"Dual Beam Pro" from ProAntennas
It is not a beam as the name might imply, neither one of those "magic" antennas; just a well made non-resonant end-loaded rotary dipole for 20,17,15,12,10 meters and tunable on 30,40 and 6m too. The best thing about this antenna is that is only five meters long, sturdy but very light (4Kg), has the gain and the clean bidirectional radiation pattern of a full l/2 dipole, doesn't make use of any lossy shorting coils and requires no tuning of the antenna itself. An antenna tuner is still needed though (rig's built-in ATU is enough on all but 30 & 40m bands).
Searching around for more info I found a few video reviews on youtube and some rave user reports on eham. Also, magazines like Radcom and Practical Wireless gave this antenna some really positive reviews.
BTW I've computer modeled the antenna and the results seem to completely agree with the manufacturer's published specifications.
Does anyone have any experience with such an antenna type?
It is not a beam as the name might imply, neither one of those "magic" antennas; just a well made non-resonant end-loaded rotary dipole for 20,17,15,12,10 meters and tunable on 30,40 and 6m too. The best thing about this antenna is that is only five meters long, sturdy but very light (4Kg), has the gain and the clean bidirectional radiation pattern of a full l/2 dipole, doesn't make use of any lossy shorting coils and requires no tuning of the antenna itself. An antenna tuner is still needed though (rig's built-in ATU is enough on all but 30 & 40m bands).
Searching around for more info I found a few video reviews on youtube and some rave user reports on eham. Also, magazines like Radcom and Practical Wireless gave this antenna some really positive reviews.
BTW I've computer modeled the antenna and the results seem to completely agree with the manufacturer's published specifications.
Does anyone have any experience with such an antenna type?
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