Expedition Portable Ham Radio Antenna 40m-6m

Overview

This is the NEW spec 2024 Expedition Antenna with Speed Slots and quick-release elements for super-fast deployment and tear-down.

Sporting a military looking colour in a matt cayote brown and grey marine UV stable plates. The expedition is ideally suitable for 3-elements (4 bands). Delivering first-class performance on 40m, 20m, 15m and 10m.

The new Expedition has a metal alloy base and screwcap and comes with an insulator clamp that must be fitted just above the housing clamp.

See insulator just below driven plate

There are enough components supplied and pre-drilled holes for those who seek WARC band type performance too simultaneously. For instance, 12m, 17m and even 80m as an inverted L.

Out-the-box, this is not suitable for 30m because there are no upper spreaders high enough to fit a quarter-wave on 30m, however instead, you can make a shortened Inverted L.

Multi-Band Expedition System based on the Expedition / SOTA / Portable Travel pole and up to 6-wire elements to give you any number of bands you wish. This is the 2024 spec with NEW screw base and stronger components (See components page).

With just 4 elements (three major elements and one up the side), this will deliver:

40m
20m
17m
15m
10m
6m

Note: 80m *will* work on this system. Make up an element 19m long and come off at the 5m point across to a tree / bush / fence post to create an Inverted L. Yes, the pole is a little bendy but it will work.

The kit includes a custom reel of 100m DX10 super-flexible black 22-core antenna wire, tested to 1600W for 65 seconds key down at 14MHz.

This is almost the same as the regular All-Band Vertical “Classic”, but the pole is only 65 cms long in it’s compact form to allow ease of travel / back-pack etc. There are many more telescopic sections to create the whole 30 feet (or so) but the main section is the same physical external diameter as the “Classic” this means that eash section has a lower wall-thickness. Just beware of this. It is designed for portable use.

The Expedition Pole is deceptive. We think that lower wall thickness means less strength however in testing, the flexible walls only means that the pole bends more – which for us as radio operators is a benefit. Of course if you stand on it, it has less strength but it’s not designed for standing on.

The parts list includes:

Expedition Pole

Ground Plate

Driven Plate

QRO Guy Plate

QRO Mid Spreader

QRO Upper Spreader

Stainless Nuts, bolts and washers

HCL EzyClamps

10m 550 Paracord for guying

Marlow Marine Dyneema Shock-Cord

Appropriate amount of Glue Lined Shrink-Wrap

Fork Connectors for both Ground and Driven elements

100m reel DX10 UK Made antenna wire

Note: We don’t supply those little plastic carabiners for the shock-cord ends any more. They become brittle and break. We moved to a superier solution of stopper knots and loops. See User Guide.

Attention International Customers

If you are purchasing from outside the UK, we can offer to send all DX Commander units to you with the VAT and import fees pre-paid! Simply place the order online without VAT, and we will contact you to let you know how much the additional fees are. The fees will be your local VAT rate plus a £16 courier handling fee.

If you would prefer to pay for the fees before placing the order, please contact [email protected] and we can send over a single payment link.

Product Information

This is the NEW spec 2024 Expedition Antenna with Speed Slots and quick-release elements for super-fast deployment and tear-down.

Sporting a military looking colour in a matt cayote brown and grey marine UV stable plates. The expedition is ideally suitable for 3-elements (4 bands). Delivering first-class performance on 40m, 20m, 15m and 10m.

The new Expedition has a metal alloy base and screwcap and comes with an insulator clamp that must be fitted just above the housing clamp.

See insulator just below driven plate

There are enough components supplied and pre-drilled holes for those who seek WARC band type performance too simultaneously. For instance, 12m, 17m and even 80m as an inverted L.

Out-the-box, this is not suitable for 30m because there are no upper spreaders high enough to fit a quarter-wave on 30m, however instead, you can make a shortened Inverted L.

Multi-Band Expedition System based on the Expedition / SOTA / Portable Travel pole and up to 6-wire elements to give you any number of bands you wish. This is the 2024 spec with NEW screw base and stronger components (See components page).

With just 4 elements (three major elements and one up the side), this will deliver:

40m
20m
17m
15m
10m
6m

Note: 80m *will* work on this system. Make up an element 19m long and come off at the 5m point across to a tree / bush / fence post to create an Inverted L. Yes, the pole is a little bendy but it will work.

The kit includes a custom reel of 100m DX10 super-flexible black 22-core antenna wire, tested to 1600W for 65 seconds key down at 14MHz.

This is almost the same as the regular All-Band Vertical “Classic”, but the pole is only 65 cms long in it’s compact form to allow ease of travel / back-pack etc. There are many more telescopic sections to create the whole 30 feet (or so) but the main section is the same physical external diameter as the “Classic” this means that eash section has a lower wall-thickness. Just beware of this. It is designed for portable use.

The Expedition Pole is deceptive. We think that lower wall thickness means less strength however in testing, the flexible walls only means that the pole bends more – which for us as radio operators is a benefit. Of course if you stand on it, it has less strength but it’s not designed for standing on.

The parts list includes:

Expedition Pole

Ground Plate

Driven Plate

QRO Guy Plate

QRO Mid Spreader

QRO Upper Spreader

Stainless Nuts, bolts and washers

HCL EzyClamps

10m 550 Paracord for guying

Marlow Marine Dyneema Shock-Cord

Appropriate amount of Glue Lined Shrink-Wrap

Fork Connectors for both Ground and Driven elements

100m reel DX10 UK Made antenna wire

Note: We don’t supply those little plastic carabiners for the shock-cord ends any more. They become brittle and break. We moved to a superier solution of stopper knots and loops. See User Guide.

Attention International Customers

If you are purchasing from outside the UK, we can offer to send all DX Commander units to you with the VAT and import fees pre-paid! Simply place the order online without VAT, and we will contact you to let you know how much the additional fees are. The fees will be your local VAT rate plus a £16 courier handling fee.

If you would prefer to pay for the fees before placing the order, please contact [email protected] and we can send over a single payment link.

Shipping And Returns

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Returns:

If you have any equipment that needs to be returned to Martin Lynch & Sons, please fill out the form below:

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Upon receipt of goods you have 14 days to return goods however the goods must be returned in original packaging and care must have been taken with the goods you wish to return. Under distance selling regulations you are not entitled to any refund on carriage charges or modification charges made at your request.

Warranty Terms and Conditions

Outside of the 14 faulty return period, returned items cannot be accepted, unless covered by manufacturer's warranty. We will repair as much as possible on site however in exceptional circumstances products may have to be returned to the manufacturer of distributor.

For repairs/replacements under manufacturer’s warranty for any item please download a ML&S return form from the link above and return to ML&S with the faulty product.

International Warranty information

Warranty service for items we sell is available in the U.K. only, unless otherwise noted. It is your responsibility to pay freight for returned items to the U.K. and back to you for desired warranty coverage. All of our NEW products come with a minimum 12 month warranty, (Yaesu & Icom 24 months), with up to 90 days on second-hand equipment. Items returned for service must state "returned goods for repair" on the return air waybill or U.K. import customs duties apply and will be added to your invoice. For more info about returning items please contact our customer help desk, [email protected]