CHA BV (Basic Vertical)

Cha-BV antenna

I recently purchased a CHA BV, I have had a chance to use it a couple of times and it has worked very well. My favorite features of this are the quality, performance and most of all the ease and speed of the setup. I own several other portable antennas and this is my overall favorite!!

Great kit

I've started experimenting with this as both a ground mounted vertical and an elevated vertical with tuned radials. It's just a very simple way to get a resonant antenna on the air quickly. A lot of my operating is QRP, so running this elevated with a couple tuned radials makes sure that I get as much of my 5W coming off the radiator as possible with a low take off angle.

Elegant Well-Built Portable Antenna Solution

I am delighted with this elegant and well-made antenna! In a recent POTA activation it performed nicely on the two bands I used. I like the simplicity of setup, and the ease of tweaking for optimum performance. Setup takes 10-15 minutes and retrieval about the same. I have used many, many portable antennas in 60 years of ham radio. This spike vertical is easily the best of them for most applications.