[Elecraft] Anyone using a DESpole?

[Fred Jensen]

The GAP Titan doesn't require radials either.  Mine is on the roof over 
the shack mounted on the 3" pipe that goes up the wall to a weatherhead 
and carries my coax runs to the tower.  I got it mainly for the top two 
WARC bands, my sloping V is too long for them and squirts my RF in all 
sorts of unproductive directions.  The Titan is a vertical ... noisy, 
but I make contacts on it.  Currently, I'm using the center conductor of 
its PL-259 as a RX antenna on 474.2 KHz.

The Titan is basically a center fed half-wave dipole with a lot of 
linear loading.  It's kind of ugly.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 50th Running of the Cal QSO Party 3-4 Oct 2015
- www.cqp.org

On 5/12/2015 11:16 AM, Michael Murphy wrote:
> Vic,
>
> This is simply a bent dipole.
>
> I feel your pain with the R8.  I had an R7 several years ago.  It was deaf
> on 20 for some reason.
>
> 73 - Mike - KI8R
>
> On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 1:08 PM, Vic Rosenthal 4X6GP/K2VCO <
> k2vco.vic at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I am getting way too familiar with that roof since I put up the R8!
>> I presume the DESpole will perform more or less like a rotatable dipole,
>> since that's what it is. But it's small enough to go on the roof.
>>
>> I'm unhappy with the R8 for various reasons, and the only other acceptable
>> options for a vertical require radials. And there simply isn't room for a
>> good set of symmetrical radials.
>>
>> The DESpole will limit me to 3 bands, which is a big hit. On the other
>> hand, it should be a little louder than a vertical on those bands, as well
>> as quieter on receive.
>>
>> The 43' vertical isn't my favorite antenna either.
>>
>> 73,
>> Vic, 4X6GP/K2VCO
>> Rehovot, Israel
>> http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/
>>
>> On 12 May 2015 19:36, Jim Brown wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue,5/12/2015 9:00 AM, Vic Rosenthal 4X6GP/K2VCO wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm looking at an interesting antenna, the Innovantennas DESpole (see
>>>> <http://despole.com/> ). Does anyone have any experience with it?
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Vic,
>>>
>>> I think it's a brand new product. This is a very good company, their
>>> other products are first rate. On your rooftop, its vertical pattern
>>> will be subject to the same advantages and shortcomings as your existing
>>> antenna. Note that they are comparing it to a 43 ft vertical, which is
>>> not a very good performer above 20M.
>>>
>>> If you haven't already done so, take a look at my presentation about the
>>> 43 ft vertical. I think you've already seen the one about "should I put
>>> it on my roof." :)
>>>
>>> 73, Jim K9YC
>>>
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