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Thank you!!

While we were closed at Hi-Q, you have kept placing your orders through the Hi-Q Shopping Cart. The last six weeks, we spent on business and vacation time in Europe, and have taken MAJOR orders for submarine antennas and managed to visit family and friends in Holland, Hungary, Germany, Austria and Portugal.

We are now preparing to fill over 150 orders received while we were gone. Starting July 5th, your orders are being filled in the order they were received (first in, first out).

We appreciate your patience and thank you for your loyalty!

73, W6HIQ, Charlie

The TRUTH about the 3905 Century Club 2009
Vista California Mobile Antenna Shootout!
Click Here for Details

 

NEWS RELEASE! 

Hi-Q is please to share with you the LATEST development in SPECIALZED NVIS Ground Penetrating HF Radar antennas for NASA’s space project.

Basic antenna specs: each side is 52” long, 4” diameter, tuning range; 3.5 to 30 MHz, .weigh for the one goes in space will be < 10 lbs. 
 
 
 
 

This and other projects for our military continually provides and advancement of our HAM products.

Despite of the efforts by jealous and envious people to discredit the Hi-Q products, our sales to the HAM community is DOUBLING every year. 

73,

Charlie, W6HIQ

 

Attention NEW and Past Hi-Q Customers!

 NEW Customers:

Please read the TRUTH about the 3905 Vista California antenna shootout on my Hi-Q website. IF you can believe that HAMSTICS or any other contraptions has a better Radiation Efficiency than ANY Hi-Q antenna then please buy one of those and STOP reading.
Otherwise read on and carefully compare ANY Hi-Q product to what is out there.
ASK them to show MEASURED test results of Radiation Efficiency, as THAT is the ONLY thing matters: Radiate that RF or DISSIPATE IT in the antenna!
We are now in the TENTH year of HF antenna design and manufacturing here in California. Our accomplishment is well known in the military, including Land-Sea and Space.

 Hi-Q Antenna users:
 As you read on, you can see that the Vista shootout results are FAULTY, SLANTED to Damage the Hi-Q antennas ten years worth of Quality and Performance in the HF Mobile use all around the world.

THAT IS: You the (Hi-Q-antenna owner) have an INFERIOR product ACCORDING TO their results that a Hamstick can beat.
Therefore, here is a Hi-Q OFFER: Send your Hi-Q antenna back, exchange it for a better performing Hamstick! (According to their test results)! Ask AA1NZ about this!

ENTER a “QUACK” * Mr. Know it All! K0bg.
He has gone on a rampage to bash the Hi-Q products (he had FOUR of them, written many articles praising them as being the very best for the past six years, now it is ALL BAD)!
One can find these articles in the Google Archives, as he so carefully REMOVED all of the praises from his MEDICINE CHEST known as the k0bg.com website. Replaced it with derogatory statements (without any proof of measured test results, having NONE of the ingredients: Education in the field of HF antenna design and the KNOW-HOW to use test equipment (he has none).

 My Definition of a QUACK:
A person who pretends to be an EXPERT of ALL things on all matters BUT he is EXPERT at NONE!

Charlie, W6HIQ

 
Hi-Q is TEN year old!

On Our TENTH anniversary we are making a SPECIAL Offer:

Maintain the Last years Special Holiday Price list, including the Hi-Q-3/80 RT antenna at $295.00

73,

W6HIQ, Charlie

NEWS RELEASE from Hi-Q! 
Great NEWS for Hi-Q Customers,

BAD NEWS for the X Brands. 

With the Christmas season approaching us, we again offer VERY SPECIAL Prices on ALL of the Hi-Q products!

We can afford to do this as our commercial and military sales are over 85% of the ham sales! 

Example: The NEW Hi-Q-3/80 RT “S” HF Mobile antenna now sells for: 

$295.00! 

This is the FIRST time EVER that a GREAT Performing, High Quality, Great Looking Light antenna, <5 lbs! Is offered below $300.00!

Effective Immediately! 

The NEW-3 now have a Ruggedized 1-3/8” diameter Stainless Steel Lower mast. Please go to “Antennas” on this website and see ALL of the other
Hi-Q antennas and Accessories at greatly reduced Holliday prices! 

 

Hi-Q NEWS!
 10-2009 
Recently Hi-Q has delivered to NASA a Special NVIS
Antenna for Atmospheric research, we hams should be very interested in this as the Hi-Q Antenna in this configuration will MEASURE the CELING of the IONOSPHERE! 

