[Elecraft] Anyone using a DESpole?

Tue May 12 16:27:54 EDT 2015

On 2015-05-12 2:09 PM, Walter Underwood wrote:
 > I can’t tell whether it is a coupled-resonator dipole or a fan dipole.

It's most certainly a coupled resonator dipole.  That from e-mail
exchanges with Innovantennas US.

Alternatives to the DESpole might be the Force 12 Sigma 30-10 (10-
30 MHz) vertical, the N6BT Q51 (band switching 14-30 MHz dipole)
or a single/two element SteppIR.  The one issue with N6BT is the
absolutely horrible customer service/delivery response.

73,

   ... Joe, W4TV

On 2015-05-12 2:09 PM, Walter Underwood wrote:
> I can’t tell whether it is a coupled-resonator dipole or a fan dipole. I’m betting on the latter. I don’t think you could cover that much bandwidth with a coupled-resonator design.
>
> The drooping ends are a reasonable choice for a limited space dipole.
>
> wunder
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> On May 12, 2015, at 10:18 AM, Wes (N7WS) <wes at triconet.org> wrote:
>
>> There was a non-technical review of it in the March 2014 QST (p.54)
>>
>> I'm put off by the hype: "/*Breakthrough electromagnetic and mechanical engineering powers high-performance dipole arrays covering multiple bands with full-size efficiency. "
>>
>> */This appears to be nothing more than what Gary Breed calls a "coupled-resonator dipole" in, /The ARRL Antenna Compendium, Vol 5./ and republished in the /ARRL Antenna Book.///(Chapter 10.5) in the latest edition.//Hardly a breakthrough./
>>
>> /I'm looking at building one, without the bent elements, for the WARC bands.
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>> Wes  N7WS
>> /*
>> */
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>> On 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?
>>
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