Array of Light

Bravo Verticals     and now:

by Tom Schiller, N6BT

(founder of Force 12, Inc. and former owner of the Force 12 product line)

  E-Mail UPDATE

Finally discovered the main problem with e-mail and are recovering maybe 200 messages. My good friend, Natan, W6XR will be assisting in responding to e-mails. You can contact him at: natan1945@gmail.com  and can also continue to use my alternate at : canscan7@yahoo.com

Thanks to Natan for providing his valuable assistance in sorting out the e-mails and orders.

** In testing is the Q51M, a small package, portable, manual band change model of the Q51; the Bravo 5T &7T for tuner operation.

See you at SCCARA on Monday evening, May 14th

If you would like me as your guest speaker, zip off an e-mail.

Sorry to miss it this year, but will be passing on the Dayton Hamvention. Thanks to all of you for your orders. We need the time to ramp up production in order to get your antennas to you. Please look for our new ads in CQ magazine.

Thanks to the organizers of EMCOMM WEST and th Visalia International DX Convention for the excellent shows.

Thanks to the organizers of the SW Division Convention in Yuma, PACIFICON, the SW Division Convention in Torrance and the Rocky Mountain Division Convention in Taos, NM.

N6BT makes the best antennas; others make comparisons.
  These antennas use all aluminum in the antenna element(s) - no lossy stainless steel sections.

Products

• New 5-band Yagi and Rotary dipole for HF  updated plots and more specs
 

  • Bravo Series Vertical Dipoles for HF
      • Bravo Series 5 & 7 band for fixed, portable, expedition
        • Bravo Series single band and 2-element SBVA arrays
 

        • N6BT's new Antenna Book,  Array of Light,  see below (click on book cover)
            • 160 DXpedition vertical used to set QRP and LP Records

Custom

• 3 element 20 and 2 element 40        Want a particular antenna? Let us know...

Bravo-7KR Shipping

 • It ended up being called the Bravo 7KR. This is the remote controlled version of the Bravo 7K for 40-30-20 meters. When in 20 meter mode, it can be manually tuned for any higher band 17-15-12-10. Comes complete, just plug in your coax, add 3-conductor control cable and you are on the air. Choose the tri-pod, or base post - whichever you need.

In Testing

    • The Q51M - small package, portable, manual band change model of the Q51 5-band dipole. This is an all aluminum product (no stainless steel radiators) for highest efficiency.

   • Bravo 2 meter vertical. Originally tested at Field Day and now being made into production.

Pre-production

DXr-4 on FD 2011

• 4-band Yagi for 20-15-10-6 with full-size elements on only a 12' boom;  use 1 feed-line, or for those who want to enjoy the operating features of SO2R, you can use separate feed-lines for 20, 15 and 10/6.
• The Bravo 84, 80/75 and 40 meter vertical dipole is now in final testing with production components.

In Testing

 • 6-band Yagi for 20-17-15-12-10-6 one feed line
        • 3-band Yagi for 20-15-10 one or 3 feed lines (new version of my incredible '31XR)
 Coming Products  • 5-band Yagi for 20-17-15-12-10 with single or 3 feed lines
         • 40 and 40/30 meter Yagis
              • 6 meter Yagis and 2 meter Yagis

 The popular Third Edition of Array of Light is ready for you now with PayPal purchase option! 288 full size pages of great information, specs, photos and more    Click on book cover →

 

Hi Tom,
I have just finished reading your new book Array of Light 3rd edition and wanted to let you know that it is the best book on HF antennas I have ever read after over 41 years in Ham Radio!  I couldn't put it down - easy to read style, informative, told me things I didn't know, confirmed some things I knew and dispelled a few myths along the way. It won't be far from my shack desk from now on.
                                           Thanks again,  73 de Ian F5VKT / G3YBY

Tom..Hi…  I am finishing your book and I love it. Lots of thought-provoking insight even for someone with long time expertise in antennas, and lots of practical information for anyone interested in hands-on antenna experimenting. I really –again- congratulate you.  You can quote me if you wish !      Santos Rodriguez, EA4AK

My talk at the 2011 A.R.R.L. Pacificon Division Convention antenna forum is available

click here

 Videos, info, pictures  Team Vertical sets more CQWW CW records in 2010 

Tom, N6BT, with more than 24,000 antennas and 140,000 elements in the field now offers you the opportunity to enjoy the excellence of his antenna expertise of designing, building and shipping more than 200 production products.

  You can have it your way - Yagis, Dipoles and Verticals 

Monoband, multiband, stacks, 1/4 wave verticals, vertical dipoles, DXpeditions

Turn-key packages with all documentation.

Survival ratings for the most extreme environments.

Built to your specifications.

 

Some of N6BT's famous design features
→ Overlay designs for multiple monoband Yagis
→ Forward stagger for monoband and multi-band Yagis
→ Using your tuner for additional band coverage
→ 50 ohm direct feed, wide-band Yagis
→ 3 band open sleeve feed system
→ “closed-sleeve” feed system
→ Cross-bar end loaded vertical dipoles (single and multi-band)
→ Cross-bar end loaded horizontal elements and Yagis             → Loop-end loaded vertical dipoles (single and multi-band)		 → DXpedition Vertical Dipole arrays
→ Efficient short dipoles and Yagis
→ Riveted element construction
→ Easy-to-use mounting plates
→ Drop-in, tilt cradle mounts
→ Pre-positioned element brackets
→ Pre-drilled element sections
→ Bundled elements
→ “Plug and Play” designs & 4’ packaging
   

For more information, contact Tom Schiller via e-mail or e-mail

last update May 12, 2012

  N6BT web site, all materials Copyright T. H. Schiller 2009-2011 all rights reserved