An other more interesting and more complex
Project for a NEWLY developed NVIS antenna for NASA, that will be installed on a SPACECRAFT, to be lunched into space, travel a million kilometers, LAND on an
ASTEROID to do TOMOGRAPHY, GPR. 

Abstract: GPR, Ground Penetrating Radar used to determine contact depth to geologic materials underlying deposits.
In other words, we need to know what is that particular ASTEROID made of. 
Hey X-brands keep on pushing your contraptions while Hi-Q is designing and developing antennas for EARTH, SEA and SPACE!

 

News Release 9/09:

 Please to announce that we have developed for our military and now available for the HAM community a 5/16 Diameter Tapered Stainless spring steel 8' long Whip with a 3/8-24 SS stud mount whip adapter.
Please go to the Accessories pages and click on 8' SS Whips.


News Release!
07/09 
We have developed a CONTROLLER for the Hi-Q Military antennas to do ALE.

It will be also applicable to the Ham/Commercial versions of the Hi-Q-6-160 RT MC-4 series (Stepper motor tuned) On the Move (HF Mobile antennas) that is: 
RADIO Independent Control Unit (RICU) 

This small unit will go in line with the COAX Cable and tune the Hi-Q antenna from 1.8 to 30 MHz in less than 10 seconds. Or appx. 1 inch per second Contactor travel. 

We expect these units to in production by the end of this year. 
73’s from the Innovators 

Charlie, W6HIQ 

 

News Release: June 2009 

We are please to announce that an other major improvement has taken place at Hi-Q-Antennas.

The Hi-Q-4/80 RT and the -4/160 RT antennas are now REPLACED by the NEW and improved MC-1 series HF Mobile, TAD and NVIS antennas. 

 The NEW MC-1 series of antennas where developed for the military NVIS portable HF communication use.

These RUGGEDISED versions are utilizing the SPECIALLY developed Hi-Impact, LOW RF absorption BLACK Polycarbonate, DEVELOPED specifically for Hi-Q antennas Loading COIL housings.

ALL INTERNAL components are SILVER plated for the maximum RF transfer and Radiation Efficiency. 
 We are encouraging all of our potential customers to FIRST investigate and ask questions from the BRAND X makers to disclose the DATA (IF ANYITHING they publish) on their CONTRAPTIONS. 
73,  Charlie W6HIQ

In Production with the NEW Hi-Q HF products specially our STAR seller the Hi-Q-6/-80 and -160 RT MC-3H Ruggedized HF Mobile antenna and the NEW Hi-Q-4/80 and -160 RT MC-1 antennas.

Both the -6 and the -4 antennas are now utilizing the latest development tin Hi-Impact/Modified Polycarbonate BLACK Coil Housing.

It was specially developed for the Hi-Q antennas Specs to demonstrate its capabilities in COMBAT use for our and other foreign militaries.

Additionally the Internal components are SILVER Plated to squeeze out every tenth of a dB having the absolute minimum loading coil loss.

Several Hi-Q products now destined for some very interesting military projects including NEW HF Submarine Emergency and MAST mounted HF Antennas.

Image yourself having the benefit of the Hi-Q antenna development for our and foreign militaries and you are making World Wide QSO’s with the same. 

My personal Thanks to these who have taken advantage of our Holiday Special offer and Thank you in advance in becoming one of our next Hi-Q product user. 

Best 73, Charlie W6HIQ

 

Attention Customers to be: 

Please note that we ONLY sell the products we design and manufacture:

HF Communication antennas, accessories for Military, Commercial and Ham radio users.

NOT offering GADGETS that sold ONLINE and eBay.

Those you can get from the brand-X makers who simply cannot make it with their CONTRAPTIONS on the market! 

73, Charlie, W6HIQ 


THIS PIX WORTH A MILLION WORDS!!!


Attention! 

Do not be fooled with statements that the Hi-Q Antennas are TO EXPENSIVE. 
When you look at the SMALLEST and LIGHTEST of
Hi-Q Antennas: Hi-Q-2./80 RT and the Hi-Q-3/80 RT
Both weighing < 4 lbs and has SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE in COMPARISON to the Brand –X CONTRAPTIONS out there. 

