Build Amazing Cheap Professional HexBeam for £170 ($220)

Very popular antenna for a reason, they work good. Can't wait to see this build.

My hexbeam I built is a permanent installation. It is at the top of the beam at 45 feet and I have made contacts around the world. You dont want your elements tight but to droop a little bit.

Absolutely fantastic! Thank you gentlemen. I've been running an SP7IDX hexbeam for four years on a roof mounted tower. Great antenna but I had to just take it down due to getting a new roof installed. Seeing some items that need to be replaced and your parts list is just the ticket. 73 K9WWW

watched this a second time... just an amazing journey and piece of engineering by Colin. This is going to be a winter project for the YCARS Club. Brilliant stuff, you guys make a potent team!

Nice video Callum! I like the way of thinking from Colin. From daily stuff all around us - HOW to use it for new antenna and practical solutions. Example, monoband HexLoop (cheap,effective,light,simple and spending time counts, special mobile/portable.) Stay both well & TNX to share.👍 73, S51X,Boris

Great job you two ! Colin was super good work. his channel has helped me a lot with my projects. so happy to see callum working with colin . Great ideas come out. you both got that right. when stuck on a project get coffee or just sleep on it. I find work on a different thing them come back what you are stuck on. With different projects going ,As I am working on 1 ,I find a solution for the outher . Funny how fixing a car problem and help with a antenna problem . The worst thing is when stuck . and getting more stuck and trying to go forward and you go backward. I been there and done that. Just stop and let your head clear . Sometimes go on a date with my girlfriend really helps as well. Hex Beams work well . in the US we have Buddy hex portable one that works very well. 6 threw 20 meters. it is like a fanned dipole but put in the shape of a hex . The RF just goes in the right wire. and with a duplexer or triplexer of penplexer . you can have that hex beam going to more than 1 radio . just 1 band per radio. 3 or 4 stations on same hex. Fun on field day . this can be done on most multiband antennas. Many have done this with the DX commander antennas . great work from the USA ! 73

Looking for a good time to build this antenna, I would like to thank you Callum for this live that give me a lot of advice about this contruction. Thanks also to collins to share his skills. Hamradio is a very good hobby!!!

Really enjoyed this video, gave me a few ideas on solutions for a few projects .

Hexellent stuff! Colin's content always inspires me to build antennas. Looking forward to the DX commander Hex Beam being for sale in 2025 :)

Awesome!! 👍👍👍 There you go Callum, Add a Hexbeam to your line of products!

Talk about food for thought, nice work guys!

I love this man hexbeam fantastic antenna is my dream

the threaded inserts mentioned, look up clinch nuts, self clinching nuts and rivet nuts. the self clinching nuts do not need a special tool, the others do. For the right angle loops, look as fishing rod rings and tips. A normal ring can be fixed with two small hosepipe clamps. RSGB Radio data reference book - my copy is very old, and the table will be in most data books of this type. Has the formulae for the Z of selection of transmission line shapes. Coaxial, is 138 log base10 D/d where D is the inside dia of the outer, and d is the outside dia of the inner. they list Square coax, wire in rectangular trough and a few others. Andy

Awesome. Thanks mates

Looking forward to it 👍

Cool video, thanks Cal

awesome stuff!

Nice information. The only point I’d like to make is that at a certain point the “yeah” began to bother me. For the rest good content. Greetings, Frederik

Just a thought on the antenna wire: Stainless steel wire (cable) used on downriggers for fishing and the metal crimps to go along to make the loops should work well. It's tough ( 80 or 150 lbs. strength) it won't rust and it should last many years. It is a bit stiff, but once it is up that should not be a problem. I am talking permanent construction. ALso: Is there a link to Colin's channel and build videos?

Been sanding down my pole clamps and center pole clamp needed filing out,its all starting to come together now,i at to put 14mm aluminum tubes in my base plate and then my tent poles only fit if i take the ferrule of the end of the 11mm tent poles. Good work Colin Will you be building one Callum?