ES5TV 15m 8x5 Elements H Frame Stack

[@linux-xe2b366]

Watching this video was sheer shock and awe !! Wooooow+40dbs. What a job ! Congrats Luis XE2B

[@robindorling3669]

Thank you for a great video portraits the pioneer spirit of man to reach higher levels of performance great video great music you reach heights that most radio amateurs will reach l salute all of you from Robin ZS6RWD Hazyview south Africa'.

[@lesjohnson9740]

You and your guys...have some balls, Tonno, my pleasure to watch you all, working as a greased team, what a job .Les.

[@Capecodham]

I love the time you took to narrate.

[@brianclark9711]

Good team work and good planning by the look of it! :) Excellent DX

[@wa3aer]

I think my jaw is finally back off the desk here. WOW...and congrats on that MONSTER ARRAY. Tnx for posting the video (also well done!).

[@falandoareal4578]

congratulations on the success and good contacts my friends !!!

[@hedgerowpete]

this is beautiful, I am so jealous of you, what an amazing set up

[@tonnovahk78]

Was really great to have you take part Kristers! You have to come again! Learn CW!:) 73 Tonno

[@K7AGE]

Great arm strong rotor! I wished you had plugged in a FT-817 at the antenna for testing and made a couple of QSOs.

[@TimHavens]

You guys are my new Hero's! It's a work of ART! FB! Well done!

[@peterwillmott7245]

Congratulation on a mammoth effort. Manfred it is amateur radio just like portable, QRP D-Star and mobile HF All wonderful facets of the hobby but wow, you guys do it BIG Again Fantastic work Pete VK3TQ

[@HamPY3KN]

Nice video, Tonno. Always strong signal here in SA. 73's de PY3KN.

[@VK4VO]

This is so amazing, great work Tonno and tnx for the QSL card, nice to work you from VK3

[@kristersmisa1750]

Hi, Tonno! It's realy nice video. It was realy nice to work from this station in WPX SSB 2013. Tnx! I wish I can go there again. YL1XN Chris (Kristers Misa)

[@cthoadmin7458]

Ah, I can only dream. No need to wish you good DX because you're always going to get it with a setup like that. Well done! 73 de VK4QP.

[@kristersmisa1750]

Tnx, Tonno! I'm very glad and happy for that I will go to your station again! :) I will start learning CW. Tnx/ Chris

[@vu3tyg]

Amazing, superb engineering . I downed additional two pegs watching this video. :-)

[@rayharkins14]

what a beautiful antenna set up. congratulations on all the work.

[@rayharkins14]

WOW ! THAT IS BIG. Much work.

[@TXLorenzo]

Super antenna! I hope it does well in the winter time with that Baltic weather. I am sure it carries a heavy ice load! I would be worried a little about ice in all those turning parts.

[@fortroadmassive4095]

Listing on 3.776.00 LSB 13 Sep @04:40 GMT. I'm using Icom RS500 with MLA 30 Loop. Located in South East of Ireland. 7/9dB. Very nice audio. Hope to get my licence soon ;-)

[@cruzcena1962]

Speechless !!

[@Greyline77]

This is cool. You´ll never need any condx anymore to work the world :) 73´s DJ7EC

[@The2011Believer]

Wow , that has got to be the most amazing antenna set up i have seen ever. Well done. Great video and i hope to see more. 73s Greetings from Canada VE3NCV

[@robertheintz8017]

I would like to see that tower turn in a -35 Celsius Canadian winter night.

[@SupRec]

In one word ... amazing !!! 73's from Brazil

[@antoniosilva5933]

Uma obra de arte está torre com antenas Parabéns 👍👍👍

[@pcfreak1992]

My mind was blown when I realized the tower rotates :-O

[@MrIdklolidk]

I'm in the same club as you then mind equals blown. ;)

[@bebo5558]

Somebody is a LOT richer than I am, nice set up!

[@dougtaylor7724]

You don’t need to get the measuring tape out. You got me beat. Nice apparatus!

[@krisraps]

WOOOW< What A Majestic An beautiful Antenna!

[@WarriorSpirit3a]

I knew this wasn't anywhere in the Southern United States when the next day that massive structure was still there. Here, a couple of meth heads with a pickup truck would have had the whole thing dismantled and at the recycling center before sunup. Seriously though, that was an awesome video and project. My mind boggles at the engineering and other talents that were needed to make this happen. Great job, guys!!!!!

[@vladimiregorov9514]

С размахом ребята! 👍👍👍👍👍 Привет из Новосибирска! 73

[@alpharomeo1990]

Absolutely beautiful antenna erection. Marvelous job to you and the crew. 73, to Es5tv and crew de kk4drt

[@k0rc]

The guy wire clamps at 11:50 appear to be installed incorrectly. The "saddle" should straddle the live guy line. There's an old guy-line saying "Never saddle a dead horse" which means "do not put the saddle of the U clamp onto the dead end of the guy wire."

