Dual Beam Pro - 9 Band HF Rotatable Antenna

In this video I build the Dual Beam Pro from Pro Antennas, an Antenna manufacture from right here in the UK.

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00:00 Intro
00:36 Specifications
02:42 Included Parts
04:58 Building The Antenna
08:00 Installation
08:45 Testing On-Air

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[Drpepperuk]

I have recently purchased one of these antennas and compared to the end fed I was using it seriously kicks arse in both the noise level department and also with it's performance over the wire. Ive got it mounted around 22ft up in the air on a mast(soon to be around 32ft) and I'm amazed at what signals I can both hear and work. 👍🏻

[MrWhiskybmr]

I have been using one of these (an early version) for about 15 years now and never had a problem with it. Build quality very good and quite a bit quieter than other antennas I have used.

[KarlWitsman]

Very nice demo. I laughed at seeing the Dalek running across the screen!

[johnratcliffe]

Low noise floor with the dipole. Very nice.

[DavidCase-ovuo]

Around 1976, I got home from work to hear aurora on 10 metres! Had a A contact with a local on ssb. We both had 2 ele quads and beamed North. We were 5 miles apart!
G4BTI.

[leebirdsall]

I built my own a few years ago, cost me about £50 in total.
I used a 1::1 balun in center and it worked very well.
I mounted mine vertically with a line isolater at the base to stop feedline radiation.

[timspanner]

I have also recently purchased and installed a Dual Beam Pro. Tony at Pro Antennas is very helpful and I have it mounted at a good height, well clear of the roof of our house on a Yaesu G450 rotator.

I am very pleased with it so far, performance seems very good on 20m and excellent from 17m through to 10m with a low noise floor in an urban area.

40m, whilst usable, is harder work but this is to be expected given the size of the antenna and high SWR on this band and I have still had some good contacts, but an external ATU is of course needed.

Overall, if you’re looking to get on HF and have very limited space this antenna is highly recommended.

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Is there an estimate of maximum wind velocity resistance?

[ehayes]

Wow, yes, a BIG difference in the noise floor between the two! 73 de WA4ELW in TN 🇺🇸 dit dit 😃

[OptimusBananas]

at 10:31 what was the noise that swept across the band i get it too

[mikewillis]

So basically, it is a shortened dipole fed with a 4:1 transformer. It would be interesting to see a longer version, or one with a remote ATU in the middle. Good low noise result, probably less efficient but you can fix that with an amplifier.

[ehayes]

very, VERY interesting & thanks for posting!👍😃🇺🇸

[edballardwdjvv]

That is an interesting antenna. Thanks for posting the video !

[TheElectronicDilettante]

Nice build and video. A bit of opinion… you might want to add some kind of thread lock liquid, lock washers, or even a coil spring on the the fasteners especially those affixing the elements. With the constant movement and thermal cycling, those fasteners will come loose and an element could skewer someone. Be safe.

[BillyNoMates]

During the arora I had a tunr on the HF bands too. everything was wiped out.
I didnt try 10 meter band though

[Triplejim]

so is it a dipole with a figure 8 pattern

[frankENZC]

The magic of directional antennas! Great video thanks and 73 de WA3RSL

[pdrd]

Very interesting video and antenna! Would have love to see some SWR measurements, especially on 20 meters. Thanks! 73

[JonathanAdami]

Cool antenna, I'm having to downsize house so it'll stay just a dream haha but I was just wondering: 9:19 above the ".03" you have a sign like wifi, what's that? I have this radio forever I've never seen that sign lol

[MINI-X-RADIO]

I wonder if you halved the Dimensions, I guess it would be 20M and up, losing 40/30M, would be compact.