Look at the features:
A true Centerloaded design,
NO HEIGHT Changes!
NOT A Don Johnson knock OFF!
High “Q” loading coil with Aerospace wire as a sealed unit in a
Modified Hi-Impact Propriety Polycarbonate housing.
Precision German made planetary gearhead drive motor.
Measured radiation Efficiency at 80 M = 3.6, which is equal to over 4 times of power, radiated instead being DISSIPATED in their coil as HEAT!
Base installation kit and WQD included in the LOW price of: 

$350.00

Now go to their website and compare!
Might even ask them to disclose the measured radiation Efficiency of their contraptions! 

73, Charlie W6HIQ 


E-mails From IRAQ!

From: "Kitchings GS15 David (CF RCT1 3/6 LEP)"
To: "C.M. Gyenes"
Subject: [U] HI Q IRAQ

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED

Hello Charlie,

I have been so busy and sorry for the time it took to get these photos. The Marines are beginning to understand more about HF and the interest is increasing. Attached are several photos of the TAD NVIS deployed by the USMC here in IRAQ. I have talked to our battalion commander and he is well aware of your contribution and concern. Please feel free to use the photos in any way you wish. It is a done deal...HI Q is talking in IRAQ! I have not had time to contact anyone else yet, but I hope to get to that soon. How is everything going? I will send some other photos in the next email after this one because it may be too much for one "send"

-David

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED

From: Buzz Loeschman
Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 7:02 AM
To: sales@hiqantennas.com
Subject: YI9WV update


Hello Charlie,

My name is Buzz and my call is NI5DX. I am the QSL manager for YI9WV, Kitch, deployed near Fallujah, Iraq.

I wanted to give you an update on Kitch's activities with your antenna. He has been using the TAD exclusively for some time now. His QSO total is over 6000 as I write this and the majority of these are using your antenna and 100 watts of power. Since putting up the TAD his total Qs has increased dramatically. He is/was quite surprised at the ability of the antenna to "hear" as well as it does. He has worked stations on all bands from 80 to 15 meters, with a few contacts on 10 meters, as well. Kitch has continued to work about 90% CW, with some PSK31 in the log also. The large majority of entries in his log are Europeans, but he has had some nice openings to North and South America on most bands, including many US stations working him on 40 meters.

I am attaching a couple of pictures of his antenna setup at the "margarita hooch" as he calls it. This is his operating location when he is in camp, but he operates from outside the camp location with no difficulty by carrying his equipment, including the TAD, in a gun case.

Thanks for making such a fine antenna for portable use. If it were not for the TAD, Kitch could still operate, but it would be much more difficult for him to get everything set up to go. Your antenna makes it very easy for him to get on the air quickly and with a minimum of effort in assembling his station.

Feel free to use this email and/or the pictures on your website.

73,

Buzz
NI5DX

(PS: I am thinking about a TAD, as I like to operate from some IOTA spots nearby and a lighthouse close to my QTH. Seems the TAD would be perfect for my use, as well.)

From: "Kitchings GS15 David (CF RCT1 3/6 LEP)" <david.kitchings@cf.mnf-wiraq.usmc.mil>
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 10:39 AM
To: "C.M. Gyenes" <sales@hiqantennas.com>
Subject: [U] Emailing: HI Q USMC IRAQ 001

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED

Charlie,
Here is the On The Move HI Q from a field unit I worked with. I have
more photos and will try to find them now and sent them.
10,000 QSO's now on your little TAD!
David WD6V YI9WV


Classification: UNCLASSIFIED



 
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Hi-Q-Antenna's doing it's part: Supporting our Men and Woman in Iraq and elsewhere by
donating Hi-Q HF Mobile and NVIS antennas for greatly improved HF Communication.

 




 
 The KING Surrounded by QUEENS!

The NEW HI-Q-Antenna Family
From the Hi-Q-4/80 to the Hi-Q-5/160 all have a 2 ft STAINLESS STEEL mast below the coil. Coil caps are base plug Aircraft aluminum .

The Hi-Q-5/80 Marine and 5/-160 Marine is available in ALL Stainless Steel!

Also at NO INCREASE in Price!

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Antennas from Left to Right:
  1. Hi-Q-5/160 RT All stainless steel
  2. Hi-Q-5/160 RT Alum. with SS lower mast
  3. Hi-Q-5/80 RT All stainless steel
  4. Hi-Q-5/80 RT Alum. with ss lower mast
  5. Hi-Q-5/160 RT with Stepper motor drive
    ( controller is available soon for all versions of stepper drive.)
  6. Hi-Q-5/160 RT Stepper motor drive
  7. Hi-Q-5/160 RT Stepper motor drive
 Hi-Q-Antenna Accessories

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See our Accessories page for more info.

