Purchased this Alpha Antenna to replace a Chameleon Antenna which I had poor results with. Got some stateside contacts with it, but noisy & not good signal reports. The day the Alpha Antenna FMJ Portable arrived it took me less than 5 min. to set up – easiest setup I have seen! Using my portable setup Icom IC_7000 w LDG IT-100 tuner on 20m I made contacts in MO., CA., & WA. All signal reports were 59! Very pleased! Wanted to use this on a Boy Scout Camporee on Oct. 19-20 as I teach the radio merit badge. Prior to the event I attached 4 35′ NVIS elements as radials and it really increased the ability for the system to “hear” (as we would expect). At the camporee we had many state side contacts on 20m & 40m.

The highlight was a contact on 40m with Mario (I2VRN) in Italy. We got in through a pileup & his signal was 59 with his 1500W & beam. He rated our signal 57 with our little portable 100W setup out in the desert. Over 100 scouts were quiet & focused trying to follow his good English but heavy Italian accent. We were able to tune 80m & heard a station in Australia but could not get in due to pileup. SWR low on 20 & 40 but needs a tuner for 80/160. A good high quality portable antenna by itself – a GREAT high-quality portable from Alpha antenna with 4 35′ radials!

WA7K – WA7K

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