[Antennas] Sandpiper verticals?

[Richard van der Riet]

On Thursday 16 February 2006 19:45, Patrick O'Brien wrote:
> HI Richard,
>                I have bought the Sandpiper Mini-Delta and it is not very
> expensive at only 45 pounds 
Exactly, that is what I am aiming for, it is only temporary (I hope) until I 
get a permit to put up my 2 element 5 band quad.
> If you have an old copy of the RSGB 
> RADIOCOMMUNCATIONS Magazine you will be able to read all about the
> MINI-DELTA , wait i think i might have the pages saved on my harddrive if i
> find them i will attache them to an email for you ok. Issue Sept 2003 i
> think ?? 
Ah okay, well I don´t (shame shame) have Radcom mag. so if you find it, I 
really appreciate it! Ecotel in Germany is a reseller for Sandpiper and I can 
order through them
> GM3VLB Andre the designer of the minidelta and friends with 
> sandpiper thats why they are selling his design. each band is only a folded
> dipole folded into a arrow head or delta shape with a single wire tail at
> each end to enable you the adjust swr. i might be able to make one yourself
> richard. Bye the way sandpiper have a 40m mini delta as well
Yes I saw a few different models on their webpage for 10~20, 20 and 40 meters 
(the last two being monobanders). I have a Alphadelta wire antenna (model 
DXCC) up now, but it is way too long (82 feet) where the mini delta (being 
folded) is only 11´x11´ (right?). So that will make it a lot easier putting 
it up and @ 2kg keeping it up HI

But how does it perform for you? It looks fairly straightforward in building 
and is omni-directional isn´t it?

> i did have a sandpiper vertical but my ts570d could not hear anything , put
> a bit of wire into same aerial socket and rig came to life , so i sent my
> vertical back / sandpiper where very good and exchanged  it for me so got a
> 2m beam instead . 
Oh okay...that´s not good HI, I was going to get an MV series (or V series) to 
also get 30, 40 and 80 in addition to the mini-delta....
Hope others on the list have better experiences with the Sandpiper Verticals.

Hope to hear some more from you on the Mini Delta
> Patrick gw1sxn 
Richard PA3GWH
>
>
> From:  Richard <pa3gwh at planet.nl>
> To:  antennas at mailman.qth.net
> Subject:  [Antennas] Sandpiper verticals?
> Date:  Tue, 14 Feb 2006 20:49:38 +0100
>
> >Hi fellow hams!
> >
> >I am considering a Sandpiper Mini-Delta but want to complement it with
> >something for 30/40/80 and perhaps 160. Sandpiper makes the V and MV
> > series, anyone out there using one of these? Any pictures of an assembled
> > one?
> >
> >I am particularly interested in the V5+3 MKIII or the V9 MK III or perhaps
> > the (M)V10, but I can only find a drawing on their site, no pics :-(
> >Any things I need to consider?  I assume they are auto band switching, any
> >comments on that? How do they perform in every day use? I want to
> > roof-mount it, anyone use it that way?
> >
> >Lots of questions, hope someone on the list can help.
> >
> >73 de Richard PA3GWH
> >
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