Ultimax 100 end-fed antenna

Saw the great reviews on eham.net so I got one off of ebay for $79

It works ok, and does tune up on all the bands 40m-6m.

It uses a dummy load similar to the Diamond BB7V verticals as described in: http://g8jnj.webs.com/cometcha250b.htm

Here it is horizontal:

And vertical with a fiberglass pole:

I took it home a tried using a Mr. Longarm from homedepot so it can be used as a sloper

I wanted to compare the ultimax 100 to a 20m dipole so I did this setup. The 20m dipole was almost 2 S-units above the ultimax 100, which is to be expected.

 

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The beginning gear, Yaesu FT-857D and ATAS-120A

Just got my extra class license today: AG6DI is my callsign.

I already have a rig setup and have been listening to the airwaves for some time.

Starting off with a FT-857D and a ATAS-120A antenna hooked up to my Custom PC i7 860 with Windows 7, running HRD and DM780 via a USB SignaLink.

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