Yaesu Micro ATAS-25 40m - 70cms Portable 100W Screwdriver Antenna for Ham Radio

[@mariemccann5895]

Many thanks for the video, I am now convinced that I need one for my trips to my parents on the south coast!

[@mariemccann5895]

I now have one!

[@cyrilshokoples7289]

I bought this antenna a while back to potentially use for SOTA / POTA activations in western Canada using a Xiegu G90. Your video has given me the confidence to give it a go! I usually use a Yaesu FT-891 with a variety of different antennas that I have. There aren’t a lot of videos on KZbin on the ATAS-25, so I appreciate your efforts. Looking forward to seeing how it works on your van. 73 from Alberta

[@watersstanton]

Thanks for sharing

[@grandpaandlucas7054]

mounting on the van is a straightforward operation peter. i would use a CB tank whip cut down to size. a 3/8 to 1/4 adapter easily found or knocked up on a lathe.

[@dieselbushcraft1299]

An interesting antenna, I love seeing different antennas for portable operation. Most of us can build a antenna for portable operation that are fine and will work but antennas like this are so flexible. I use an Atas120a and although not the best of antennas it is what I describe as a compromise due to it’s ease of use. 73’s

[@larrytharpe4244]

The ATAS 25 was my first antenna. I have contacts in my log world wide, especially on 20M (South America, Europe , New Zeland, etc). I used it so much that I worn out the coil mechanism. After seeing the video and reviewing my logs, I may have to buy another one. Thanks for the review.

[@ago9614]

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[@zarfer]

Thank for showing this. I like working portable.

[@paulnakroshis9732]

I have two antennas by JNC Radio (aka Chelegance) that I think are both fantastic: a vertical MC - 750 and a dipole MC - 599. The letter I also purchased their 5 m tripod to elevated above the ground. I have used both of them for SOTA and POTA activations, and I regularly use the dipole on the third story deck on my house in Maine. neither need a tuner as the whips are marked for each band.

[@chuckp3739]

Peter, I love your videos. This is my favorite channel. AA4HI

[@watersstanton]

Great!

[@davidwalle5025]

Good video looking forward to the follow on videos

[@ROBByJONEs-2]

TY Peter .great review

[@mikewalsh511]

Good morning from Pennsylvania

[@watersstanton]

Good morning.

[@M0WWS]

15:40 Wooah watch out for those 13kV powerlines !!!

[@watersstanton]

They are further away than they appear on the photo!

[@johnconrard2442]

Awesome thanks

[@m7trsradio]

Great video. I nearly bought one of these about a month ago second 😊 73

[@watersstanton]

Enjoy it

[@brianfields4479]

Thanks for sharing Peter, nice to see you out and about. 73 zl3xdj

[@watersstanton]

Hi Brian, shame the weather didn’t last!

[@CamilleCullen-ow6qj]

Very nice review, many thanks! Robert K5TPC

[@GShockWatchFan.]

Why is your showroom not open Saturday? Work mon -fri

[@mickeyred]

Chelegance sell a 4.8m telescopic mast for about £70 which has a tripod screw attachment.

[@optscep]

Will it work for a home base antenna?

[@hamshackleton]

I'd be very wary of using that whip on that van roof in that location - it looked awfully near those power-lines! Telescopics are ok - until they wear, and the joints get sloppy! I've been using a Slidewinder, virtually the same thing. (but not recently, too wet for messing about outside!)

[@watersstanton]

Don’t be fooled - the photo makes the wires look far closer than they are!

[@hamshackleton]

@@watersstanton The camera never lies! 🙂

[@dietmarberger4799]

Here is KC3CVR, Dietmar from Heidelberg, 73

[@watersstanton]

Good to hear from you

[@u2fanforever1]

The line isolator at the feed point - can I get the size of coil you're using and the number of windings?

[@watersstanton]

240-43 toroid and 8-10 turns - not critical.

[@silversurfer1790]

I,ve got a atss 120a with standard whip,so what the best size whip to use?

[@MarkPattersonTN]

Are your elevated radials tuned for your operating freq (radial length = 1/4 wavelength)?

[@watersstanton]

Yes

[@andrewwood9281]

How odd that Yaesu don’t supply it with a standard 3/8 fitting, to make it so you need to use a mount designed for something non-radio seems daft to me.

[@KeepEvery1Guessing]

Not a screwdriver antenna. Electric screwdriver antennas are named for the original source of the motor and planetary gear train used to drive a lead screw to remotely adjust the coil. Manual versions of this class of antenna long predate the application of screwdriver motors, or even the existence of the powered screwdrivers. See, for example, the Webster Bandspanner.

[@watersstanton]

Screw driver has become a generic description of this type of antenna, mechanism irrespective of whether electric or habddriven.

[@mariemccann5895]

I think you need to keep up with the times, it is now a generic term.

[@KeepEvery1Guessing]

@@mariemccann5895 common misuse does not make it correct

[@stevetelford2821]

Is that Walberswick Peter ?. I was in Southwold a couple of weeks ago working 2m .

[@watersstanton]

Yes it was.

[@1106hakan]

dıpol anten radyel den her zaman iyidir😂 svr😜 derdide çıkarmaz.! 🇹🇷#çağrışım

[@SoliArtZone]

print your call sign on neon sign .

[@Lee-q3t]

Hi Peter, you may or may not be aware the the X6100 now has new firmware which makes some improvements such as giving a full display by switching on or of the audio scope and changing the colours of text from red to white making it easier to see outside. Nice vid 73

[@watersstanton]

Thanks for the info.,

[@Utahforrest]

FB QSO today, Peter. 73 de KI7QCF