M0CVO Antennas Limited

Below is just some of the great feedback received from happy customers:

Nigel,

My original antenna was an inverted "V" doublet tuneable across the HF bands and I also used a purchased "Cobweb" antenna. Performance of each of these was about the same but having installed your 40m loop my receive and several transmit "S" reports are better by 3 to 5 "S" points

Best wishes,

John, G1HSL

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Hi Nigel,

At last, with a great deal of physical help from Roger, M0RLC, have erected the 40 m loop I recently purchased from you. It is mounted as a delta loop with the longest side running N - S and 17 m long with the other two sides at 11 m and 12 m. The apex of the triangle is about 8m high and the other poles at about6 m - the best we could achieve with my plot. I'm delighted to say that all bands exhibit an SWR of 1 -1 using an Elecraft K3 tuner when necessary. Top band struggles to get a 3 - 1 SWR ! I have just managed 3 contacts so far - Bosnia, Italy and a nice chat with a VY station.

Roger says he has done well with the [80m ?] long wire he recently purchased from you - achieving a 1500 mile contact on top band using FT8

We're both very pleased with your product - thank you.

Best wishes,

John, G1HSL

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Hi Nigel,

Thanks again for a GREAT PRODUCT (DBD-2040)

Bruce Bice

K4ZBB

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A SUPERB ITEM THEY WORK EXCELLENT RECOMMEND TO ALL A++++++++++++++++

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neat little antenna seller was fast with delivery to great many thanks

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Hello Nigel I thought you might like more detailed feedback on the OCFD now that it temporarily strung around the garden; maximum height 6m.

SWR readings

40m  1.65 -1.68
20m  1.80  -1.81
15m    2.03 - 2.06
10m    1.33 - 1.51

Interestingly on

80m      2.39 - 2.48
which is usable so called a F6 and got a report so it might be more multiband than you suspect for my first QSO in 21 Years. I am using valve PA ( TS520 ) so it doesn't really care about SWR and anything flying back will just keep me warm. I'll see if I can get any more on 40m and 20m and give some encouraging feedback on ebay.

Dave GW3TYI

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In one week I have worked on 80m:
F,G,GM,GW,DH,LA,PA,OZ,OK,IT,OE and had a couple of QRZ from UA2 and Moldova. The reports aren't 599 but it is radiating properly.

On the other bands connected normally ( I don't use an ATU ) the final SWR are

40m 1.7 : 1
20m 1.2 : 1
15m 2.4 : 1
10m 1.0 : 1

So if you can make sense of all this feel free to use it on your web site. If you don' trust the figures you can quote me that I have a multiband , unobtrusive antenna for less than £40 and the proof is in the log!

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Hello Nigel - thought you might like to know there was a very brief opening on 10m yesterday and your trusty product managed QSO with 5N, EA8, CN8 and PY2 with a QRZ from LU. Who needs a beam?
73 Dave GW3TYI

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 Harold Wood:
Hi Nigel at last the HW-20 went up to-day its in a sloper config. from 30ft to 6 ft. 1 to 1 on 20mtrs fiirst try a N4PN and W3BGN and it was a contest,it also swrs on 40 which was a surprise. 73 G7NAL

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Hi, Just to let you know HW40 is up and running at about 20 feet AGL and tuning nicely on all bands from 10 to 80 M with MFJ 993 Tuner.

Regards Peter G0TCF

 I put up yesterday your LW10 (the exact length of my garden) its 2-3 s points up over my vertical, so happy with that.

Paul, 2E0BHA

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HELLO NIGEL your UN UN 4:1 - 6:1 - 9:1 are fabulous, also tested inverted V, the same antenna HW20HP positioned with horizontal polarization, the Caribbean region and New Zealand, the many signals ALE NORTH AMERICA ,....... really

Mani thanks in advance

Best regards to future purchases

Roberto

I'm using one of your OCF's which I have modified from the 10m (approx) long version to a 20m (approx) long one as I realised I could get the longer one in. Works like a champ - getting on for 200 DXCC heard with it this year alone! Great antenna, simple but effective

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Good afternoon Nigel

Further to our telephone conversation last week I ordered and received the above next day.;Spent a bit of time on sat morning taking down the antron 99 and stringing up the LW between the side of my house and weeping willow in the garden.  After some initial tuning issues ( I needed to extend my coax length from 12m) to get good swr accross 10 - 20 mtrs inclsuive I have now had a couple of days on the air.  Delighted to report the following contacts with 100w from IC 746: JE1 Japan 17m, FM5 Martinique 10m, VE3 Canada 15m; CO6 Cuba 15m; K3 USA 15m; TR8 Gabon 10m; KP2 Us Virgin islands 10m

