Sunday, May 29, 2011

Preparations to put up the Diamond KV-5, a 5 band antenna - PART 1

As where i live i do not have a lot of room, i really can only put up a vertical.
So after some research in what is around, and what is "easily" obtained in Holland, i ended up with a Diamond KV-5 a 5 band antenna for 3.5/7/14/21/28 Mhz (80m/40m/20m/15m/10m)

Yesterday i went to Beesterzwaag for a radio fair and bought my antenna......
This morning i started putting the all barckets....
and after that i started to put together the antenna...

We did need some equipment to get the SWR within reasonable value's.....
The MFJ analyzer was just packed again ......

As the wind is quite firm , and the cable and pipe are not prepared yet, the story will continue later or tomorrow or so :) i am not in a rush.....
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  1. nickJuly 24, 2011 at 9:22 AM

    Hi Alex/pa1sbm.
    I have the same antenna but destroyed due to wx.
    I want to renew the radials but i have not the lengths/diameter of the radials and the distance from the traps.
    If you please any help?
    Regards vy 73's
    Nick/sv1doo
    email sv1doo@yahoo.gr

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  2. Alex, PA1SBMJuly 25, 2011 at 11:04 AM

    Hello Nick ,
    Thank you for reading my blog.
    If you continue to read the kv-5 story you will see i no longer own this antenna.
    If you need support for this antenna write to overseas (at) diamond-ant.co.jp
    They are very helpfull and will surely help you.

    73's
    Alex

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