I made mine over the weekend - apart from something I had trouble sourcing was the short tube inserts for the clamps, these arrived today in stainless steel (12mmx0.5mm) which fit the tent poles perfectly. One comment to add is that I was able to tighten the top shaft support without having the clamps removed as you mention at 3:50 by using 'ball end' allen keys which is nice!
Excellent, if you can, please email me some pictures when its all built. Great shout on the stainless pipe. I just looked and seen it on Amazon. I will update BOM for an alternative. Thanks 👍
Hello Colin, Last year I built a successful antenna for Field Day 2023. I was thinking about making a multi band vertical for 2024, however I am now thinking about building your Hex design. Thanks so much for sharing your Hex plans and BOM. 73 Steve
Great video, I was going to make one of these for 20m only, I don't work any higher bands but to be honest, a 1/4 wave vertical was much quicker and cheaper $10 and works just as good. But for those who have the time and money, it's a great project. Looking forward to hearing you down here. Have a good weekend, 73.
I had one before mate and it was amazing. Yes its a lot of work. Your parasitic array is probably as good and you dont need the height. I'm going to try similar with with a halfwave vertical.
Nice job Colin, have you got a total weight of the whole finished System roughly, im looking at the Buddihex for another little DXped overseas simply due to the low weight but this looks interesting to build
