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Took down my light weight 3 element yagi. Replaced it with this one. Seems to be working!!! 25’ off the ground is the best I can do with what I have.

Dropped the antenna due to high winds and the fact I have no guy wires on the flag pole. Decided to do a hair more tuning.. I’m actually finding my results a little difficult to believe. But I’m not complaining. Sweep from 26.805 to 27.555. VNA, MFJ, and radio meter all agree!!! Except VNA...

I ended up changing the spacing and lengthening the boom. 6’4” between the reflector and driven element and 4’1” between the DE and director. I was having issues with the match the higher I went up. The changes I made seemed to help with that. Correct me if I’m wrong but I think the match looks...

Wish I had made it with flexible wire in which case it would be completely portable. Not so with the solid wire.

Having a lot of fun here and learning a lot in the process. Tuning was not responding as expected so I decided to add a 1:1 Balun just to see what happened. Seems to have made tuning a breeze. Tuned it close 2.5 feet off the ground and nothing changed to my surprise when I put it up. Resonance...

LOL forgive me i’m a little slow just got the joke!!!

Just some notes I cut the wire as precisely as possible measuring from the center of the boom. Don’t know if you can see it in this image but the 5” pieces of pvc that are glued in the hubs were heated and bent slightly upward to compensate for some of the sag I knew I would get from the poles...

Here is what I used only difference is the spacing between the director and the driven element I made 5’. 4’5” between reflector and driven element.

Yes I noticed that on the Maco 3 just today looking at a video. I was looking at a Sirio 3 element when I made that choice. Ref- driven if I remember on mine is 4’5”… driven to director 5’. Fee point is an SO239 bulkhead connector mounted in the pvc fitting W/ rubber gasket. Driven is isolated...

I have no idea. The best I can say is there is a difference front to back. I’ll know better when I can turn it.

Hi guys. I slapped together a 3 element yagi knowing the very minimum of what I was doing. Goal: something super light weight that I could put on top of my 11 guage telescopic flagpole Construction materials: Boom: aluminum painters pole Hubs: 3/4” 4 way pvc fittings + 6-5” pieces of 3/4 pvc...

Question has anyone tried the DigiMike on the Q5N2? A friend that I never know which radio he might be on one day to the next was on his Lincoln this morning and the quality of his audio was immediately noticeable. Turns out he was using the DigiMike. I was really impressed

Think you also get the patch cord with qt40. But the box ain’t as pretty

I see it now. Lol they didn’t block me. I had done a few Amazon searches for the ares since it happened and only came up with the QT40. I guess I didn’t scroll far enough. Still hadn’t decided whether to write a review or not!!! I saw your review though!!!

Has anyone seen an Ares 2 for sale anywhere lately? Very strange I had one along with a nightmare story with Amazon. Problem with sideband output on the one I received. Sent it back for replacement. The replacement came in a generic brown box with only a mic and power chord that had a broken...