The DX Blaster antenna may seem a little pricy at first but when you realize that your getting the same amount of wire as 6 conventional dipole antennas, the…
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A small hand held portable amateur radio dual band 2 meter / 70 cm satellite antenna.

37 replies
  1. Don Bindner
    Don Bindner says:

    You know what I’d like to see? You do a lot of Yagi antennas, and I think
    you must model these up before you build them. For example, you give an
    example of wanting to design for a 70cm Yagi with 4 directors spaced 5
    inches apart.

    I’d love to see how you sit down with the computer to model something like
    this. I can drill holes in aluminum, but sitting down to create a design,
    that’s something I’d appreciate a bit of insight into.

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  2. kirlu2
    kirlu2 says:

    nice antenna, but isn’t it a pain in the arse to use the imperial units.
    I live in Sweden and here we use the metric system. :)

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  3. Darin Boehrnsen
    Darin Boehrnsen says:

    Your sat videos have all been great. I don’t know if it’s the recording or
    ??? but your RX signal seemed a bit stronger with this antenna than the
    others. Good job on using the foam to protect the coax…reminded me of my
    “Home Brew J-pole” video. Hope to catch you on a satellite soon & 73!
    KF7TOV

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  4. 1fanger
    1fanger says:

    I am an amateur Amateur working 2 meters to start off. I just started
    working the band today- spent 3 hours driving around my area with my Icom
    v80. I find your channel very interesting and motivational. Keep it up. 73,

    Joe KC3BXZ.

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  5. Michael Downey
    Michael Downey says:

    That is a huge antenna, sure it won’t work 160 meters? By the way, loved
    watching you on Doomsday Preppers. Hope to have a QSO with ya some day.
    Mike//W8MLD

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  6. David Sarti
    David Sarti says:

    @radiobigman47 that is a common misconseption about vertical’s … they are
    very labor intencive to install properly and many people take shortcuts and
    get more noise

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  7. William Moneysmith
    William Moneysmith says:

    I have the 40 meter version and it has been a great antenna. The only
    problem I have had is the hoops come apart after a year or so. I gorilla
    glued them back together and they have been fine since.

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  8. USNERDOC
    USNERDOC says:

    Dave – excellent video! Well, I am officially jealous. That is quite an
    antenna farm you have underway. The DX Blaster sure seems to make a
    difference. Very cool shack by the way. I wish I was local as I would have
    been over there in a heartbeat to lend a hand getting that antenna up in
    the air. Alright sir, keep up the good work and excellent videos. I am
    still looking forward to a QSO . . . need to get that General ticket and
    plug something in the HF port of my 857D. 73!

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  9. BOOBSMILK
    BOOBSMILK says:

    Good to see you got outside for a vid Realy like your vids just not into
    the radio stuff, but keep it up still good info

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  10. kc9kuh
    kc9kuh says:

    theirs going to be a big change over the dipole and far as a cage go’s it
    just a broadband dipole put up a dipole up for 3823 and you will not see
    that much change me and w4hv talked about this but he says you will have
    more gain over a single dipole but wean you get back to it a dipole is a
    dipole

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  11. Donn Hilton
    Donn Hilton says:

    Simple comment. The rings do not need to be made of an insulating material.
    They can be made from steel such as a length of 1/8″ stainless steel
    welding rod made into a hoop. I made a VHF droopy ground plane antenna and
    made a caged element stinger for the top. The results were really neat.
    Pretty much the same gain but bandwidth was really quite wide, just as I
    expected. One thing to keep in mind is the stinger will need to be trimmed
    down shorter. A caged dipole, same, it will be shorter.

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  12. kc9kuh
    kc9kuh says:

    @dsarti1 the 43ft vertical will pick up a lot more qrm too you need to try
    a 75 meter full wave loop i live just north of you here in Indiana and the
    loop works the best you dont get as much summer time qrm with it and you
    going to get more real gain out of it 73’s dont stop with the videos

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  13. W4HV
    W4HV says:

    @chopshop254 Whoever is telling you negatives must not own one of these.
    There are currently over 2950 of them in the field. We have not had an
    antenna returned as yet. Some have been out there for 4 years at this
    point. Hey, its got a money back guarantee! David says he has had it for a
    month on the stuff below the video.

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  14. Don Stefanik
    Don Stefanik says:

    I see by the web site that they no longer will answer the phone or answer
    emails, and are not selling the cage antenna any more.
    Sure would like to get a 40 meter cage antenna.
    VA3KBC

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  15. Chris Kelling
    Chris Kelling says:

    I’m impressed. I think I may ne contacting DX to pick one of those up (and
    yes, I say your disclaimer at the beginning).

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  16. Daniel Baral
    Daniel Baral says:

    Does the term, bariatric surgery come to mind? He is getting winded from
    walking the length of a 1/2-wave 80 meter antenna…Please see to your
    health. We are worried for you…

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  17. Scott A. Reid
    Scott A. Reid says:

    got your call sign by searching on QRZ, nice video. hope to catch you down
    the log sometime brother. 73. N5XTC

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  18. ParanormalEvidence01
    ParanormalEvidence01 says:

    I don’t know that fella installing the antenna… But you seem like a
    really cool guy.. You are deathly overweight Please help yourself to lose
    pounds.. You are not going to live that much longer, I wish I could be a
    friend to you..

    Reply

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