We ordered a 20' Greyline, without the flag mount options, along with an LDG 100W external tuner. I was able to determine the wiring and connections were all good but the antenna was failing and we would miss out on the new solar cycle. This year, those bands began generating high SWR. We could only receive 40M, sometimes 20M, and both had to be tuned and adjusted at the antenna.
#Automatic antenna tuner install
We had a small vertical antenna mounted to our fence, but had limited places to install grounds and could only put two in place along the fence line. We live in an HOA with a small lot and some restrictions on antenna placement and height. This is an antenna I wish I would have purchased sooner. I will reach out to Greyline to see what they have to say. I'm only giving a 4 because of the flag issue. I had USA made flags last over a year flying in much stronger winds that this one. I wouldn’t expect a flag to be in this condition after 3 months. I took the flag down and noticed the flag was made by Anley and it was manufactured in China. I noticed this morning the flag was torn and shredded. I have taken it down when we had higher winds had exceed the 15 MHP. It has been flying on most days in 5 to 15 MPH winds. The SWR is on these bands is 1.0 – 1.3, so I would expect good performance if I had more power.Īt this point in time the only negative I have to report is the flag. Not much of an night owl so I don’t get very much of a change to use the antenna on 40 – 160 meters. I have done some work on 40 meters but not much. Most of my contacts have been 10 MHz – 28 MHZ. I am using a SGC 230 tuner mounted at the base of the antenna All of my contacts have been made on 70 – 100 watts. SSB has been good with good signal reports depending on propagation. Have done a lot of FT4 and FT8 with good reports.
The DX into Europe and Africa has been good. The SWR on most band has been =< 1.5 except the 12 meter band. The performance of the antenna has been very good. I installed the antenna in the back yard in the HOA and have not had any complaints. The install was easy with only a couple of small issues that were easily resolved by just thinking things through. I installed the flagpole the end of January here at my home in central Florida. I purchase a 20’ Flagpole antenna that also included the 4’ extension.
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