Diamond CP6-S swr coverage mounted on MM0CUG 2 section tilt over aluminium mast

[@355k13]

Hi Craig, Just rewatched your video on the CP6, thanks for making & posting....that thing looks good really up there at 12m...excellent made masts 👍 What does surprise me is the bandwidth, ok on 80m it's very narrow but that's only to be expected and the same can be said for 40m to a lesser extent but it also looked fairly narrow on 20m?....I must watch the video again to see your 2.0 swr points on 20. My 6BTV is below 1.5 or below across all of 20m which is what I expected the CP6 would be too... I have a CP6A here but haven't used it yet, I've only had it for a couple of years! 🤣, you have inspired me to put it together and see how it performs Thanks again for the video

[@cjwolf2k]

Be interested to see what SWR you get and yeh it is very narrow SWR coverage

[@MrAndykilmister]

Thank you Craig, found no other info on this antenna. Looking at ordering as a back up to hex beam tomorrow. great video, and very useful. Andy VK6AMK

[@cjwolf2k]

Had some cracking contacts on it now and it's held up fine to the 40+ mph winds we just had :)

[@ianw7146]

Hi Craig, Excellent video and very timely as I am about to buy one of these. At around 0:15 you mention an 'optional voice coil for 80m' - isn't this standard on the Diamond CP-6S? Or are you comparing it to the five band CP-5HS? The CP-5HS has only the double element trap coil assembly and doesn't do 80m but appears very similar to the CP-6S. Please enlighten us all - Diamond aren't very good at advertising their antennas :-) The pdf instructions for CP-6S show a single element trap coil assembly on top and a double element trap coil assembly below, exactly as seen in your video. Diamond list options for the CP-6S in the form of alternative frequency radial elements R-1 and R-2.

[@cjwolf2k]

They come as standard with 1 coil for morse range on 80 but i got the extra one for voice section

[@jacianmcgurk7424]

Hi Craig, you should devise a little motor setup to move the 80 meter resonator in and out remotely and we can use the whole band, I see we as I would buy it from you to fit on mine LOL Nice video Craig All the very best Ian

[@cjwolf2k]

They should really make one id buy it

[@brucekempf4648]

What radio are you using? That SWR band scan is really cool! My FTdx10 doesn't do that

[@fahriakbas8156]

Very good review. Thanks

[@EssexCountyPhoto]

Hi there, I'm thinking about mounting a CP-6SR in our small garden. We don't have much space but we've got a wooden pergola I could use to support a decent telescopic mast (TMF 1.5 30ft maybe?...) and put the Diamond antenna on top... I'm not sure I could raise it as high as you, maybe 5m maximum.. to keep the neighbours happy! Does yours work when it's not 12m up?... In advance, many thanks for your time. Best regards, Manny 73 de 2E0HJN

[@jacianmcgurk7424]

Hi, I tried mine at various heights and the lower it went the worse the swr became but at about 5 meters it worked ok, not a great antenna to be honest, its just ok, its lying in the shed now and it wont go back up. All the very best with yours Ian 2m0lnf :-)

[@EssexCountyPhoto]

@@jacianmcgurk7424 Thanks!

[@SuperWooley1]

where do you get that mast from thats a really cool set up

[@cjwolf2k]

www.mm0cug.co.uk/shop/aluminium-masts/

[@mikelmyers6886]

Hi, how is the reception with the antenna??? Can you also make good QSO's on 15m?

[@cjwolf2k]

Seem to work well for what it is, If I had the space id rather have my windom 80 special up but no room

[@Radio_Militar]

Hi, thanks for the video, i have this antenna and the coils are ok, but I have 3 of SWR in 40m and I don't know what happened. I have dismount the antenna, clean and mount again and I have the same problem. sone one can help me? thanks 73

[@cjwolf2k]

Id think its an issue with the coil for 40m

[@newmyid1597]

what pole system is tht?

[@cjwolf2k]

MM0CUG 2 section tilt over aluminium mast is the system

[@paulsharp5473]

How well is it made? I wonder what the S means.

[@cjwolf2k]

s was just the revised version and all these years later after some bad storms its still up and working perfect

[@spintrap]

@@cjwolf2k Thank you for this review. Is it just me or was the RF noise quite high during the demonstration? Have you noticed that the antenna generates a fairly high background noise? Rene VA2RB

[@cjwolf2k]

@@spintrap Yeh vertical are always more prone to noise but it works very well for a vertical

[@spintrap]

@@cjwolf2k Thanks !

[@70looney]

no bad but they don,t take the high wind bad on 80 ssb but you can get the optinal redail

[@cjwolf2k]

All these years later its still up and working fine even in all the storms we have had

[@ТестФормус]

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