Hi Stewart, many thanks, the only bit i have seen is that ring around the antenna plug, may put some paint there after all to seal it. Glad yours is going well, they’re a great antenna. 👍
Wow that's amazing that you have got such great swr on ALL those bands, what a great Ariel, were I live is a little more complicated, but I've put up a serio signal keeper , and then I Got a sirio boomerang slowly I'm going up a little bigger every time, so my next Ariel is going to be a lot bigger and hopefully they don't really notice this. And I'll be happy as a pig in mud. Thanks again Mark.ALAN CT/48/70. 💯👍
Hi Soldierloz, yes very pleased with it so far we had high winds all this weekend and it was fine. Good shout on the hammerite for the brackets i will get to them over the summer in readiness for winter.
Nice update mines up about year and a half. No problems with it in any way. Tunes nice on some of the amateur bands as well. Fantastic antenna, built to last for sure.
I womder what the pergmformance is like compared to the Sirio GAINMASTER ,I am still undecided which one to buy, i guess the ground planes on your 2016 would suggest a quiter noise floor on RX receive ? PeaceFromOz 🇦🇺
Hi, With regard to rx noise ot also depends on the gadgets in your house / neighbours as they can give terrible QRM, so thats a big factor o consider as well. Fingers crossed i am not too bad here and i eliminated my ineterference some time back, theres a video on it where i did a dark test and found the cause. Either will be good, think the gainmaster may be a bit bigger and with the 2016 you need room for the radials so consider both when purchasing - good luck!
Hi Jim No problem out the box i set the top section put it up and it covers from the Lo,Lo,Lo’s to Hi’s fine , the measurement i set the top section to is in the first video.
Hello my Friend from England, i'am have the same Model since 2 Month (sorry for my bad school-english) 😢 Why do you not make the Antenna higher, so the Radials above the Roof ? The "TX" from this Radials, is in this one Direction "full blocked" and have only a little bit of Effect. It is realy much better, the Radials have 360° free TX-Output. You can't put the Antenna higher ?......that would be an explanation... kind regards from Norman, South-West Germany from the Black Forrest, The CB Station "Starsky 1"
Hi There are two reasons why i keep the antenna at this height/- 1. I live on top of a hill so am very high up. 2. Want the nighbours to get used to it before i start slowly added a pole at a time and making it higher, where are you from as your english is very good👍
Sorry just seen you are from germany, and the rest of the message. I tend to get out well in most directions so luckily the radials do not seem to effect me. Vielen danke dein funkfreund Mark! Schuhe👍 mein freuline ost deutsche!
Hi Its got a very thick heat shrink onit at present, seems to be holding up well at mo, do a new video every year on how things are going and so far it is performing extremely well, seems well built. All the best and have a good christmas. Mark
It's defiantly worth spending the extra on a excellent antenna rather buying a 'bit of wet string!', wonder how many people are using silver rods, stardusters and dipoles??.
@@britishcbradio1055 on odd occasions I see houses with empty rusty t k brackets on them and see remains of base antenna's usually the bottom bits of stardusters!.
Hi The higher the better, however you will have to consider things like:- where you can mount it, how capable you are of getting it high up i.e the higher you go the more muscle you need available to help, wind damage - if you get string winds then a bit lower may be better. You can see mine is not that high at all and from the UK i can get brazil on it with just 35watts on ssb so they do perform very well. Also if on a hill then you dont meed to go as high as if you in a valley then as high as u can. Hope that helps you a bit, its really depends on a number of things oh and also how understanding your neighbours are, start low then occasionally add a pole and get higher often works well. 👍
Sorry keiths will have to disagree with you there, have owned many homebase aerials and this is by far the best performing of the lot. Out of interest what homebase aerial are you running that meets your specs? 👍
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Nice one. Still going strong. My 2016 is one year old now and still doing great. Not had it down for any inspection yet. Thanks for the video. 👍🏻
Hi Stewart, many thanks, the only bit i have seen is that ring around the antenna plug, may put some paint there after all to seal it. Glad yours is going well, they’re a great antenna. 👍
Wow that's amazing that you have got such great swr on ALL those bands, what a great Ariel, were I live is a little more complicated, but I've put up a serio signal keeper , and then I Got a sirio boomerang slowly I'm going up a little bigger every time, so my next Ariel is going to be a lot bigger and hopefully they don't really notice this. And I'll be happy as a pig in mud. Thanks again Mark.ALAN CT/48/70. 💯👍
@@alanslade2319 slowly, slowly to keep the neighbours happy and u be there, mind you the signal keepers not too bod👍
Have to say I’m tempted with this Antenna. Looks well made.
I’d be tempted to Hammerite those T&K brackets. Will smarten them up.
Hi Soldierloz, yes very pleased with it so far we had high winds all this weekend and it was fine. Good shout on the hammerite for the brackets i will get to them over the summer in readiness for winter.
I reconditioned one of these. Upgrade the wire from the pl259 centre pin to the coil ! Mine is up at 12M to the base. Works well.
