Force 12 flagpole antenna manual

Aug 18, 2016 force 12 fpa20focf flagpole antenna 80m 10m off center fed vertical dipole only 20 feet tall. For example, on many hf bands, optimising an antenna for maximum gain is the way to go in most cases but not all provided a near 50 ohm impedance can be maintained through its bandwidth. November 18, 2016 the all new force 12 flagpole antenna line, designed by qst author john portune, w6nbc, are selling extremely well and helping a lot of hams with hoa deed restrictions or who just want a low visual footprint get on the air. Nov 14, 2015 manual setup of an emergency setup dipole by replacing the decorative top ball of the flagpole with a dipole bracket that allows manual rotation of the double ham stick dipole setup.

Ive always thought that if i was going to do a flagpole vertical, and i might someday as the xyl wants a flagpole, that id put in a custom 43 foot fiberglass flagpole and run a wire. Mobile beat the base by a good amount using my ears and the qsl i received from texas. These fantastic antennas come in three different sizes. Our flagpole series vertical antennas are custom built to order.

Oct 03, 2018 choose from 12, 16, 20 and 28 footers. Zerofive antennas vertical antennas for hf radio and ham. Review of greyline performance 20 foot ocf flagpole antenna. Take a sneak peak at the movies coming out this week 8 12 weekend. A disguised flagpole antenna by albert parker, n4aq 1717 lilly lane lady lake, fl 32159 moved to a retirement community in october 1991a community which has restrictions against erecting any sort of antenna. Designed as smarter, stronger, and more elegant multiband antennas covering every frequency from. These are typically 8 12 in diameter from what our customers tell us. Presentation given by john portune, w6nbc, on 1162016 meeting of the satellite amateur radio club on flagpole antennas he has been working on. Force 12 used an ldg at200proii autotuner in their demo video but i happen to know that n3gse has a palstar at500. Oct 15, 2012 granted, every antenna is a compromise and a flag pole antenna is no exception. Oct 19, 2016 many homeowner associations hoas frown on ham radio antennas.

There is a code for them in the hoa handbook and our city code as well. It doesnt matter if you are a survivalist or you simply live in an area where antennas arent allowed the zero five flagpole antennas are the answer. Force 12 c3s triband antenna manual lee jennings amateur. First, my thanks to all of you who purchased the 24,000 antennas we shipped from the original force 12, inc. This entry was posted in antennas, technical manuals by lee. I have it mounted 10 feet above the ground and im using it with the ldg rt600 remote tuner. I have owned this 30foot flagpole antenna for over three years now. If you do not see what you are looking for here, please contact us for customized orders. I need a vertical antenna on my lot for a few reasons, and a flagpole vertical flagpole being the radiator, not housing it seems to justify a lot of those reasons. There are many options for flagpole antennas used for the hf bands. So dedicated hams are forced to get creative, often turning landmarks into operable antennas.

Listen to the big signals that come from stations using. In a recent post n3gse mentioned the new force 12 ocf vertical dipole, item sigma 20focf basic and item fpa20focf with flagpole hardware. Force 12 and zero five seem to be the goto commercial solutions. Innovantennas has acquired the legendary force 12 antenna company and product line and has moved the force 12 factory from bridgeport, texas, to grand junction, colrado, into a facility shared with innovantennas america. Its been up for over eight years now and works fine 40 thru 10. I was eager to get on the air and began looking around for an inconspicuous antenna. Before you buy, you must see the performance data below of the fullpageadvertisers vs. February 19, 2015 tvarc antenna guide for the villages 12 flagpole be sure to do a site plan radial placement feed line runs concealing your tuner access for maintenance power for remote tuner power for landscape lighting shorten or loaded monopoles. Homebrew flagpole antenna manassas city police chief. Does anyone know if force 12 stopped making flagpole antennas. Hf yagi jk antennas can meet your needs with a wide range of hf antennas, hf yagis, including monoband, dualband and multiband, operating on frequencies from 10m to 80m. This will provide a vertical antenna that is a full wavelength on 10 meters, 14 wavelength on 20 meters, and 18 on 40 meters. Hf antennas especially stealth models for those in an hoa by dave land kd5fx. Converting exisiting flagpole into antenna radioreference.

