Pros & Cons
Pros
Swr on 2 mts to high 2. Watts. Pulls in distant repeaters. Needed small adjustment on 2m. Gama match helps assure your yagi receives (and transmits) maximum power.
I have the antenna positioned with its elements vertical, clamped atop a tripod. The antenna is light enough for the tripod to not tip over.
Highlights
Quality
Your mast can be metallic "emt" and the "metal" acts as a additional "reflecting 6th element"!
I recommend a "gc 8799 vent clamp" (attach a 1 1/4" pole on to up to 2 1/4" vent pipe) and your install will be finished very quickly!
After looking at this antenna for a couple of minutes, it looked like the antenna arms would not fit to rotate into place… thou... Read More
60 miles from repeater staticky receive with omni, switch to beam clear signal.
Price
It is good for inside apartment's and for the money a good one.
We priced building one: cheaper to buy one.
Shipping
Swr of course was fine to use as sent; however, i was going for perfect.
Packaging/appearance
I received the antenna in a very small box.
Haven't got to use it yet but looks good
Competitiveness
If you do not have an antenna matcher or antenna tunner is very hard to match the gama.
I won't even try to compare it to the cushcraft beams i've had in the past, because they were more elements and much higher, bu... Read More
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If you want to use 148mhz expect swr to be 2
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The gamma match changes the overall swr but not the resonant frequency
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I suspect the length of the driven element and or capacitor are out of spec
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The 34jpole34 antenna atop this beam for omnidirectional reception then rotate the beam for best signal
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Needed small adjustment on 2m
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Swr of course was fine to use as sent however i was going for perfect
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Could be used as a portable beam