Category: DX Commander

This is a CheckLog entry – and just having fun. Feel free to work me and give me a number.. Starting "1" 🙂

In brief:
* 18m Signature (£599): Guys at 2 x levels – think of it as a "low-band" antenna, ideally 80m-15m (but will work on 10m and 12m)
* 12.4m Signature (499): Guys at one level, 6m radius, does all bands 80m through 10m (tunes on 6m)
* 9m Signature: (399) Guyless – comes with a ground post – also 2 x reels DX10
* 10m Classic kit: (£299) Guys low-down. Comes in 2 x variants; 40m or 80m. The 80m kit comes with 2 x reels DX10 (at a discount)
* Rapide: £289 with ground post) Can be guyless with the ground-post option. 40m (or 30m) to 10m.
* Expedition: (£299) Suitcase size: 40m to 10m. No 30m option but can do 80m (and 30m will work on ATU)
* Venture: (£199) Economical: 3 x elements, will tune on all-bands (not 80m.
Shop here: https://dxcommander.com/
EXPEDITION BUILD VIDEO: https://youtu.be/UW1Xv-xvsZ0
Special Deal here: https://youtu.be/fCJdKMshhM0

80m Inverted L: You could just as easily use a tree as a support – but I used a DX Commander Expedition Antenna and just grafted this on. PS Here’s the deal I was talking about: https://youtu.be/fCJdKMshhM0

Nothing more – nothing less…

DX Commander Expedition – Will ship ANYWHERE in the world – for FREE.
https://dxcommander.com/product/2025-flash-sale-free-shipping-expedition-portable-ham-radio-antenna-80m-6m-kit/ – Buy here
https://youtu.be/UW1Xv-xvsZ0 – This is the build video here …
*EU Customers* Talk to Martin Lynch in the UK for easy-VAT purchase

Hey! *IF* You are coming – please register for this FREE event – DX Commander Fest / Open Day / Open House here: https://dxcommander.com/dx-commander-fest-open-day-august-16th-2025/

PREVIOUS BUILDS:
https://youtu.be/nbBp42bbELo (3-element version)

I used the following element lengths:
40m: 11.2m (as original spec)
20m: 5.02m (as original spec)
17m: 3.83m
15m: (runs off 40m element)
12m: 2.88m (as original spec)
10m: 2.47m (slight cut)
*NOTE* Without 10m connected, I still got a tune on the CW end of 10m band – strange but true!

I finally found a gap in the weather to put up the shed for all the new coax switches and control gear gear – but it needs some work so make it totally rain proof… Easy fix, I’m sure.

In this video, we pull out the old Coax switching from the antenna field and prepare to bench test 2 x Genius 8×2 4O3A switches together with the 8XAB Switch Matrix box and an OM Module (16 programable relays) as well as their Rotator Genius. The net effect will be 7 Antennas plus another 6 from the RatPak that either station can select as well as 2 rotators that can be controlled – again from either station. But a lot of head-scratching yet to come! Cheers, Callum, M0MCX.

This is to make sure we don’t change antennas while transmitting. Seems easy – but it’s new for me!