Well it’s a very interesting concept, I like resonant antennas as you get out what goes in (that’s the theory) but wow what a price. I use linear loaded vertical design 80 through to 10 but needs the old Armstrong method. Great to see innovation. 73 Mike
@@TankRadio Have you heard the fabulous story behind how Frank (the inventor) got the idea for this thing? Shout if not - I'll happily re-tell it (if I can't find a link to it).
My shortned dipole jumped to 160 meters because of the rain and I made my first entrance in the lower bands. So, I had a 40 meter dipole 30 feet in the air and I decided to experiment by adding a coil at the ends and dropped a 4 feet wire, tuned it and was able to reach 80 meters. I was a happy camper, but then it rained. So, the coils were wrapped on a cardboard cylinder covered with duct tape, and rain detuned the antenna. It was no longer resonant in 3.9 MHz but lower in the band. I decided to change the ends to 2.5 feet, and by chance the shortened dipole resonated in 1.9 MHz. I tried it and it worked. I made my first contact in the forbidden band with several 5/9 reports. Isn’t t he at amazing!
Hey love your videos! I have one question pertaining to antennas: So I recently came across this it's a 360 motorized Amplified rotating antenna built for TV reception it says on the box DTV VHF UHF and FM. Now, on the surface that stands to basically mean that I could probably use this basic Yogi antenna to communicate with the ISS. Would very much value your thoughts and input on obstacles that I face using my remote controlled motorized Amplified rotating antenna.
i would stick an antenna analyzer on it and test it for the target bands. at face value maybe, but i would test it out before hooking a radio to it and transmitting. i would like to hear how it went.
I was looking at this a few months ago and I suggested a position indicator. At a low swr do you if your at 1/4 wave or a 1/2 wave point when you get an swr dip
I thought guns were an expensive hobby, lol. Any quality built product will cost enough to support the making of it. There is a saying among hot rod people "How fa$t do you want to go", this is "How far do you want a clear signal to go!"
WOW!!...these are the guys who are asking 1350USD/1030GBP for a 50ft telescopic mast!! I'm not knocking the antenna itself & see no reason why it doesn't perform well but at that price I can tell you there won't be one on the end of my coax!!
A lot of cash for a cloud warmer. My experience with dipoles is that if not placed high enough off the ground the launch angle is very high. The V helps a little.
An inverted-V EFHW will radiate at very high angles (making them great for local contacts). But an inverted-V dipole has a pretty good radiation pattern, only a little "worse" than a dipole at more obtuse angles. Too far for the ground, or too close, and it will start to give some wonky patterns. But as long as you don't expect it to be perfect from 80m to 6m at the same elevation, it actually looks pretty cool.
@@Ardren I concur 100%. I have this antenna. My mast can go to 50', but I set it at 35', because I want the best performance to be on 20m, and it's pretty good on a few bands above that. And it's very good for NVIS on 40, 60, 75, & 80. (I don't have enough land to do 160m with it, unless one end crosses the street and the other end is attached to a neighbor's deck post.)
The name Ten Tec ruined it for me! Was going to order one of their radios till they went belly up and left all their customer service and repair service fold up while they packed up and moved to another state. Highly overrated and overpriced. Get a real radio such as a Yaesu or Icom who have great customer service.
It's been sold directly by the inventor for several years. The Ten-Tec connection was a recent surprise to me. I've had this antenna for 2 years. The service and support I've received from Frank (the OTHER Frank - the inventor of Tune-A-Tenna) has been nothing short of stellar.
Well it’s a very interesting concept, I like resonant antennas as you get out what goes in (that’s the theory) but wow what a price. I use linear loaded vertical design 80 through to 10 but needs the old Armstrong method. Great to see innovation. 73 Mike
i agree, i am going to be watching this project
@@TankRadio Have you heard the fabulous story behind how Frank (the inventor) got the idea for this thing? Shout if not - I'll happily re-tell it (if I can't find a link to it).
My shortned dipole jumped to 160 meters because of the rain and I made my first entrance in the lower bands.
So, I had a 40 meter dipole 30 feet in the air and I decided to experiment by adding a coil at the ends and dropped a 4 feet wire, tuned it and was able to reach 80 meters. I was a happy camper, but then it rained. So, the coils were wrapped on a cardboard cylinder covered with duct tape, and rain detuned the antenna. It was no longer resonant in 3.9 MHz but lower in the band. I decided to change the ends to 2.5 feet, and by chance the shortened dipole resonated in 1.9 MHz. I tried it and it worked. I made my first contact in the forbidden band with several 5/9 reports. Isn’t t he at amazing!
