Zach B.
Good performance
I put this on a J-pole on my roof. About 25 ft up. SWR is never higher than a 1.2 across the band. It’s held up to 40 mph winds with no issue. Not sure if it’s my area or just the conditions but I do get a lot of static, S9 at times, with the lowest a S2 . I do need to run a copper ground and that should take care of it, or at least make it manageable. I’ve talked 30 miles locally with a bit of power and good conditions. I get good reports with many saying “I’m loud and proud” with this antenna, a small HD burner, and peaked Galaxy DX 959. I still haven’t made a DX contact yet.
I chose this antenna because my wife doesn’t want a huge antenna on the roof or a tower set up, price, and the reputation Sirio has. I didn’t expect the world out of this, but I am happy with it. I also have a horizontal 1/2 wave dipole in my attic for DX which has worked well for that, but zero local talk. Getting some local talk was my main reason for setting up a vertical antenna, and in my eyes this has delivered, and should be even better once I get some grounding done to lower the occasional static build up.
