Anybody have any experience with the solid-element single-band yagis from Arrow? I can't put up my big Gulf Alphas at home (deed restrictions) and I'm tired of struggling with stealth omnis...
I might be able to get away with putting up a pair of the Arrow yagis on a rotor on the back side of the roof & trying to pass them off as TV antennas. A lot less expensive than any of the dual-band cross-polarized yagis out there.
Just wondering if anyone has used them & can vouch for their durability.
George, KA3HSW
Hi George,
Arrows are great antennas -- when I first put up my az/el system in the backyard I used an Arrow 4-element 2-meter yagi for the uplink, and it worked just fine. One thing I noticed was that after a month in the elements / rain, the studs connecting the aluminum elements together had corroded pretty severely -- I think the aluminum didn't like all the rain, and I could barely get the elements apart. I've seen some reports of other hams using arrows fixed on rotors in dry environments (Arizona), but if you're going to leave them outside in the rain, you might need to take precautions to prevent corrosion of the element connectors.
73 de Dave KB5WIA http://kb5wia.blogspot.com
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 10:12 AM, George Henry [email protected] wrote:
Anybody have any experience with the solid-element single-band yagis from Arrow? I can't put up my big Gulf Alphas at home (deed restrictions) and I'm tired of struggling with stealth omnis...
I might be able to get away with putting up a pair of the Arrow yagis on a rotor on the back side of the roof & trying to pass them off as TV antennas. A lot less expensive than any of the dual-band cross-polarized yagis out there.
Just wondering if anyone has used them & can vouch for their durability.
George, KA3HSW
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George, I had the same experience- I wanted to put together a small portable demo system, however, as noted below, the studs holding the elements together corroded. Maybe, if you can find a few Stainless studs, you might get away with this. Brass and aluminum create an interaction and freeze together. Good Luck Dee, NB2F
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Palmer Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 2:17 PM To: George Henry Cc: AMSAT Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Arrow yagis
Hi George,
Arrows are great antennas -- when I first put up my az/el system in the backyard I used an Arrow 4-element 2-meter yagi for the uplink, and it worked just fine. One thing I noticed was that after a month in the elements / rain, the studs connecting the aluminum elements together had corroded pretty severely -- I think the aluminum didn't like all the rain, and I could barely get the elements apart. I've seen some reports of other hams using arrows fixed on rotors in dry environments (Arizona), but if you're going to leave them outside in the rain, you might need to take precautions to prevent corrosion of the element connectors.
73 de Dave KB5WIA http://kb5wia.blogspot.com
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 10:12 AM, George Henry [email protected] wrote:
Anybody have any experience with the solid-element single-band
yagis from
Arrow? I can't put up my big Gulf Alphas at home (deed
restrictions) and I'm
tired of struggling with stealth omnis...
I might be able to get away with putting up a pair of the Arrow
yagis on a rotor
on the back side of the roof & trying to pass them off as TV
antennas. A lot
less expensive than any of the dual-band cross-polarized yagis
out there.
Just wondering if anyone has used them & can vouch for their
durability.
George, KA3HSW
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the author.
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I have an Arrow four element 6 meter antenna that sat upon my tower for a few years and was still in great shape when it came down.
It did suffer a broken element right at the boom, from a hawk sitting on the end of the element.
I was able to order a replacement element at a reasonable cost and had very little trouble removing the threaded part that remained in the boom.
I am very happy with the construction and performance!
Jerry NØJY
Anybody have any experience with the solid-element single-band yagis from Arrow? I can't put up my big Gulf Alphas at home (deed restrictions) and I'm tired of struggling with stealth omnis...
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