Hams that I talk to on 80/75 meters said I was at least 1-2 S-units better than usual (which can be a big deal when dealing with high band noise). Within the first few hours of hanging the new doublet, I was stunned by how well it was working for me. My fan dipole that covered 80-10 meters worked, and in my mind, worked really well. I researched a little, and decided to buy this doublet with 100' of 600 ohm ladder feedline. until I sat down and realized how much power was being lost in the coax on the way to the feedpoint. Works FB with my T-Match tuner into a Balun Designs 4-1 balun. I ordered it with 100 feet of feedline, but did not need all so I trimmed it to 55 feet. If you like open wire and all band doublet type antenna I highly recommend this antenna. The quality is the same as several years ago, excellent. Now I am in MARS and need more flexibility so I got the open wire antenna again. I had the ladder line a few years ago then switched to all coax. With my antenna tuner I can work all bands with excellent results and the price is less than if I had built it myself. Also I really appreciated the various excellent dipole reference documents made available by True Ladder Line.Ī fter 60 years of ham radio I finally have my best antenna, the W7FG dipole. Easy to install and boy does it work! 80-10 just as advertised. Must admit, I was not too impressed when I opened the box and took a look at the contents. You are the best! Hey all you Hams out there that think a resonant dipole antenna is better, think again because I'm here to tell you it isn't so!!! The 80-10 x 100' antenna out performs my 80&40 dipoles. I couldn't ask for anything more & thanks again for the help. Instructions were not the greatest but I managed to get it after trial and error. Setup on the MFJ was not as easy as the LDG. I purchased the MFJ 998 Auto Tuner and after I got it setup it does a fantastic job. Outperforms my resonant 40 & 80M dipoles!.I am on 3918 every morning at 5am CST and work some digital up on 20m. Just wanted you to know I have been running your all band 600 ohm feedline for 10 yrs and has been through a couple of hurricanes. I haven’t needed to fire up my “old” SB-220. After being inactive the past 20 years, it’s nice to be able to be back on the air with a solid signal. I should have tried this combination 56 years ago when I first got my license. We talked on the phone a few months ago and your input convinced me this would be a good setup and it is. Thank you Jim for the nice report! I personally have received the same kind of compliments! Just yesterday, I was testing out an old transceiver running 100 watts and I had a station ask me what kind of an antenna was I using as he thought I was running lots of power. The antenna appears to be engineered very well. of 600 ohm W7FG wireline into a DX Engineering surge suppressor: 5KW DX Engineering 1:1 current balun 10ft. My antenna system is the 125 ft dipole at 62 ft. With my TS-830S and it's 60 watts output, I have received many 59+ reports in the US and into Europe even breaking numerous pileups. As expected, it is not affected by rain, compared to the my prior homebrew inverted V's fed with 300 ohm ladder line. Tom, KD7VAR At His Operating Position (Studio A) (Link To YouTube For A Larger Picture Size: note-to enlarge this video, hold down Ctrl key and roll mouse wheel! ) Received From Tom, KD7VAR (North Eastern Washington State on 75 Meters):Ĭomparison of a TrueLadderLine Antenna & Double Bazooka Dipole Fed With Coaxial Cable: These are some reviews by recent customers of True Ladder Line:
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