[@tonnovahk78]

you are right! I am in the middle of fixing this to be on the safe side. Thanks!

[@tonnovahk78]

tnx:) music selected by ES5PC. The cost is hard to determine as it is composed of different parts, several constructed by myself. The core tower is from 4O3A at a rather friendly price, let's say so...:)

[@thezerocool22]

Wow. Some serious equiptment there, hope to work you one day from My QRP kit on a summit!

[@tonnovahk78]

Hi Mac, 12 meters horizontal, 14 meters vertical (64,50,36,22)

[@falandoareal4578]

ALL CRAZY !!! QUEM GOSTA DE RÁDIO NÃO BATE BEM DA CABEÇA 👊😂 MAS NO FINAL, TUDO COMPENSOU... 1 HUG OF BRASIL 🇧🇷🤙😉 SUPER LIKE !!!

[@Penn1969]

Incredible antenna system, congratulations. However, I do have to agree to a certain extent that you get to a point where you know you are going to be heard whatever the situation. A lot of enjoyment I get out of hand radio is struggling to hear a weak signal and persevering until you make the contact. But hey, I expect this is just a contest station. Can I suggest that the next job that you do is tidy your shack up, looks like a bomb has gone off in a spaghetti factory

[@AndrewMurphy8383]

lol and your look any better lol

[@ce5dmq]

una maravilla el sueño no realizado de esta estacion ,la implementacion profesional de esa estacion ,realmente un sueño

[@johncliff5417]

Just great. A lot of thought has gone into this antenna combination. I just hope you do not get any nasty wind causing problems in the future. It just must be nice to have an antenna farm like that with no Anti Ham neighbours to moan about the masts. Very well done. 73 de John - G0WXU.

[@gunglehead]

Amazing video> I've always known your station to be loud but MOONBOUNCE? Crazy and very wonderful. What a technological marvel and pileup crusher/creator. Dan W8CAR

[@petercarty6379]

where is this must be in a lovely calm environment

[@MrBugsier5]

Impressive antenna!

[@N2RRAny]

That is CRAZZZZY!! Awesome! Wish I had that kind of money. LOL, great vid and thanks. 73!

[@halkennedy6353]

Awesome acheivement. There are a few other very high gain 15 meter antennas around the world - a QSO should be possible. Some of the comments???? The timing is perfect. It's 15 meters - it says so. The meter shows 50 watts output, the gain of an ACOM2000A is 15 dB (you can look it up). That's 1500 Watts output for 50 watts input. All good. N4GG.

[@DL6SEX]

Awesome Aerial. Wish I could use it just for one time :)

[@tonnovahk78]

Hi, you are welcome to visit me and operate any time you wish!:)

[@pockets264]

Hey Tonno, Where did you get the tower and about how much did it cost? Great epic music. 73's de KK4RFH

[@dougharker9913]

UNCLEDOUG SAYS NICE UNIT !!! LOVE TO HAVE YOUR SHACK !!! NICE INSTALL !!! WERE IN BOONE N.C. AT 4000 THOUSAND FEET !!! HIGH PART OF THE APP Mts !!!!!!!!

[@maxasaurus3008]

I just got my first rtl-sdr and with the bunny ears resting on my ceiling fan I can pick up New Zealand, Madagascar: I can only dream of what this can pick up!

[@pedrocano9015]

Congratulations Tonno! Indeed amazing antenna! Hope do mny QSO's with you. The video it is very nice also. See you on contests, 73, Pedro CX5BW

[@ShavingGuy]

Very impressive array. I'll look for you on 15 Bruce W7AAC

[@UR5WHT]

Awesome! 73!

[@wx3b]

Wow, that's a MONSTER STACK!!!

[@SWrider77]

That is one impressive tower! 73, KD2DPL

[@AudiS41994]

A killer array for 15m! See you in contest :-) //SB3W

[@slomotrainwreck]

Impressive!

[@tdx54]

Hi Tonno, could you relive some technicalties, i.e.stacking combinations, steering angles, overal gain of the system ? Guess, it would be between 14 to 16 dbd ? Guys, great job, who the hell said, antennas are not beautifull :) Kr Nermin S58DX

[@BastHoen]

Absolutely fantastic! 73 PA5BAS

[@kevinhines6066]

Very nice to meet you on 20 meters today! My station is far less impressive. 73, from K0KMH.

[@dougg9189]

I do have to say ur definitely gonna get ur signal out there

[@philippecommeauf8nzq267]

Fabulous, congratulations

[@Rob260259]

Damn...! Very impressive. .What is the distance from shack to this tower? .

