DX Commander All Band Vertical HF Antenna Build & Review

The DX Commander is an All Band Vertical HF Antenna that covers 9 bands from 80m through to 6m. It is an economical and efficient way of getting on every HF band easily with a nice compact vertical antenna.

The antenna is basically a fan dipole, but rather than horizontal, it is vertical quarter wave elements in parallel on a common driven element base with short ground radials. Of particular interest in this design is the fold over on the 40m element, which acts as a 5/8th on 15m.

The antenna is a breeze to put together and in this video I show my build and review from Callum M0MCX - the DX Commander.

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⏱️TIMESTAMPS⏱️
00:00 Introduction to the DX Commander ABV
01:20 What do you get in the box?
03:48 How does this antenna work?
05:05 "DX COMMANDER!"
08:02 Cutting the wire
11:27 Crimping the elements/radials
12:33 Placing the pole and attaching guys stays
16:42 How the antenna goes together
21:50 Adjusting the antenna to funky music
23:44 Time to raise the antenna!
25:12 SWR Tests
26:51 Summary

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[KSRF]

I ordered mine just couple of days ago. Looking forward to putting it together and may also create a video covering my build and installation. 73 / Steve / K4SRF

[HamRadioCrashCourse]

Haha, I did the same thing my my hand when setting up the pole.

[ftgraph]

Very nice video and a great antenna. On your guying cord, use a cigarette lighter to ball up the ends and stop the fraying and separation.

[patrickmolloy]

just received my DX-Connabder Classic. I'm interested in the extra bits, like the hooks you have at the end of the guys and tension ropes. Thanks of this really great video

[edwymer]

Here in the Eastern U.S. it is still cold and either Snowing or Raining constantly.

[crazyjcdb]

Hi. Tip:-Put the cut to size plastic tube for the hose clip in hot water to make soft. Nice tools. The G5RV sucks. Good if it's up 80 foot. Good vid man..

[mikeramsey]

Great video, I like the antenna and it will hid real well in the tree line so the HOA no antenna police don't knock on my door

[markramsay]

Just watched this again all the way through. Really damn fine video. Feel very comfortable now to complete the build this weekend. Thanks !! Mark. M7MSR

[djryder]

cool, I like the video and the construction of the DX commander. SWR looks good but on AIR testing would have been GREAT. Great job mate. Cheers.

[MRMY]

Hayden, this is the best video I have seen on the DXC build since Callum made the antenna available - just great. Mine has been in my garden for 2+ years and is still perfect. Great editing and fun to watch. Brilliant mate.

[Quark.Lepton]

Aw—was hoping to hear how she did on the radio. Anyway—thanks for the install instructional.

[jonthebru]

I'm with you: what bands do you want to use? All of them!

[BurninWires]

I would like to see the differences in use between the DX Commander and the Go2 Antenna, on the same radio. Why does no one do this ?

[TheNoCodeTech]

#MNHR
Team replay for the win
Great build, I'll have to get one of those.

[Jah_Rastafari_ORIG]

I don't know, man... living down there, I'd worry about Coastal Taipans hiding inside the mast....

[modex]

Currently have a 125ft doublet fed with 600ohm open wire going into a balanced match box. It’s about 50ft up. What kind of difference could I expect between the dxc vertical and my doublet?

[NICKGAR]

Very well produced video. Many thanks! HNY
Nick M1DDD

[rollandmason]

Great video. Every video I watch on this antenna makes me want one more. Soon I hope. And I see something else I didn't see before. Thanks. KJ6DQ

[MontyWoo]

I am very interested in buying one of these. However, the location I have in mind for it would mean I can only attach 2 perpendicular guylines. Do you think only two would be safe?

[alexboot]

At resonance, a quarter vertical is about 35ohms. Now a 50 ohm coax is connected, you need an L-matching network to deal with this mismatch.