Impressive. Much thought and effort. Im working on a 2 element cubical quad on 30 ft rohn on homebrew hinge plate and its taken me damn near a year and counting. Thanks for the inspiration. 73's.
@leedlbo99494 жыл бұрын
I had the 6 element which was the largest at the time on top of a wind mill tower at 40' . I was king of 11 meter side band in San Antonio.in the 70's it stood up to Texas weather just fine the solid copper wire elements lasted 15 years till I took it down . The only thing that wore was the short aluminum tubes that the fiberglass spreaders slid into they eventually wore the holes out a little making them a little loose but other than that the antenna was fantastic. I bought a complete rebuild kit and another complete antenna before Signal Engineering closed up.
@vikingjetnorway138 ай бұрын
Hi Ric Steel. WOW congratulations! Fantastic rig. And what an "elevator" fo rthe antenna was real good. Best reg., Sugar Delta 148 Div 20 Norway. DX is very good these days, in Nov/DEC 2023. Take care.
@M70ACARRY5 жыл бұрын
No surprise at the low SWR at ground level. The signal is coupling with ground. Never trust those readings at that height. Very nice antenna and tower.
@debohannan43152 жыл бұрын
Had a signal engineering 4 element quad and loved it it replaced my Hygain Big Gin 2, both did Same as far as I could tell .
@Brenda-jf2pe20 күн бұрын
Let’s hook it up to a Henry Amp and put out 5000 watts ! Told all around the world John Boy Utah
@RedeyeParker7 ай бұрын
I didnt know that So Crazy Still Laughing Thanks
@TheSnowbeast663 жыл бұрын
Nice beam! Great video 👍🏻
@kennethcohoon6971 Жыл бұрын
Nice antennas but the weak spot is the cross drilled holes in the boom. Would be a much better antenna if they used hubs instead.
@jim5570091Ай бұрын
I’m having trouble getting mine matched up at operating height ch 40 is around 2 SWR and 1 is a flat 1-1. Vertical and horizontal.
@bomo84974 жыл бұрын
Really wish I had the space for any beam!
@lEeRoYdiCkeNson Жыл бұрын
had the 8 and made it into a 10 back in 2003 i think it was.
@jessejamesdallas5 жыл бұрын
Just wondering now that it's been up for a while, if you have had any problems with wind breaking the wires? That is the problem I had with my 4 element quad...It didn't like Texas winds too much.
@bretshivers83522 жыл бұрын
How has she held up? looks well built. 73's thanks for the video
@dan-o8w17 күн бұрын
schort antenna my friend is 25 meter boom
@eddiegallagher4875 Жыл бұрын
What do you make of the antenna is it good for ground wave
@JasonCooper-em4gt10 ай бұрын
Keep 😅
@EA1DDO4 жыл бұрын
This is not a Quad, basically because the driver element is not a configured as a quad loop, instead is configured as 1/2 vertical antenna. For this reason the bottom feed point is vertical polarization, opposite to propper quad drivers. If a Yagi with quad driver (and reflector) is called "Quagi", this antenna with quad reflector and directors and vertical driver could be called "Quavert", but definitely not a Cubical Quad.
@whatillo4 жыл бұрын
This is correct is not a real quad...the driver element is a closed loop whit the feed point in the corners for that reason is a 1/2 wave driver element not a real quad, for that reason is not performance very well. Eliezer NP3EW 73"
@leedlbo99494 жыл бұрын
I've tried to understand the driven element for years but let me see here if it's not a real quad then it must be real close . I see 4 , 1/4 wave sections in a quad shape as a continuous loop thats a full wave length , guys I must be missing something they had that feed patented and it worked just fine for me . The antenna held up good and out lasted My service there.
@extremlaybak2 жыл бұрын
@@leedlbo9949 Your right it a folded dipole feeding a full wave quad to make it feed point from vertical or Horizontal it a real quad
@extremlaybak2 жыл бұрын
it a Cubical Quad with switchable from vertical or Horizontal with a folded dipole to feed it , A QuYagi is a quad reflector with a half wave yagi driven and a half wave yagi director with is not a cubical quad like a Maco commit or Maco shooting star is a QuYagi, now all quad fed vertical is fed at the bottom if it fed from the side it in Harazonal all Cubical quad please read up on antennas before you put someone's antenna down because everybody reads what you print knows you don't know anything about antennas.
@lilbump4062 жыл бұрын
This is a real quad. It's just a voltage fed quad (from folded half wave dipole) It's not the traditional current fed quad with a balun.