Antenna Shootout!

Comparing the JPC-12 portable vertical antenna with the Slidewinder DX system
JPC-12 - www.hamradio.c...
Slidewinder - www.m1ecc-ante...
G0VGS Blog - g0vgs.blogspot...

[@brianwatson3415]

Great as always Ian, I know we both had a very chilled out day with good company and some great kit to experiment with.

[@bayamateurradiogroup]

Yes, extremely enjoyable and a good laugh :)

[@Tantalicdavid]

That result was just how I expected it to be on local inter g & Europe contacts, A center loaded vertical radiates like a 5/8 wave out to the horizon, Where the Slidewinder will shine is on DX Contacts, Because the Slidewinder is a ground mounted 1/4 wave that radiates at a low angle take off, Good to see it held it's own against a center loaded vertical on local/ european contacts.

[@bayamateurradiogroup]

Great comment. I agree but DX was hard to come by on the day. 20m was very short (I could clearly hear stations in the south of England). Brian did work a Belgian station but that was as far as we got. That said, I have worked Stateside on both aerials on CW and SSB when activating POTA. Ian

[@g0tueSWL]

Top Job as always, nice video.

[@bayamateurradiogroup]

Cheers Ray :)

[@G5STU]

Very good Ian.

[@bayamateurradiogroup]

Thanks Stu. I am working on the next video today.

[@chrisbaker7982]

thanks for that, both work great with a small footprint. i have the jpc-12 and will use it and find a link dipole works great. of course it will its full size non compromise. ! looking to mount the jpc-12 on my 7'' magmount on the car and playing with an adaptor to do this really for the height!

[@_MisterG]

Great comparison. I wonder what it would be like using the sectional antenna for the slidewinder? It could also be centre mounted

[@bayamateurradiogroup]

Difficult to do unfortunately as the JPC12 is not 3/8 thread. That said, on the tripod and with the extension mast on, it does lift the feed point and the coil considerably. Ian

[@stewartbaker2752]

Very good video. Cheers Stewart

[@bayamateurradiogroup]

Thanks Stewart