I am kind of speechless. Uh . . . Thank you very, very much. Outstanding work; the build, the video, and the attention to detail. Thank you!

Excellent! 4K video too. really a sneak peak view of the built. appreciated. Thank You!

Odlično 73

Thanks for the video Theo youve done a great job cheers Allan VK5MAD

Soo beautiful!!!

Quality HexBeam congrats,

Very good! Looks profissional.

Really nice constaction...thanks for share

Too hell with your antenna, LOOK AT THAT LAWN Mate! I could cry! Hexbeam looks the goods too well done great job.

awesome Theo I reckon an nbs will fit in your yard

First-Class construction. I always had good luck with stainless Nyloc nuts. Maybe you could convert the trampoline into something, too. :-)

@VK5IR

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I did switch to stainless nylock nuts for the base plate before it went up as I worked out that non nylock nuts came loose too easily.

I’m designing my version at the moment. I like the zip-tie idea to create the cord loops, but you need to use an electric rope cutter to fuse the ends of the ropes to guard against fraying and moisture wicking.

@VK5IR

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I singed them using a cigarette lighter after recording the video.

Great job mate, where did you find the spreaders, hard to find in Australia

Great Job. what are the cables you used to join the elements. 50ohms or 75ohms?

Greetings from Belgium 73

Good job on the build, but might want to find alternative to zip ties as the UV will make them brittle

Thanks, good antena!

What did you use for the spreaders? I've been looking everywhere, but they're either really expensive or from O.S (which makes them really expensive by the time you do foreign currency orders). Les -VK1LH

nice

Great walk around man. Looks great. Awesome job. How’s the vswr at this height ? Should be under 1.5 across

@VK5IR

4 жыл бұрын

At only just over 3ft off the ground, the SWR is between 2-3:1 however I know it will be fin when I put it in the air.

@VK5IR

3 жыл бұрын

Thought I'd add now that the antenna is at 30ft, all band's are ≤1.5:1 SWR across all band's.

@rolandlang3590

2 жыл бұрын

@@VK5IR show us a picture with your antenna up at 9 meters

@VK5IR

2 жыл бұрын

@@rolandlang3590 kzread.info/dash/bejne/fX6GtMd-lbi-ls4.html This is at 10m height.

Great build overall, but here's a question - your use of para cord and zip ties between the elements, when para cord gets wet, it's going to be conductive, and your para cords are tied to ring terminals which are (at least at first glance) connected to your element wire. Isn't that potentially going to create a circuit between your poles?

@VK5IR

Жыл бұрын

It hasn't been an issue yet. I closely followed the build instructions at hex-beam.com which is the methos suggested.

I haven't finished the video yet and already found myself needing to comment/ask questions. First, it looks VERY nice. I've seen "factory" antennas that were not nearly as professional looking. I am jealous as the center post on my my somewhat famous store bought hex does not have the structural integrity that it should. Yours looks like what I want mine to be like. I suppose I'll have to make my own. Mine does work well but leaves one feeling like it's ready to give up the ghost. Now, I don't know how I can get an answer to this. I'll have to look for contact info later. I really want to know what EVERYTHING is made of. Especially the spreaders. Mine are fiberglass and I'm told are difficult to procure. Disappointing upon inspection and finding the wall thickness varies an insane amount. I had an accident which caused me to buy some spare spreaders. I bought extras thankfully. I tried to fix my mess WITHOUT removing the wires from their connections to "save time". Well, this caused me to do a degree of manhandling the spreaders. Not GORILLA but man handling. With little pressure a tube split. Right at the thinnest part. "What a surprise". So I'm very intrigued with the kind of material you've used for the spreaders. Last, I had a lightbulb in my brain last night. Can you stack hexbeams? Would it work and add enough gain to make it worth the trouble? I am a huge proponent of hex beams. I live on a postage stamp sized QTH. The Hex Beam and AB 577 MAST have made the impossible possible. A 20 foot diameter hex beam that's raised weekly to 50 feet (I will go higher if I can ever find 1 to 4 more mast tubes) by myself in about a half hour or less. Even at what is now the very bottom of the solar cycle, I'm routinely working Africa and Europe. From Northern California. One contact was the East Coast of South Africa at the southern quadrant. Almost 11,000 miles. Just a little further and I'll be at the magical halfway point of the circumference of Earth.

@thahiraumer7236

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y66p0baaeqeYo5M.html

@garyjones630

3 жыл бұрын

with this kind of results what kind of power were you running

Nice build! How has it held up since you made this video?

@VK5IR

2 жыл бұрын

So far, so good!

Beautiful job! Where did you source your spreaders? 73!

@VK5IR

3 жыл бұрын

Haverford in Sydney

@Dreamwoodinternational

3 жыл бұрын

@@VK5IR Very professional finish Theo. I see Haverford sell Squid poles in various lengths, however your sections never look as thin as their thinnest sections. The K4KIO site shows an overall finished length of 3.4163m for each spreader - so I'm wondering exactly what parts you ordered from Haverford. I'm thinking they would be the 'base' components from various Squid Pole stock kits. Look forward to building one. 73 de VK2FALF

Hi there, are there fishing poles? Good job

@VK5IR

2 ай бұрын

Kind of. In Australia we call them squid poles. I believe they are intendted to be long surf-rods for fishing. haverford.com.au/collections/telescopic-squid-poles/products/5m-telescopic-poles-multi-purpose?variant=12702551769201

Beautiful job! Any ballpark figure for cost total?

@VK5IR

3 жыл бұрын

Hi. It cost me about $700AUD.

@andrewmullen5770

3 жыл бұрын

@@VK5IR Thanks, hope it's still serving you well!

@VK5IR

3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewmullen5770 Sure is!

@VK5IR

3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewmullen5770 It sure is!

Hi Very good work. Look profetion home made. Can you send me the antenna sketch or tell me the length of the wires (the screen and the reflector) of each band? Thanks Avi

@VK5IR

3 жыл бұрын

All the info you need can be found at hex-beam.com

Hi Theo, nice video, looking for the schematics from this antenna, hope to see you on the band, Antonio PY2CAT

@VK5IR

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Antonio. Al the info can be found at hex-beam.com

@racato83

3 жыл бұрын

@@VK5IR Thanks Theo, 73

Ндааа.... настолько небрежно относиться к своему хобби...

Very nice indeed! 73 kf0alt

Great video! de W2CSI