[K3CAL] OPEK Antennas

[Jim Tetlow]

They work well, if you went to China to visit the manufacture, you may find Pong Lue making all the antennas with Comet, Diamond, Opek, Nagoya, Kenwood, Motorola, Yaesu, and Icom bends at his feet!

I have a few Opek mobile and "long" HT antennas, they work well; and yes they were less expensive, with a pretty fair finish quality.

Do no head to head testing though, but a couple of db differences, if there really is a gain, wouldn't make much difference. Probably big difference is how well they coat the fiberglass, and they hold up in the Sun and Weather.

Sent from my iPad, 73,
Jim Tetlow,
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k3uga at comcast.net

> On Mar 15, 2015, at 19:19, Eric H. Christensen <eric at christensenplace.us> wrote:
> 
> Went to my favorite ham radio vendor to look for a 2m/1.25m/70cm base station antenna.  I found the typical results: Comet and Diamond.  Then I found a third choice: Opek.  It physically and electrically looks like the other choices but it's ~$50 cheaper.
> 
> Has anyone had any experience with an Opek antenna?
> 
> --Eric W4OTN
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