Dan--K4KD - 05/16/2010 
Dan--K4KD
Got my 4 elm 6 meter beam last week. Had a minor problem with one of the elements. Emailed customer service and got an answer back within 30 minutes.
I was going to homebrew a 6 meter beam but would have spent more money and a lot of time. I am glad I found the blue star web site.
The antenna was easy to assemble and even easier to adjust gamma match. The elements are 3/8\" solid aluminum. The hardware is stainless steel.
The antenna is up at 25 feet. I have only been using it for three days and have worked every station I have called including a VE3 at 1150 miles and ground wave as far as 125 miles. |
WA8MEA - 08/04/2008
I was SO afraid that after all of the work (a few hours on a Sunday afternoon....) that the dumb thing would not work right....and I would have to put it up and take it down just like adjusting a dipole. I was in absolute shock when I noticed a 1.1 to 1 match the first time up in the air! In fact, the SWR on the upper band edge wasn't even high enough to monkey with since I was using it for CW/SSB anyway. (And had adjusted the elements and gamma match according to instructions for this lower frequency segment.) It was only about 1.6 to 1 on the top side of six meters.
Great craftsmanship, easy instructions, and again....I was SO HAPPY to hit the SWR I did right from the get-go!
I worked a lot of "E" skip last summer. And used a simple Archer rotator available at "Radio Scrap."
By far, a quality Yagi at a VERY reasonable price and polite, prompt service. I'm hoping to use it once again to work a little "E" skip on the magic band this summer. |
Steve N6NKS - 08/04/2008
My first 6m beam too! I purchased my Blue Star 6m 4el. beam through the 'bob-and-linda' store on E-bay for about $90.00. It arrived in fine shape about 8 or 9 days later, and the day it arrived, I eagerly set it up per the pretty decent instruction booklet. Since I have yet to obtain a rotor and to undergo the effort of mounting it really high up on a pole I have, I opted for a temporary set-up whereby it is on a pole only 8 feet above the ground, in horizontal-polarization fashion, to an concrete umbrella stand in the back yard. I simply hand-turn the beam wherever the skip is coming from.
Even with my modest setup, running 100 watts into this low-beam, after eagerly awaiting 6m to open up this past spring and summer, the 6 meter fun began! On several occasions, I got a "strong signal" report from even mobiles. The big fun was during the ARRL VHF QSO Party when 6m opened up double-hop to FL from my California desert location. SO this beam, in its totally sub-optimal location in my yard, has proven to be a great performer. Tuneup was a snap. per instructions - I just set the element via the instructions, and was happy to have very excellenet (low) SWR. That was probably the hardest part of set-up, and it was easy too. So I give two thumbs up to this antenna! Steve N6NKS |
Laurent FM5BH - 08/04/2008
This is my very first 6m antenna
and I was QRV on the magic band this week with this antenna for the first in my ham life.
I followed the instructions and put it on the tv mast on the roof beaming to the north.
after several cq I worked EA7 - CT1 - EA6 - HI3 - FM5.All the dx in CW with 559 report.
My tx is the FT897 bear foot.
I learned that CW is very useful to work the DX like on the top band (160M);
The blue star antenna is very rugged.
If you want a low budget and a vedry good ant to start on the magic band you can buy it.
I will put it higher with a rotator very soon.
I have the 6M virus
73
Laurent FM5BH |
N6NKS - 06/26/2008
I just wanted to heartily compliment you on the quality of the 4 el. 6 meter beam you sell - I have worked 20 stns. on 6m skip the past few weeks on it and it is a fab. beam! TNX and 73 - steve - N6NKS |
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