, etc. must have taken a while to resolve. Great video !
Thanks man! Should've let you know, you could've come up to have a look. I'll ask Chris (When he's not so busy) if he wants to sit down and have a chat!
I use Velcro to loosely tie the coax to antenna Also always make sure the segments are fully inserted into the hub and the clips pulled down toward the center hub, clip side down , before attaching/bending the spreaders to the top of the hub On uneven ground extend the tripod legs fully, then retract the bottom segments 2", you'll find it's easier to raise one leg to level it than to lower the other 2
Hi Hayden, thanks for this video! I imported my BuddiHex to France and had to pay around 270€ of taxes. I got the Sportube locally so basically 20% of import taxes. I brought the antenna with me to Mexico but unfortunately had an incident when bringing it up and am now waiting for the replacement parts from Chris. I should be able to get back in the air by January 31st, hopefully! I will definitely not extend the last segment of the mast and also put the guying rings a bit higher to avoid having the antenna dance too much. Let’s see if we can have a VK-XE QSO soon! 73&DX de XE1K - F5VLQ
Yeah. That top section can really go bending over if it’s up more than a foot or two. Hayden does what I do with the pre-guying before putting on the antenna. Much safer, especially since I’m usually by myself.
I pre-raise, pre-guy the mast, weight the base w 3 water jugs, and never raise the top segments more than 30cm. Also, be sure to used the widest tripod stance. Mine toppled once before I got smart, Chris mailed out replacement connectors before I left the park!
This is a really well considered system. It feels like a good value....attempting a DIY version would cost me so much more and likely ending up with an inferior finished product.
You know, I really appreciate your doing this on RU-vid. I have had this antenna for quite some time and haven't put it up yet. I'm glad you were willing to show simple mistakes and all. Keep up the good work!
Brilliant antenna.. for rich Hams 😬. I like the design and the performance but its quite noticeable anywhere you put it. How does it perform mounted at ground level?
Hi Hayden, I was listening for you with 5 elements pointed your way on 10m. I knew you were there, but not strong enough for a contact. Tried long path, which was slightly better, but still not enough to make a contact. Stay safe. WJ3U
I want to see what happens if you stack two on top of each other but one concave up and the other concave down. Also if adding floating bits of metal in the beam path can steer it. Floating as in suspended by non metallic ropes and moved into a position lioke a director on a Yagi.
You might need a different mounting pole to put it on - I wouldn't trust the tripod permanently, unless you did modifications. The antenna should hold up.
Relates to import duties/tax. Depending on what sort of day the customs agent is having it can get very expensive. Here in ZL they will charge 15% GST (Good Services Tax) on the total cost of the imported item, including freight, plus documentation and release fees.
As ZL1PO explained. Apparently there is a customs exemption for some antennas/aerials but I couldn't be bothered chasing it up as I was dealing with people who weren't real smart. They claimed they couldn't even contact me, even though my phone number and email was clearly written on the parcel!
this is an amazing antenna for portable or temporary installation. I have the VHQ Hexbeam for my base station but may get this one for portable. Thank you for a great video
supergreat, thanks for the video . was a bit surprised to see the air bubble of the spirit level going upwards in australia, didn‘t expect that! 😂😉 seriously: if it wasn‘t for the price I‘d get me one. good dx and all the best.
That looks like a lot of thought has gone into the design to make it very user-friendly for setup, and ease of transport with the cable carriers and how it clips together.
Quite a nice looking antenna system. I am a bit jealous though. You got KC5HWB in your log before me and we live in the same state. 😀 I guess I should have hit him up on 2m at his SYP event last spring.
When I saw the short for this I glossed over it thinking that the US stations were going to be on FT8 but how wrong was I... The performance of this certainly makes the Hustler 5-btv rather average!
Congratulations! I was wondering when will I see a channel named ham radio dx (which every single video should be about dx) do a single DX. Congratulations again, please continue posting DX! 73
I think Hawaii to California on 10 GHz counts as DX. If so, this is indisputably about DX. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gVcl8IwT0jQ.html
NICE a Hexbeam is always good and easy I do have the TRAFFIE HEX THE 1 WHICH WAS ON BOUVET IN 2000-2001. Have just put it back up after my move and as Bouvet is going to happen wood like to work them with the antenna which had been there and mad it back, I have had it up all over New Zealand the last 21 years and still strong and works GREAT as always, 73, Pieter ZL1PDT/ZL1LIG /ex ZS1PDT/ ZS6PDT
