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Call Sign : 26-CT-5099 Posts : 16 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2024-02-17 QTH or Location : Kettering, NN14 Equipment Used : President
Subject: President Himalaya wb half wave Sun Jul 07, 2024 4:03 pm
Has anyone used or currently using one of these ? been trying to find review's etc but not much about , pricey and out of stock most places .
thanks john.
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Call Sign : 26-CT-1836 Amateur Radio Call Sign 2E0GGQ Posts : 4487 Times Thanked : 388 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Redcar, North Yorkshire. Equipment Used : Radios & Wires & Stuff! Age : 60
Subject: Re: President Himalaya wb half wave Mon Jul 08, 2024 1:02 am
Hello John, I remember these being released about eight years ago the WB version has a wider bandwidth than the original. They got pretty good reviews at the time but in all honesty a half wave is a half wave I can't see it being much different to any of the others available.
Best 73 Gary.
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Call Sign : 26-CT-4388 Posts : 82 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2022-01-02 QTH or Location : Cirencester area Equipment Used : Yaesu FTDX10 | Sirio 2008 Antenna | President Himalaya WB Age : 61
Subject: Re: President Himalaya wb half wave Sun Jul 14, 2024 4:14 pm
I just purchased one for my holiday home in South of France. Should have it up pretty soon (Currently using a balcony antenna which I have to say is giving me full satisfaction). I will revert back with my feedback!
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Call Sign : 26-CT-5099 Posts : 16 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2024-02-17 QTH or Location : Kettering, NN14 Equipment Used : President
Subject: Re: President Himalaya wb half wave Sun Jul 14, 2024 4:52 pm
Miura wrote:
I just purchased one for my holiday home in South of France. Should have it up pretty soon (Currently using a balcony antenna which I have to say is giving me full satisfaction). I will revert back with my feedback!
Hi that would be great, im trying find one but everywhere is out of stock, have sent moonraker an email.
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Call Sign : 26-CT-4388 Posts : 82 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2022-01-02 QTH or Location : Cirencester area Equipment Used : Yaesu FTDX10 | Sirio 2008 Antenna | President Himalaya WB Age : 61
Subject: Re: President Himalaya wb half wave Sun Jul 14, 2024 4:55 pm
In essence these are a 5.4 Meter self supporting single piece of copper wire with matching at the bottom.
A DIY 1/2 wave end fed costs about £17.00 with all the parts, good ferites, good wire.
It is just paying for a brand name and if you want to do that that is also fine but the technical facts remain the same. I suppose you have the novelty factor to speak about as few will buy those.
I would probably have not bought one purely based on the fact they say it has 8dBi gain. Which is pure fantasy. You are not paying for their technical honesty, that is for sure.
In essence these are a 5.4 Meter self supporting single piece of copper wire with matching at the bottom.
A DIY 1/2 wave end fed costs about £17.00 with all the parts, good ferites, good wire.
It is just paying for a brand name and if you want to do that that is also fine but the technical facts remain the same. I suppose you have the novelty factor to speak about as few will buy those.
I would probably have not bought one purely based on the fact they say it has 8dBi gain. Which is pure fantasy. You are not paying for their technical honesty, that is for sure.
The Himalaya WB has been up and running for a few days now and I can report very low to no noise, excellent ears and it gets heard pretty loud from all over the world (depending on the propagation that is). Drawback is a steady SWR across all band 26-30 of 1.5/1.7 it probably is due to the antenna not being mounted on the roof but on the side wall of my house with a deported holder. The roof edges rake over the wall at every corner of the house at least one meter hence the tip of the antenna is a tad above the roof edge but positioned to the left of it at about 5 meter from it. It might still be too close and not high enough above it. Anyway I can’t change it now so I just use the integrated antenna tuner of my ftdx10 and all is well.
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Call Sign : 26-CT-5099 Posts : 16 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2024-02-17 QTH or Location : Kettering, NN14 Equipment Used : President
The Himalaya WB has been up and running for a few days now and I can report very low to no noise, excellent ears and it gets heard pretty loud from all over the world (depending on the propagation that is). Drawback is a steady SWR across all band 26-30 of 1.5/1.7 it probably is due to the antenna not being mounted on the roof but on the side wall of my house with a deported holder. The roof edges rake over the wall at every corner of the house at least one meter hence the tip of the antenna is a tad above the roof edge but positioned to the left of it at about 5 meter from it. It might still be too close and not high enough above it. Anyway I can’t change it now so I just use the integrated antenna tuner of my ftdx10 and all is well.
looking very good my friend, thank's for the updated post and pictures.
Today at 2:33 pm by Alan Pilot
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