Update: April 02 2008
NEW Product from Hi-Q-Antennas,
   

Hi-Q-6/80 RT -MC
The NEW Hi-Q DC motor Controller.
Developed for the USMC HF  antennas, now available to the HAM community.
  

The Innovators!

Announcing the "EB" (Egg Beater) CapHat!

Due to its LARGE Capture Area In comparison to a 3' long whip installed on the Hi-Q-5/80 RT antenna the following IMPROVEMENT was measured on the HP VNA.

Frequency Product Net Freq KC Improvement
On the VNA Over the 3' whip
3.560 3' whip 3.560 0
3.210 Hi-Q Std Caphat 3.210 350
2.790 EB-4 (4 lobes) 2.790 770
2.660 EB-8 (8 lobes) 2.660 900
2.340 EB-8 + 3' whip 2.340 1,220

Please note that the 3' whip length is chosen to  maintain the overall Hi-Q- Antenna height of 6'.

When an other 3' whop was installed on the TOP of the

EB-8 CapHat, then having an overall antenna height would be 9' and further improvement is realized.

This method of adding whip length to the top of the EB-4 or EB-8 to achieve the 13'6" limit great improvement can be measured.

So what will it buy for ANY HF mobile antenna?

You can "SEE" the difference by setting the resonance to a given low band frequency, example; 3.900 kc, count the NUMBER of turns of the EXPOSED (active) TURNS with your existing whip length. Then install an EB-4 or EB-8 and count again the EXPOSED TURNS!

WOW! MANY turn less at the SAME frequency resonance.

Which then translates to LESS coil wire resistance and GREATER RE, (Radiation Efficiency).

Priceing: EB-4 $75.00

EB-8 $85.00

Plus S&H of $7.50

This is all great! But while you are trying to improve your OLD CONTRAPTION by the Brand X makers, why not go for the GOLD Standard:

A Hi-Q-HF Mobile antenna!

73, from the Innovators!

Patent Pending.

Attention Hi-Q Customers!

Update: 3/2/08

Hi-Q Antennas Co. is developing a NEW HF Emergency Submarine antenna externally mounted on a Friendly nation’s submarine.

It will be self-contained with built in controller for either DC or Stepper motor drives. Only the RF cable will be connected the Hull Penetrating connector.

 Hi-Q has developed the mounting and Quick Install/Removal hardware for this antenna for the submarine’s fin.

The Hi-Q HF antenna products has been widely accepted as the Highest Radiation Efficiency RF Radiator, being remotelly Tunable from 2-30 MHz. It is an Extremely Short monopole antenna with a 1 kW power input.

Hi-Q Antennas has several on going HF Submarine antenna up-grade projects in various stages.

July 2008 we will give a presentation on Efficient HF Submarine Antennas

At the IEEE Antennas and Propagations World Wide Conference, URSI.

Please contact for details and questions on your EXTREAME SHORT HF

Antenna needs.

Charles M. Gyenes

951-674-4862

Attention Hi-Q Customers!

Update: 12/26/07

We now have part of the Hi-Q website dedicated to your unique Hi-Q Antenna installation.

This is to share your ideas with others to come, as there are hundreds of vehicle types and all are different.

Send 3 photos with caption with it and your call letters, this will be posted on the Hi-Q website under: Installation Ideas

After a while you have used the Hi-Q antenna we would like to have a feed back on its PERFORMANCE, QUALITY and the Hi-Q Customer Service.

This can be your choice of forum like the eham.net or direct mail to Hi-Q-Antennas.

 All I ask is that if for some reason you are not satisfied LET ME BE the FIRST to hear about it before you go to the WORLD and if I DID NOT give you satisfaction, yes then let the WORLD know! As you may know that, many forums are only ONE SIDED and not FAIR and BALANCED!

73, Charlie, W6HIQ

 Hi-Q-NEWS Release 11/07

 The NEW Hi-Q-6/2-30HF Submarine antenna has proven to be substantionally better than the Hi-Q-5/2-30 HF submarine antenna! Although it is 4 inches shorter than the -5 antenna, being ONLY 50" tall the Radiation Efficiency is many dBi better than expected.