Nice Frank, this is the first I have seen of this.
Right, I thought this was an interesting find and I just had to share with everyone.
Good presentation. Very interesting antenna. Thanks for doing these videos Tank. Be safe.
i will be watching this, i love the idea
Thank you for doing this video. Every single time I walked by the booth they were busy, and couldn’t get any questions answered.
Glad i can help out. i really like this idea
I've had one for two years. I'd be happy to answer questions.
Would it be best to call you? I want to know all about this antenna!
@@millcosctd I linked to the website for more information. Tune-A-Tenna.com
Nice, need to look more into this!👍
I know right.
What a great concept!
Beautifully simple, and its a simple dipole
Excellent antenna!
Hey love your videos! I have one question pertaining to antennas:
So I recently came across this it's a 360 motorized Amplified rotating antenna built for TV reception it says on the box DTV VHF UHF and FM. Now, on the surface that stands to basically mean that I could probably use this basic Yogi antenna to communicate with the ISS. Would very much value your thoughts and input on obstacles that I face using my remote controlled motorized Amplified rotating antenna.
i would stick an antenna analyzer on it and test it for the target bands. at face value maybe, but i would test it out before hooking a radio to it and transmitting. i would like to hear how it went.
I was looking at this a few months ago and I suggested a position indicator. At a low swr do you if your at 1/4 wave or a 1/2 wave point when you get an swr dip
Needs a slow speed setting
How is this $1200 dipole better than a standard dipole for $100 and antenna tuner for another $150 ?
antenna tuners don't tune your antenna. They just make the radio happy.
The best antenna is an HF-SSB rotating Yagi!
I thought guns were an expensive hobby, lol. Any quality built product will cost enough to support the making of it. There is a saying among hot rod people "How fa$t do you want to go", this is "How far do you want a clear signal to go!"
6 through 160 MHZ huh ? How about 50 mhz to 1.8 mhz
Just ONCE I'd like to meet a ham who never fumble-mouths a mix-up between MHz and Meters. Hasn't happened yet, and I've been a ham since 1992.
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WOW!!...these are the guys who are asking 1350USD/1030GBP for a 50ft telescopic mast!!
I'm not knocking the antenna itself & see no reason why it doesn't perform well but at that price I can tell you there won't be one on the end of my coax!!
Go Farnk!
\o/Tank Radio\o/
Wow this is cool but 950$ cool. After all you end up with a dipole.
A perfectly RESONANT dipole... on any portion of any of those bands.
Resonance gets you a lot.
Errrrrr! No 😂
A lot of cash for a cloud warmer. My experience with dipoles is that if not placed high enough off the ground the launch angle is very high. The V helps a little.
An inverted-V EFHW will radiate at very high angles (making them great for local contacts). But an inverted-V dipole has a pretty good radiation pattern, only a little "worse" than a dipole at more obtuse angles.
Too far for the ground, or too close, and it will start to give some wonky patterns. But as long as you don't expect it to be perfect from 80m to 6m at the same elevation, it actually looks pretty cool.
@@Ardren I concur 100%.
I have this antenna. My mast can go to 50', but I set it at 35', because I want the best performance to be on 20m, and it's pretty good on a few bands above that.
And it's very good for NVIS on 40, 60, 75, & 80. (I don't have enough land to do 160m with it, unless one end crosses the street and the other end is attached to a neighbor's deck post.)
Way over priced for what it is.
I’ll stick with my die pole and a good antenna tuner. $1200 SMH.
The name Ten Tec ruined it for me! Was going to order one of their radios till they went belly up and left all their customer service and repair service fold up while they packed up and moved to another state. Highly overrated and overpriced. Get a real radio such as a Yaesu or Icom who have great customer service.
It's been sold directly by the inventor for several years. The Ten-Tec connection was a recent surprise to me.
I've had this antenna for 2 years. The service and support I've received from Frank (the OTHER Frank - the inventor of Tune-A-Tenna) has been nothing short of stellar.
TANK RADIO strikes, great news on this, tnx de WO8USA🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Agreed