Delighted to be more active accross the HF spectrum, would reccommend to anyone who has space issue / XYL hating antenna issues

Thanks again

Paul, G1 PQJ

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Nigel,

Your (I should say my, I suppose) HW-20HP arrived this morning – I have the week off thankfully, and within half an hour was slung inside my loft and connected to my trusty FT-920 down here in my “office”.I know loft mounting isn’t ideal, but I’m not in the business of large external “erections” (pardon the phrase!) as I’d rather be fairly discreet verging on the “covert” as regards my radio interests. I had spotted from your web site that the dimensions of this aerial were absolutely ideal for my loft, as it fits almost exactly. This is the main reason I decided to buy it.  Obviously it is far too early to make a quantitative assessment, and being a good match isn’t anything like the whole story, however even though it is inside my loft, connected to my radio via a run of coax through my house cavities, etc, the aerial still matches perfectly on all bands between 20m and 10m.  I am currently running my QRSS grabber and WSPR simultaneously on 30m where obviously it needs a little bit of help from the ATU, but I have to say that it lives up fully to your claims, and I have no doubt at all that it will outperform my previous dipole “nest” which is now in the scrap bin!

Regards (73)

Martin – G4FUI

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Hi Nigel,

I bought an LW-20 off you at Newark and I've just got round to installing it...!! I used the lazy "z" pattern we spoke about and just had enough wire...!! I've just had a quick QSO on 20m with a mobile Italian station giving me a signal report of 5/7 and likewise I received him at the same sigs...!!! from an 817...!!!! Needless to say I'm overjoyed with that and the antenna, I managed to tune 80 with a bit of playing about, reverting to the 817's swr readout, and managed to tune all bands unto 10m using my MFJ969 atu, even managed to tune a bit of 6m too...!!! Overall I'm very happy.

73's

Denny M3HSJ

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Hi Nigel

The HW20-HP that I bought took 5 minutes to cable tie to the washing line which is 2 meters high. With 100 watts I have worked into Russia 5000km and California 8000km. All the bands that is is supposed to work on I have tried and have +1000km contacts on them all. What a great little aerial. Take a look at my log on QRZ.com and all those stations are worked from this antenna. Remember it is 2 meters high and not a ? beam.

Martin, G6VMR

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Just a note to let you know how pleased i am with the LW40 i purchased. Considering my lack of space, and the bent and twisted shape i have to use, the results are excellent. A good no-nonsense antenna with quality parts that look like they're built to last. Many thanks, Baz M3DMV

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Well I just strung the antenna up..... 15ft agl at one end and 6ft agl at the other so not very high. First contact, first shout, 5/5 into Virginia with W4IOW so I am a happy bunny. Thanks for all your help. The HW-40HP tunes fine via the Kenwood on 80M.

Kind Regards

Paul, G0RLJ

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Just thought I would write to say thank you for a great product. I ordered the M0CVO HW - 40HP
on Christmas Eve and it arrived the day after Boxing Day, that's what i call "Service" and there's not much of that around these days Nigel.

Strung up as an unusual Inverted V and tunes beautifully on the internal ATU.

Thanks again for such a well mad product and fast delivery.


73's Stuart G4VMF

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Just to say Magitenna Fantastic 1.2 match on 80 1.1 0n 40 1.4 0n 20 1.9 0n 21 1.5 on 28. Actually had an 80 mtr qso never been known from this QTH before....Just magic. 73s alan

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 Hello Nigel,

I thought I would give you some feed back on the HW-20HP I purchased to take to Cyprus last month.

I decided to run low power as the QTH Villa was surrounded by other houses and did not want to run the risk of Amp Power Hi.

Well I put up the HW-20HP attached to the Villa balcony 15 feet high by a bit of nylon and ran it across the pool and attached the other end to an Hibiscus bush around 8 foot high. Using simple RG8 coax into the ATU of the rig a Yaesu FT897D.

I was amazed with the performance of the OCD. I worked over 70 countries ranging from VU,HK,4J,5X, UJ, UN, TF,TK, 5U,A6,A4,C3,EA8,EA9,EY, PJ4, and most of EU

I appreciate a 5B call helps but the antenna worked beyond my wildest expectations. A perfect antenna to pack into a carry on bag with the rig and have fun at your holiday QTH. It did what it states on the packet "Radiate your RF". For fun I entered the CQWW RTTY contest in QRP and held my own. amazing bit of wire and well made,

best 73 Glyn 5B/GW0ANA

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Hi Nigel.

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