@@izzzzzz6 Good tip to know, thanks for sharing 👍
Nice update mines up about year and a half. No problems with it in any way. Tunes nice on some of the amateur bands as well. Fantastic antenna, built to last for sure.
Yes definitely Gareth, certainly used some good material in the construction.. 👍
Nice one, i've had mine up the same time as you and about the same height as yours, works well on the HF bands as well.
Good to know, they seem well made and not affected by strong wind so a good antenna so far and performs well.
have a sirio 827 been up since 2015 and looks fine - well build these sirio antenna's
Hi Chris yes they seem to be, i will keep posting my yearly checks and see how it progresses over the years. All the best. Mark
Great antenna 'sen your signal to the world' 😎
Thanks Mark glad u enjoyed it and welcome to the channel
So its a great antenna. The weight "scares" me a bit tho. But this Sirio is recommended by the lot.
If you mount it securely you should be fine, its lighter than it looks.
@@britishcbradio1055 ok, thanks. I really want this one when my current needs to be replaced.
I womder what the pergmformance is like compared to the Sirio GAINMASTER ,I am still undecided which one to buy, i guess the ground planes on your 2016 would suggest a quiter noise floor on RX receive ?
PeaceFromOz 🇦🇺
Hi, With regard to rx noise ot also depends on the gadgets in your house / neighbours as they can give terrible QRM, so thats a big factor o consider as well. Fingers crossed i am not too bad here and i eliminated my ineterference some time back, theres a video on it where i did a dark test and found the cause. Either will be good, think the gainmaster may be a bit bigger and with the 2016 you need room for the radials so consider both when purchasing - good luck!
@britishcbradio1055 leaning towards the 2016. the radials aren't that long..
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@@gixerags750 Go for it!!
Did anyone have difficulty setting the SWR, when you first set the antenna up.
Thanks
Hi Jim No problem out the box i set the top section put it up and it covers from the Lo,Lo,Lo’s to Hi’s fine , the measurement i set the top section to is in the first video.
Hello my Friend from England, i'am have the same Model since 2 Month (sorry for my bad school-english) 😢
Why do you not make the Antenna higher, so the Radials above the Roof ?
The "TX" from this Radials, is in this one Direction "full blocked" and have only a little bit of Effect.
It is realy much better, the Radials have 360° free TX-Output. You can't put the Antenna higher ?......that would be an explanation...
kind regards from Norman, South-West Germany from the Black Forrest,
The CB Station "Starsky 1"
Hi
There are two reasons why i keep the antenna at this height/-
1. I live on top of a hill so am very high up.
2. Want the nighbours to get used to it before i start slowly added a pole at a time and making it higher, where are you from as your english is very good👍
Sorry just seen you are from germany, and the rest of the message. I tend to get out well in most directions so luckily the radials do not seem to effect me.
Vielen danke dein funkfreund Mark!
Schuhe👍 mein freuline ost deutsche!
I would have covered the PL-259 plug with self-amalgamating tape, to keep the water out.
Hi Its got a very thick heat shrink onit at present, seems to be holding up well at mo, do a new video every year on how things are going and so far it is performing extremely well, seems well built. All the best and have a good christmas. Mark
It's defiantly worth spending the extra on a excellent antenna rather buying a 'bit of wet string!', wonder how many people are using silver rods, stardusters and dipoles??.
Well said that man! And the original sigma 4 i occasionally see remnants of sigma 4’s on buildings, i wonder why no one removes these bits.
@@britishcbradio1055 on odd occasions I see houses with empty rusty t k brackets on them and see remains of base antenna's usually the bottom bits of stardusters!.
Hi thinking of buying this for my first antenna, how high should i place it please
Hi The higher the better, however you will have to consider things like:- where you can mount it, how capable you are of getting it high up i.e the higher you go the more muscle you need available to help, wind damage - if you get string winds then a bit lower may be better. You can see mine is not that high at all and from the UK i can get brazil on it with just 35watts on ssb so they do perform very well. Also if on a hill then you dont meed to go as high as if you in a valley then as high as u can. Hope that helps you a bit, its really depends on a number of things oh and also how understanding your neighbours are, start low then occasionally add a pole and get higher often works well. 👍
what's the dx like with this antenna for 10m
@@garymichael4095 dont use those bands so unfortunately cant help you there Gary👍
@@garymichael4095 i dont use those bands so unfortunately cant help there Gary
Try that with some power😂
That's freaking brilliant 🔥🎯
Many thanks, much appreciated.
I’ll save you bothering - it’ll be fine for your lifetime / the top hat will prob corrode but stays intact. Tara
Lo lo lo lo’s lol lol
Swarrrrrrrr
😂😂😂 bit early to be on the gin! Swarrrrr!! 🤣🤣
Big Bandwidth like that with low SWR can only mean poor gain. The big advertised gain is very dishonest and misleading.
Sorry keiths will have to disagree with you there, have owned many homebase aerials and this is by far the best performing of the lot. Out of interest what homebase aerial are you running that meets your specs? 👍