Using the Flex 3000 Portable/Mobile with YP3 Antenna
June 27th, 2009
So I used the Flex Radio for the first time on air, down Llanmadoc beach in Swansea.
Setup a YP3 Beam in a Bag on a Racal pneumatic mast.
Flex receive is fantastic, however the radio at times refused to transmit, not could the ATU match up. Despite the Antenna having a very good VSWR reading on the MFJ Analyiser.
Switched back to the Icom 706 which is on the dash, and made a good few contacts.
Will have to investigate why the Flex is temperamental
Nigel G0VDZ
HiBeen thinking about the YP3 is it any good and is it worth the money
Nigel
2W1ETN
I’d say its not bad. It takes a little while to setup. Thus I’ve now marked the antenna for 20 meter work, which is what I bought it for.
Unlike what the adverts of Martin Lynch claim, it doesnt go higher than 20 meters, it covers 6 to 20 meters and does a good job at that.
10 watts in Moscow wasnt bad, with a 5/9 report.
Nigel G0VDZ
Many thanks for that Damien.
I really need it for home, as I have a 40ft pump up mast. But it has to fit between two trees on it’s way up.
I also go on holiday with a caravan, so it can be used for that as well.
All the best 73 Nigel G0VDZ
2W1ETN
If you intend to keep it up I wouldnt get it, they way its put together is okay in nice clam weather but I reckon even a mild breeze over time would damage it.
Its built like the connector to a hoover. In that it comes apart easy, but there is movement in it, which no doubt would just get worse if left it.
I suspect that given enough of a wind the element would easily get ripped off their mounts, be it the threads at the end or the plastic mounts themselves on the boom
REMY
VERY GOOD INSTALLATION MOBIL BEST 73
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