Setup is simple and only requires the capability to ensure that the antenna is 35 feet. Or you can just build a flagpole like i did, out of a 22 foot aluminum boat mast, insulated from the mount at the bottom, and connected to an icom ah4 tuner. Magnum 330 force 12 3 element 30m yagi assembled but never put up. My flagpole you can see the flagpole that i converted to a multiband vertical at thye top of this page. Greyline 20foot dx flagpole antenna, a real flagpole approved for ham radio in hoa, smart design for stealth, no radials, ocf vertical antenna, a verticaldipole, for 1606m. Stealth hoa 20 dx flagpole antenna no radials 1606m. Is tearing up your lawn to lay 64 radials not an option. Force 12 fpa20focf flagpole antenna 80m 10m off center. News check out our sale on xpa125b amplifier get one before its too late join our email list to receive your free copy of our mfj3302, book, 73 dipole and longwire antennas.

Well maybe to all of us, but you can be sure that its not that obvious to doms neighbors. Ddrr is short for directional discontinuity ring radiator. When i was operating, i popped it up, and when i was done operating, i popped it back down and laid it on the small gray stools. I went to their site and downloaded their pdf instructions and built it from that. This particular antenna is made for a more permanent installation due to the mounting requirements. The antenna is usually made from metal or plastic tubing and the radials are wire. Dom tells us that ive just installed a 23 wire in my flagpole and coupled it to an sg237 coupler mounted. About 34 wavelength at murs freqs down from the top of the pole you could have a 14 wavelength conductor grounded to the pole at the end away from the top, then find the point to. Building a flagpole antenna in an hoa dx engineering.

There are several companies that make flag pole verticals zerofive and force 12. N a n d p m t fc f fig 1 9 stiff base plate force distribution. We have assembled the best team, suppliers and parts manufacturing to provide our clients with hf antennas that will be considered a work of art. When i answered the article flagpole antenna many people emailed me with a question on what is a ddrr antenna.

In 2008, i sold the product line, but not the company. Manufacturers of high quality amateur radio ham radio hf yagi, transmitting and receiving antennas. Force 12 currently has a special on their flagpole kits. John lives in the villages, florida, where more than 350 other hams reside, and 227 are members of the k4vrc ham radio club. Tubing is our usual aircraft grade 6063t832 aluminum, 2inch od top to bottom, thick fiberglass insulators at the feed and base, stainless hardware, davis rf buryflex coax and genuine amphenol pl259 connector for the pigtail, plus six mix 31 ferrite beads from kf7p metalwerks for the common. A flag pole antenna is not just stuck in the ground. Heavy duty base for exceptional strength and power handling. For instructions on downloading your product manual, click here.

Before the project, i had a 20 foot fatspectrum vertical on a dx engineering tiltswivel mount. Sounds like you are being specific to the 43 foot dx engineering mbve14p hf multiband vertical antenna. When the antenna arrives, inside you will find the quality control sheet listing each part in order of assembly. Force 12 fpa20ocf vertical running through 8 to 6 meters. This antenna is based on the classic force 12 design and optimized with a single transmission line feed system. However they are somewhat short compared to the classic 43 foot reference design for verticals. The villages amateur radio club 2015 antenna guide for the. Iirc, force 12 is now sold by jk antennas but im not sure if theyre still carrying their flag pole antennas. The mfj2982 is a lightweight 31foot fiberglass antenna designed to mount on any convenient post, mast, or a suitable widestance tripod such as the mfj1919. The alpha hf flagpole antenna is a 10 through 40 meter system that is rated at 250w pep ssb.

But if you have no giant trees in which to string up a stealthy wire dipole and if you cant quite camouflage that 30 foot wide 20meter yagi as a new age yard sculpture, the flag pole vertical may be an upstanding choice for your hf station. Hidden antennas n1gythe simple approach to ham radio. Greylines flagpole antenna and hf verticals for real dx, 1606m, no radials. Push the antenna wire into the base cap to force the top section of the antenna to emerge. He also found a pdf with the technical specs including dimensions. Installing the force 12 fpa20 off center fed vertical dipole. Big 4 inch diameter oil impregnated cast nylon base insulator for years of trouble free service.

Btw you dont use a balun with a flagpole antenna or any other multiband vertical with radials. Feb 06, 2015 aside from adding a non conductive tube above the flagpole to hide an antenna, about the only thing i can think of is making a few feet at the top into a jpole. I had been using a 10 and 20 meter dipole setup up. Stealth hoa 20 dx flagpole antenna no radials 1606m greyline.

