OnAllBands is excited to announce a great selection of new portable-friendly products available from DX Engineering for June. You’ll find all the latest offerings by clicking on “What’s New” from the menu bar at DXEngineering.com. You’ll also discover big savings on open box and scratch & dent equipment.
Here are just a few of the hottest products you’ll want to put on your must-have list:
“Salty Walt’s Next Level Portable Antenna Sketchbook”: Salty Walt, K4OGO, has done it again! On the heels of his popular “Portable Antenna Sketchbook” comes 144 pages of practical, field-tested, easy-to-build antennas along with plenty of antenna theory, insights on maximizing your station setup, and techniques that can dramatically improve your signals. Note: Book does not include instructions on how to find that “lost shaker of salt.”
Whether you’re operating in the field, at home, or deep in the backcountry, these designs are built to perform. Explore military-inspired antennas, create efficient wire arrays with minimal supports, and discover new ways to maximize your station’s potential.
Antennas detailed in the book include:
- Three-element vertical beam
- Two-element quarter-wave vertical with reflector
- Two-element vertical Yagi with director
- Half-square Bobtail curtain
- Co-phased vertical whips
- Corner-fed cubical quad
- Portable rhombic
- Terminated end-fed V
- V-beam tuned transmission line trap
- Vertical Moxon
- Vertical phased arrays
- Portable magnetic loops
- Variations on the telescopic whip
Also, take a moment to watch the interview below with K4OGO from the DX Engineering YouTube Channel. And check out Salty Walt’s YouTube channel, Coastal Waves & Wires, here.
DX Engineering Nomad Guy Ring Kit: Here’s a reliable solution for stabilizing DX Engineering Nomad Portable Masts in a variety of operating conditions. Designed as durable guy rings specifically for Nomad masts, these kits feature precisely placed holes that enable secure three-way guying for improved support. They are engineered to fit both 0.260- and 0.855-inch outside diameter mast tubes. Each kit includes six convenient hooks for attaching guy ropes. Offered in a two-pack, these guy ring kits help ensure the stability and performance that operators depend on in the field.
mAT-TUNER mAT-1F Automatic Antenna Tuner: This tuner is designed specifically for the Yaesu FTX-1 Field HF/50/144/430 MHz SDR All Mode Base/Portable Transceiver. Capable of matching the 10W output of the FTX-1 Field, it draws power from the radio via the included control cable. Providing frequency coverage from 160-6M, the mAT-1F has a BNC jack for an antenna as well as a pair of banana jacks for long wire antennas.
The bottom of the mAT-1F has jacks for the coax in from the radio and the control cable. An LED indicator shows if the tuner is tuning, online, or in bypass mode. Control of the tuner is accomplished from the FTX-1, which sees the tuner as if it were a Yaesu FC-90 tuner. The unit measures a portable-friendly 5.590″ x 2.638″ x 1.102″ and weighs in at 12.5 ounces.
Check into OnAllBands regularly for more products and more ways to improve your on-air experience.
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