It has been under test for over 4 mos. Mounted on a large Dodge Van for imitation of a submarine sail.

On the Air test is mostly on 1.800 to 2.000 MHz and 3.600 to 4.000 MHz with either an Icom Pro II. Or a Mobat Micom-2R transceivers with less than 100 watt RF output.

Voice communication on the 160 M band up to 2000-mile radius was achieved and on the 80 M band the Pacific Rim countries and to the US east cost war regularly done at the appropriate times of the day.

Several times the South African station, ZS6CCY was heard on 3.795 MHz, but was not possible to penetrate the huge pile up of stations calling him.

We are very proud of this Extreame Short HF antenna and we are considering a Ham/Commercial version to be released early next year.

Contact:
Charles M. Gyenes, W6HIQ, HA5CMG
Hi-Q-Antennas
www.hiqanternnas.com

New from Hi-Q, 10/22/07

We are now delivering the long awaited Hi-Q BASE FoldOver and the Whip FoldOver. The Hi-Q Base FoldOver is 2" dia. 7075-T6 alum. with 3/8-24 stainless steel stud and 3/8-24 threaded hole for mounting it. The Hi-Q Whip FoldOver is Navy Brass, Silverplated combination of FoldOver and WQD. It also has a 3/8-24 SS stud and 3/8 hole for the whip or Hi-Q CapHat. Please go to the Accessories page for photos.

73, Charlie, W6HIQ
Free Silver Plated WQD!
 As of 09/2007 ALL of the Hi-Q HF Mobile antennas will have the Hi-Q WQD installed at NO EXTRA COST! If you need extra Top's please order it from the accessories page.
73, Charlie, W6HIQ
The NEW Hi-Q-5/80 RT-H

While the brand X makers turn the handle to churn out more contraptions we have designed a new highly efficient tunable centerloaded vertical for you.
Please check out the news section for full specs.

73, Charlie, W6HIQ
NEW from Hi-Q!

Since mid December of ’06 the development and testing the Hi-Q-5/2-30 OE-1538 HF Submarine antenna has convinced us to release the HAM version of this great performing EXTREME SHORT HF remotely tunable antenna with the ham designation of: Hi-Q-5/160 RT EX.

This is the famous antenna that was used to make several QSO’s with Bill, ZS6CCY in South Africa on 3793 kc early this year, from Southern California.

The way I’d like to put it: PUTTING MILEAGE on the antenna!

The Ham version has an option to add a long whip or attach a long wire to further improve the RE (Radiation Efficiency)
Physical size; 54” tall, 5” dia. loading coil remotely tunable from 1.8 MHz to 30 MHz. Can easily camouflaged where CC&R’s are rigid.

Other details available at your request.

 
See pix of it on the Mil website in BLUE.
73, Charlie, W6HIQ

Hi-Q Antenna specs have changed -- The Hi-Q HF antennas have been redesigned and will now come with a 2 ft undermast. The impact in performance is neglectible, A/B measurements did show no change in performance @ 80 meter.  We will update the specifications in the antenna specs shortly.

73, Charlie

SUCCESSFUL TEST WITH U.S. NAVY -- The Hi-Q HF-5/SEA antenna was successfully tested on the US Navy’s Special COMBATANT Craft in Norfolk VA. This special craft is operated by the Special Operation forces and the Navy Seals. This HF antenna was specially designed for adverse operating conditions and to with stand up to 20 Gs on rough seas.

In Philadelphia, at the NAVSEA Warfare Center, the Hi-Q-5/OE-1538 HF antenna was demonstrated for the US Submarines HF antenna upgrades. This 54 inch tall antenna must operate from 2 MHz to 30 MHz, be CONTINOUSLY Tunable and take up to a kW power input. Between December '06 and March '07, I have had this Engineering Prototype submarine antenna placed on the test stand at my W6 QTH and have worked ZS6CCY three times on 3798 +/- longpath, all QSOs confirmed by Bill via e-mail! The Hi-Q-5/OE-1538 HF antenna's Radiation Efficiency has surpassed the currently used HF antennas on our submarines by double digit dBs (specs are classified).

See pix and more on this on the Hi-Q-Military Antennas website. I expect to have a HAM version of this Extreme Short HF antenna within the next few months on the Hi-Q-Ham website.

73, Charlie