Band Hopper III - Three-band (20m, 30m, 40m) portable dipole antenna system

This triband linked dipole is prefect for any type portable operation! I would recommend it for anyone to use. Light weight, small, self contained bag what else could you need? It heard well and I've gotten great signal reports! Great SWR across the bands!

I've tried a few different antenna's for my /P wwff activations and SB link dipoles really do take some beating. Of course they are a resonant antenna but it's the lightweight and rugged construction that makes them a winner, used with the SB Travel Pole in my opinion they really are the best . Thanks Richard and the SB team.

I've juste use for the first time my 3 bands dipole with my ft817nd with a pole of 7 meters. work very fine without swr (i've only check 14 and 7 mhz), good quality product and easy to use. Thank you Richard and 73 from France

I live in an HOA restricted community and have struggled finding a good antenna solution. Besides being “stealthy” I needed an antenna that was easy to set up & pack up on a daily basis. I tried two other antennas in the past but the need for quick deployment & takedown made them less than ideal. The antennas worked well and in a different situation I would still be using them. I finally “discovered” the SOTABEAMS linked 20-30-40 dipole and it is great. I have it set up as an inverted V using a 20ft telescoping mast. The mast is secured at the base using a heavy outdoor umbrella stand. Many homeowners in my area have outdoor umbrellas so this stand/mast does not look out of place except being 20 feet tall… :-). I just lower the mast to a reasonable height and it looks fine. I keep the antenna ends supported at about 3 feet and with the mast lowered, the wires just droop down a lot. My SWR on 20 and 30 is low… usually about 1.3 - 1.5. I run an Elecraft KX3 with the internal tuner & tweaking the SWR takes only a second. SWR on 40 is not that great but it’s the fault of my backyard patio dimensions not the antenna. My “yard” is only 40 feet wide. I have to let the wire droop over the ends of my fence which is not an ideal situation; but the KX3 gets it tuned up pretty well. I really like the antenna and have had good success even running 5 watts CW with the current band conditions. My only complaint is with the US Postal Service. I paid extra for tracking & never once did I get an accurate up to date tracking schedule. In fact USPS never acknowledged receiving the package from the overseas shipping company and the only notification I got was the day it was delivered. For Stateside customers, don’t pay extra for the tracking. Good job SOTABEAMS! de Scott KI7AA

What a brilliant bit of kit. It's very light and takes up little space in the bag and works wonderfully well. A couple of minutes to erect on G/CE-001, connected to my radio and I worked Switzerland, Germany (summit to summit) France, Netherlands, Belgium plus some English stations all in a twenty minute period. Just using 2.5 watts on an FT817ND. Excellent.

I ordered my SOTABEAMS Bandhopper 20/30/40 only a few days ago this November and testing it straight on the spot was a`must`for me despite of the winterly temperatures not really suitable for outdoor qrp activities. So I put it up on a 7 m pole right away in my backyard garden and connected it to my Mountain Topper 3 Bander. It`s easy to put it up. Just follow the instructions on SOTABEAMS youtube video! No tuner, no adjusting, best SWR 1:1.1/1.2 on 40 and 30 m Bands and I am sure it would have been the same good tuning on 20 m, but so long I did`t try. AMAZING!! The signals come in so strong and it´s true, I could almost work all of the stations, that I received. The Mountain Topper`s power is only abt. 3 Watts ( 7 x AA battery cells), but the Bandhopper seems to bring almost every mW over to the called station. No losses, full power, reports are barely under 559 from all Europe. I am really looking forward to using the Bandhopper for outdoor activities next spring and summer. It really is a good antenna for qrp!

Recently bought the 20-30-40m version for SOTA activations and had a thourogh test in the backyard yesterday. I used a 10 m glass fibre telescopic mast as a central support and attached the centre Feeder of the antenna to the third segment from the top, as this doesn't bend the mast from the weight too much. Attachment was easily done by tying it to the mast with the supplied guy line. After putting up the mast (secured with three guy lines) I tied the antenna's ends to the supplied pegs, giving the antenna inverted V shape. I then measured VSWR with an Rig Expert AA54 on all three bands and found resonance to be spot on in the SSB segments. Well, working mainly CW, I then untied the knots at the and of the third (40m) segment. There was enough wire left to get resonance to 7.030 at VSWR 1.1. What more can you ask? The 30 and 20 m segments could also be adjusted as described by extending or shortening the segments with the croco clips; I think that is a very easy, quick and clever way to do this. With all three Segments tuned to CW resonance I had a few test QSOs with my FT-857 @ 10 Watts and got good reports Mind you, since the test took place in a very noisy HF environment with noise levels at S9+ I could only work strong stations, but nevertheless I was given between 579 and 599 from Germany, Romania and Sweden. Finished, I acheived a new record for the fastest packing up: the supplied wire winders are another thoughtful and extremely helpful feature of this antenna. And by the way: my recent experience shows, that having guy lines in bright colours is another clever feature: I used black guy line so far, which tend to be overseen by hikers passing by resulting in a few utterances I did not understand in English and the re-erection of the mast after loads of apologies on my side, not to mention loss of time for QSOs. To sum up: I am very happy with this multiband antenna and it certainly will be my standard companion for the next SOTA activations! 73 de DF6XP/p !

Fast efficient shipping to U.S. Quality construction, very well thought out design. Tuning is spot on, no adjustments needed. I do not usually buy wire antennas, however this one is a good value for the money. KC5BG Mike Emerson

Another top quality product from Sotabeams UK and the customer service is just top quality . Looking forward to using the 20/17/15 High hopper soon :) Carl 2E0HPI 73

Hi i bought the summit on the air SOTABEAMS HIGH HOPPER 15mtr-17mtr-20mtr ANTENNA about 2yrs ago for my field work my working conditions are a YAESU FT-817ND SOTABEAMS HIGH HOPPER 15mtr-17-mtr-20mtr ANTENNA SOTA BEAMS 7mtr POLE YUASA 12-12 12V,12.Ah BATTERY Now the bit every body wonts to no how good are the summit on the air antennas from my experience absolutely fantastic I have worked the USA CANADA SAUDI ARABIA on 5 wats RUSSIA most of EUROPE on 2.5 and 5 wats GREECE 2.5 and 5 wats TURKEY 5 wats now the summary SOTABEAMS ANTENNAS are great value for money for qrp amateur radio operator working in the field in any condition including your own back garden buy one you won't be disappointed with the results now the final Richard your antennas are very portable durable receive exceptionally well and a must buy for any amateur and I have just bought the SB BAND HOPPER II 20mtr-40mtr ANTENNA amateur radio is truly a world community M6BKV 73s