DX Commander 7m Black Friday RAPIDE | M0MCX - Amateur Radio

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Based on exactly the same principles as the All Band Classic, this version – the Rapide, based on the 7m telescopic DXC pole (physical length of circa 6.8m) delivers exactly the same result with pure quarter wave elements: 30m, 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m and 10m (with 6m band delivered by the 30m element as a 1 1/4 wavelength element). In testing, we achieved perfect matches for all bands and a fabulous pattern for DX.

See Unified user guide here: https://www.m0mcx.co.uk/dx-commander-user-guides/

Faster and easier to build than the original Classic and supplied with 100m antenna wire, the Rapide uses only 25m of wire for the elements leaving you with 75m of wire for the radials. That’s almost 4-wavelengths of wire for 20m band, this means on the higher bands, you have proportionally more radials!

Concentrating on the Rapide’s new features, this delivers every band from 30m up to 6m with a 6-element arrangement. For speed, users may chose to run less elements, say 30m, 20 and 17m – or any other pattern you may wish for.

Needless to say, properly tuned, this antenna does NOT need any tuner, it should give you better than 1.5:1 on pure quarterwaves on: 30m, 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m and 10m with legendary DX Commander performance.

You want CB bands and not 12m? Fine, make the 12m element a tiny bit shorter and you have CB at your fingertips. Alternatively, cut the 30m element longer for a 5/8 on 10m and with the spare slot, cut an 11m element. But you lose 30m.

You still want 40m band? You can do this my making a coil half-way between the base and the first spreader. ALl detailed in the user guide!

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And you also get 100m reel of wire. If you cut 24 x 3m (about 10 feet) radials, you will have 4 x wavelengths of radials for 20m on the ground, possibly the most efficient you can achieve without burying lots of money. Why 24 radials? Well this is ideal because you have 6 ground connections on the ground plate and if you crimp or solder 4 radials per fork connector, there’s 24 radials. This is fast to lift up and move on as well at only 3m long.

Can’t do 360 degree circle of radials? This will work on 180 degrees – even 90 degrees.

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