[@mikelonneke1844]

Wonderful array! 73 Mike W4RN

[@tonnovahk78]

Hi Ben, I hope so!:) I have made some videos of changing the radiation angle of the stack, will probably post some at some time. 73 tonno

[@pockets264]

How tall is the tower?

[@krisraps]

Dream of Antenna

[@JA-fy1bn]

I know its the 12th time but could you bring it back down? The SWR is still a 1.3.

[@michealbell5042]

Do you still have the engineering plans for the concrete foundation and pivot for the rotator I like to do something similar?

[@tonnovahk78]

tower/rotator was made by 4O3A, I don't have any technical drawings. Foundation was just a large cube of probably ca 2x2m if I remember correctly:)

[@michealbell5042]

@@tonnovahk78 ok thanks for getting back to me. I would love more with these antenna s 👍

[@tonnovahk78]

i don't know:) Viljo, ES5PC, picked it. But it is quite nice indeed:) It says something about the author at the end of the movie.

[@narcoosseefl]

Outstanding.

[@patbrown2754]

PRIVATELY OWNED H.A.R.P.P SYSTEM?

[@electric6877]

The electromagnetic rf spectrum is incapable of ionizing molecules to do such thing. You'd have to build a really odd and obsure thing that doesn't look like a cell antenna or radio antenna to do so. This is for radio.

[@EllipsisTriangletrap]

Do you really think ham radio is just a bunch of old guys who are simply nerds for radio communications? Ha! An ingenious disguise indeed.

[@legOldtimer]

Fantastic !! Can we expect more fine Ham video's from you? 73 Ben de PA2OLD

[@ВладимирЗалозный-й4д]

Грандиозно! RA0UBI 73!

[@mmorkester1]

Great, but is that amatørradio? Not in my opinion he he 73 de LA9OCA

[@fapio1234]

this is 200% amateur radio!

[@bx3ac]

Amazing 15m stacking..Ham radio,nonlimited...

[@SocialistDistancing]

OK correct me if I'm wrong. 24db antenna, with 150w pep, would have 37,000w output. Unless I did my math wrong . If that number is correct, that's crazy. I can't imagine how money that array cost.

[@ta5fa]

big job

[@flightstatic4662]

woah thats amazing

[@dave858man2]

how do you match up those antennas? I thinking on doing 4 cubical quads in that same smaller configuration. not sure how to co-phase them though. any help would be appreciated.

[@tonnovahk78]

Hi, I use 1/4 wave coaxial transformers to bring the feedpoint to 50 ohms.

[@dave858man2]

I am new to co-phasing antenna's. is there some place I can get information on co-phasing 4 antennas. ie the turn ratio of the transformers and the impedance of the phasing coax etc. thanks for your response, that is a very impressive array you built. I'm planning on putting 4 cubical quads in the same but smaller setup as you have

[@tonnovahk78]

I am using simple 1/4 transformers: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter-wave_impedance_transformer It means 2 pieces of 50 ohm 1/4 wave cables in parallel to bring the impedance from 12.5 ohms back to 50 ohms. No turn ratios or any other fancy stuff. If you hhave 4 antennas with 50 ohm impedance then this is what you can use to bring the impedance back to 50 ohms from 12.5.

[@sunutikno1647]

Big job and wonderful,,,

[@TheBrynu]

got nothing on my g5rv

[@butterbean4195]

heck fire my 3 el maco m103 will do better!!

[@4o4a]

Tonno, what is this music? (needless to give compliments on nice antenna system) 73, 4o4a

[@CrisisGuildWOW]

"When you are made of money, and bored...." 10's of thousands of dollars worth of EQ and sits on plastic lawn chairs. LOL

[@fordnut4914]

I thought same man he must have some deep pockets lol

[@markjordan1746]

What's the name of the song starting at 10:36" ?

[@PabloLopez-rs8bx]

Buen día, para emitir q señal es ese equipo de antenas?

[@PabloLopez-rs8bx]

Es hermosa!!!

[@ТимурНорматов-ь1у]

Вот это я понимаю профессионалы

[@SP2XF]

Tonno, what is the horizontal spacing between each pair? 73's de SP2XF (SN2M)

[@BG6LQZ]

amazing!crazy!wanderful!

[@F1NQP]

Superbe. Félicitations.

[@mptrax]

Grande Tonno de IZ6AVE. 73 !

[@luismariarigotti5659]

maravilloso, felicitaciones,

[@K7AGE]

This is going to be LOUD.

[@DENMONKEY]

Lovely

[@notfallmed]

Great, , gut DX ,from DO5NET Vy 73

[@sergk189]

Super! Great! This is abroad a Amateur! In the shack is not comfortable.

[@sq5mri]

Super miusic....

[@TomandJerryGamescartoon]

I like it video!

[@Northstar7733]

Awesome!