I received this antenna last Saturday 11/18 in the mail. I was already prepared to hoist it up on my 46 ft DX Engineering HD telescoping mast and hook it to my transceiver using LMR400 cable. I made contacts with it immediately. My Ameritron ALS-600 Amp likes it too. So far no load faults. Great signal reports. I was able to get a 500 mw contact with it on a QRP net from Minnesota to South Carolina. I'm happy! Built like a tank. I'm not sure how the window line is going to hold up to our Minnesota winters.

All of NI4L’s antenna products are top quality and made to last many years in adverse climates. The ZS6BKW optimized G5RV is an excellent multiband antenna. I ordered a second one for my cabin at 7200 feet in the Arizona mountains because I know the rugged construction that I know will handle the high winds and heavy snow we get at that mountain top location. It is a top performer on 40, 20, 17 and 12 meters. With a good wide range tuner I use it on 80m and 10m as well. My Phoenix ZS6BKW is configured as an inverted vee with the center up at 45 feet and the ends at 20 feet. You can’t go wrong with this antenna for the money. You can’t go wrong with

Amazing product and service. This antenna has a very good match on the intended frequencies. My tuner went into bypass on most of 7 and 14 meters. Only took a few clicks everywhere else it is intended for and could be used in bypass those frequencies. You apparently know what you are doing! And you do it well. I might have to buy a second one and hang it at a right angle to this one since I can’t rotate my trees.

I love this antenna; it replaced my EFHW. The build quality is great. The SWR is great too. I use my FTDX10 internal tuner to touch up. Highly recommended!

Best antenna I've ever used on 40 and 80 m

Replaced my 9 year old G5rv classic which seen better days ran this antenna up to 70' and the ends 25' on each end from the ground in the first 15 mins on 40 meter made mutable contacts from WY to NH with a 100 watts and great reports back very pleased with the antenna and swr are really good and no problem using the built in tuner on my radio for flat out swr's

As a person new to Ham radio, I wanted to establish a basic dipole as my first antenna. I just got off the radio listening to a QSO on 40 meters between two Hams from Atlanta GA and upstate NY. It was only interrupted by the start of a shortwave radio broadcast from Europe at the same frequency. Amazing reception from my little station in central VA. Highly recommend this antenna, don’t think too hard about it if you need a sturdy, well designed and constructed dipole antenna. This product is the bomb!

I was looking for a single antenna to have in my remote QTH, and this one seems to be a good fit. Construction is awesome, materials are top quality. If you only can afford one antenna, this is the one you need.

I just hung this antenna several weeks ago at 50' in an inverted V. The antenna is very well made and receives extremely well. The first DX station I heard was ZS1 in Cape Town, South Africa. The reason I purchased this antenna was I just bought an Elecraft KAT500 Tuner and KPA500 Amplifier to go with my Kenwood TS-590SG Transceiver and my old end-fed antenna would not take the power but this baby does. I have been on the 80, 40, 20, 17, 15, 12, 10 and 6 meter bands and the tuner hasn't had to do much work and the antenna handles the 530 watts very well. Now able to get in the pile-ups and make the contact. If you live in an HOA community like I do, you might want to consider this antenna. My lot is only 72' wide so I had to get permission from neighbors on either side of me to tie off each leg. The wire is so small you can hardly see it. This is a great multi band antenna that will allow you to work those distant stations with ease. Good DX and 73.

Great service from Chris, Terrific antenna. Sturdy, well made. Great reception. Highly recommend

So far this antenna is working very well. I am still in the process of getting it installed in its final location. The center is up at about 40 feet but I currently have it in a slightly inverted V. Still trying to find end contact points to have it in a complete horizontal plane. My only suggestion about the antenna is it would be nice to have the point where the coax attaches to the ladder line somehow recessed so the coax connection is protected from the weather. With the current connection unless the contact point is protected from rain/snow water will flow down into the threads of the coax connection. This would give it 5 stars.

My XYL (K3TBD) and I (K3IVN) purchased this antenna to get our first HF rig on the air. The antenna was well built and works great. We strung the antenna between the peak of our house and a tree at the other end of our yard. The antenna is in a flat configuration about 30' off the ground, is connected to our ICOM IC-765 transceiver with 100' of RG-312. We just made our first QSO's with this setup and from Laurel, MD made multiple contacts in Indiana, Illinois, Ontario, Ohio, North Carolina and Maine on 40 meters at 100 watts! Our IC-765 has a built-in antenna tuner and hardly had to make any adjustments (it's rather loud when it is actively "tuning" when we tuned on 80, 40, 30, 20 and 15 meters. I would highly recommend this antenna for anyone. We can't wait to see how many states we can get with this configuration. The customer service was terrific and very friendly. This is how all customer service should be!

Just received my ZS6BKW/G5RV antenna. Looks like it is made of quality materials, much better than the MFJ G5RV that it replaced (but that antenna worked well and lasted for over 15 years in Northern Michigan climate). Now to get it up in the air and run some RF through it. It will be my basic antenna while I build some other ones over the next few years.

As an updare to my previous review, last night I tuned up the ZS6 on 80 cw, apprx 1.2 to 1 and shortly thereafter worked E51MQT with a good signal report.

June 16 & still amazed at the performance of this wire in the sky ! All the charts suggest NO PROPAGATION ...... wooops my Log is still racking them up on DX. http://zl2cq.weebly.com/current-log.html Broke the EU pileup into 8Q7CQ today on the 3rd call ! Still the best bang for bucks, 73 guys

Hi, this is the 1st commercially made wire antennae I have had up, all the others were brewed variants that worked well for the location. Having replaced a modified 3 Band Double Extended Zepp, this antennae resembles its performance on all Bands to date. I Rate this at 5 Stars - it is obviously a "compromise" antennae & with a couple of basic add ons has proven to be more than foolproof for me 80m thru to 10m, therefore totally no hassle. I have a minimum run of RG58CU Coax with a tuned Coil at tranceiver end & 6 Torroids at the Feedpoint. ZERO RF on the feedline ! ...... & yes it handles up to 1kW when needed - here anyway. The Antennae Apex (inverted config) is a 14m alloy 3 x section mast which equates to 60m above Sea Level. If you have a Tuner & tune for max power out you will find there is a compromise of vswr & max power on tune. Using the feed from the end to the shack of coax, torroids or flat wound electrical choke, it recommends 72 ft. of coax but that is relevant without a Tuner & in some cases questionable - just use a Tuner on all bands that it needs. I consistently NOW run 30% LESS power input to the Amp. than I was for virtually similar results. RX - have worked S3 signals on all Bands ......... however I am using an Elecraft K3 so I am a little spoilt in the receive department. Check http://zl2cq.weebly.com/ for pics etc. Bang for Buck - works for me no problem. Good DX to you.

I find this extended version of the famous G5RV antenna to be really a good antenna. with some more experimenting it could possibly be fully extended to not need an antenna tuner at all.William/AD0GB

Very well constructed.