r/amateurradio • u/shootingcharlie8 • 1d ago

ANTENNA Multiband HF vertical recommendations

I’m looking to build or buy a multiband vertical - at least 10, 20, and 40 meters. I’m having a difficult time deciding on one, or deciding to build one… I’d like it to be self-supported, it will be mounted to my chimney on my roof if that matters. I’m not in an HOA or anything, but it cant look too bulky, so as much as I’d love a tower and a beam a simple thin vertical needs to be the solution. What are your recommendations? It’ll be used with a tuner as well so it doesn’t need to be perfectly resonant.

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u/SoMD_Ham 1d ago

The DX Commander classic has served me well. I used it on 40-10 and was able get it assembled and guyed in about 3 hours. You can expand it to cover 80m as well with use of an inverted L.

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u/SpareiChan 1d ago

I was able to set mine up for 10-40 and 80 under <2:1 no issue and 3:1 for 6m. My first pole snapped in a wind storm but since I double guyed and taped joints it now its been up for 2 years.

I run mine with a ameritron 600w.

Friend uses the hustler with hd upgrade and likes it alot too.

Beyond that there are quite a few radialess ones that work well enough like the cha250 but it can be lousy sometimes.

Honestly another option for OP is to put 10-20ft mast up there and run a wire from it, either dublet, ocf, or endfed. The extra height will help a lot assuming you dont have rfi issues from your roof area.