The DX Commander is an All Band Vertical HF Antenna that covers 9 bands from 80m through to 6m. It is an economical and efficient way of getting on every HF band easily with a nice compact vertical antenna.
The antenna is basically a fan dipole, but rather than horizontal, it is vertical quarter wave elements in parallel on a common driven element base with short ground radials. Of particular interest in this design is the fold over on the 40m element, which acts as a 5/8th on 15m.
The antenna is a breeze to put together and in this video I show my build and review from Callum M0MCX – the DX Commander.
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Callum M0MCX’s Quick SWR Calculator:
Quick SWR Calculator for Vertical and Dipole Ham Radio Antennas
DX Commander Auto Tune courtesy of Sterling @N0SSC:
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