Link to the MAST only: chelegance.com/products/cntou-chelegance-tp16%e2%80%b24-8-meter-antenna-mast-for-mc-599-jpc-7-antenna-pole-telescopic/?wpam_id=5
I got this one early on and is one of my favorite POTA antennas. Quick to deploy as well. One note, make sure you guy it or put weights on the base. Ask me how I know. Let's just say I had to get some new whips!
Great review. This is similar to what Raisa R1BIG tried a few weeks back. Unfortunately although the telescopic mast is only $58 shipping to the UK is a whopping $60 so $118 total
Mat, I think 4 meters and 2 meters is also possible as the collapsed whips are short enough ;-) Great piece of portable kit with superb resulst as you showed. 73 Phil ON4VP.
I always wanted something like this, but the JPC7 one. After some searching on Aliexpress, I found the telescopic whips for about 20$, so I ordered 2. I watched some videos about it, and they said that the side force can damage this telescopes, so instead of a dipole, I created a vertical antenna. The telescope is about 5m long, so it's perfect from 14 MHz. It's much faster and easier to deploy, and it needs some counterpoises from wire and a small tripod to stand on. In the field it works great, where there are no other objects like houses. I used it on a small terrace on my holiday.
Nice Video Matt. I do like that mast and the ease of use of the antenna for portable use. I am moving from UK to Italy in September and looking at portable options on the top of my apartments flat roof. Another idea noted thanks to you. 73 de G0LQP
Just a thought...Depending on the size and threads, it might be possible to use hamstick antennas in place of the telescopic elements to go to 40m and perhaps 75/80m. Just an idea for portable pota/soda, or emergency comms. Good luck, John, N8SGM.
Take one of the 40m wires cut a wire to same length, then cut that wire in half. Affix one of each half to the collapsible whips when using the 20m set-up to get your 40m
Very nice antenna, It's my favorite for POTA activations With the inverted V configuration at 40 meters we can achieve contacts even without propagation Thanks for the review 73 de CS7BDO
Dont swear at me lol, bigger the better. 12m Racal mast and 40m inverted-v is my go to for carpark dwelling portable/POTA. Think iv worked you on the bands before. hope all is well, M3TJT
Nice video. Just the facts, no bullshit. I like the antenna, with your VNA or a good SWR meter and some knowledge, you could tinker and most likely get it down to 1:1 on every band, with some annoyance I'll admit, but if your not prepared to field tune an antenna, then your not really into portable op's.....wires tossed up into tree's are an exception to this....
TechMinds thank you mate for helping me understand so much about technically. I wonder if this will work on my ATS 25 X2? From across the pond 73 for now.
DX Engineering and the tripod mast was a steal at 75 dollars it is very well made and solid! You won't find a better deal for a tripod and mast. What I did was run zip ties thought the pre made holes at the bottom of each foot and fashioned a loop that hangs off each of the feet to be able to anchor each leg down with the provided stakes! Everything about the antenna screams quality! I really do love it and you can by replacement whips for 35 dollars! Where else can you get a 17' telescopic whip for 35 dollars and it is laser engraved for each of the bands from 20 meters on down!
Hello, My name is Gerry and I enjoy watching your video. Glad we got into the Santano. Where did you get this? Antenna? Did I just watch a few minutes ago OK thank you Gerry.
Hi Gerry, thanks for the comment and thanks for watching my video. There is a link in the video description to exactly where I got this antenna form. Many thanks, Matt
It looks like a nice system, similar to the Buddipole I bought here in the States though without the need for the induction coils. The typical thread here for antennas is 3/8x24. Do you know if that is compatible at all with the metric M10 size this antenna uses?
I used two lengths of the rope, and in the center of each length I just looped around the mast. That gave me 4 guy ropes, placed at 12, 3, 6 and 9 oclock.. If that makes sense :-)
Smart bit of kit... Question, could the 40m inverted-v and telescopic whips, tuned to say 20m be installed at the same time? Resulting in a duel band antenna, sort of like a fan or in this case X-dipole. Maybe worth a test when you're out portable for the YT content. All the best M3TJT
Matt the price of that antenna from ML and S is £269 obviously plus shipping because they never do anything free very often so why would I buy from express or from the American shop?
@@TechMindsOfficial I wouldn’t buy from them either if there was another supplier in the UK that sold it slightly cheaper price. I always find it there charging too much for carriage in some cases although I do respect their opinion.
Antenna and tripod mast together are 12 pounds. That's 3x the weight of an MC-750, 2.5x the weight of an EFHW and a 30' pole, and about a zillion times the weight of an EFHW tossed over a tree. So, some kinds of portable yes. Other kinds, not so much.
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Load coils,inductive resistance is not very good, because inductive resistance,like capacitive resistance,does not bring you closer to the resonant frequency.The resonant frequency is purely ohmic resistance.