See why the dx flagpole antenna is called a highperformance antenna system. This antenna can be used as is or the boom cut to make two separate 5 element yagis. For these structures the industry practice is that the analysis, design and structure detail are usually performed by a steel pole supplier in order to develop the cheapest. Would the force 12 flagpole be enough of an improvement over the fan to justify the cost. Make a homemade flag pole antenna about flag collections. Linear loading for vertical antenna flagpole antenna shortened vertical for. I have no noncompetes and can build the entire product line, plus all of my new next generation antennas products. When you locate the spot to plant your vertical, youll need a fence post shovel to dig a 3feet deep fencepost hole for the 12 24 and a 4 deep hole for the 28foot antenna.

These usually take between 12 to 20 day to build until they are ready to ship. Wl antenna design presented is dependent on the coaxial feed length use coax lengths of 4050, 7080, 100110 or 140 feet. Well bet that you identified the flagpole as the antenna right off. This is an endfed flagpole antenna project in an hoa to avoid conflict with the anti antenna rules and their enforcers. Innovantennas ltd in england is now manufacturing force 12 products for the european market at its canvey island plant. Working from the top down, pull each antenna section out and twistlock it. It is not a balanced antenna and thus the use of a balun is not required. A vertical dipole antenna requires no radials and can be disguised as a flagpole. The all new force 12 flagpole antenna line, designed by qst author john portune, w6nbc, are selling extremely well and helping a lot of hams with hoa deed restrictions or who just want a low visual footprint get on the air. Technical manual 1 design of monopole bases introduction 12 stiff plate approach thicker, stiffer, base plates are capable of approaching a linear strain distribution and the base plate is assumed to behave in a manner similar to reinforced concrete columns8. If you are having difficulty with an antenna, send. Sep 25, 2016 i was on the air yesterday, and had a chance to compare my base radio using a fan dipole in the attic, to a mobile rig using a tarheel screwdriver antenna.

Remember, if you are qrp you need a better antenna than the qro guy. When i was operating, i popped it up, and when i was done operating, i popped it back down and laid it on the small gray stools that are in several of the pics. Mfj2982 featherlite 806 meter vertical antenna introduction. Does your neighborhood forbid antennas but allow flagpoles. Includes 30 foot flagpole, 3 inch gold ball, pulley truck, rope, tie off, 3 by 5 flag with snaps. The club design is for operation on 80m, 40m, 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m and 10m bands with first priority to 40m and 20m bands. Lets get into how to prepare your antenna site for the greyline dx vertical and dx flagpole antenna. The dx vertical is our nonstealth ocf hf vertical dipole antenna.

For example the force 12 uses a fiberglass insulator to insulate the flag pole from the ground. The at500 is a high pass t topology with a continuouslyadjustable 15 h roller inductor and a continuouslyadjustable differential 36014360 pf capacitor. However, on most vhf and all uhf bands, optimising in such a way is detrimental to the receive performance of the antenna and therefore inappropriate for the. Jun 05, 2016 since were force 12, we didnt cut any corners. Smarter, stronger and more elegant allband ham radio antenna option. I opted for the new flagpole antenna with no radials. The zero five flagpole antenna comes complete with a 3 inch gold ball for the top, pulley truck, 3 x 5 foot american flag, and rope with a tie off. Unlike simple flagpole antennas, the mfj2982 is a complete antenna system that includes an. The flagpole antenna on the right was developed because we listened to you.

Two are located at the antenna and require power one did not require equipment at the antenna indoor tuner with isolation balun at antenna purchased remote tuner diy tapped load coil with remote control the 40 m. A typical flagpole antenna is any height that the operator can muster. Marian, wb1fsb that appeared in a qst june 1978 article that used a manual switch. Hf antennas especially stealth models for those in an hoa. Follow force 12 s instructions about the placement of the coax balun. Equal or better performance than verticals requiring radials. The design is for operation on 80m, 40m, 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m and 10m bands. Does anybody have experience with these type of antennas. I purchased it with the foldover base and have it installed with 36 30 foot radials using an icom ah4 remote autotuner at the base of the flagpole all being driver by a barefoot icom ic7410 100w max. John did just that, and shared his project with us this week. What ham hasnt looked at a flagpole and thought, that would make a great hf antenna.