Radioddity HF-008 6m-80m Portable POTA HF Antenna | SWR 1-1.5

Check out the Radioddity HF-008 antenna. Its lightweight and detachable design makes it perfect for POTA with your go-to HF radios. Let’s dive in!
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⏱️Chapters⏱️
0:00 Introduction
0:15 Specifications
0:30 Antenna Design
1:40 How to switch bands?
2:21 Work with M916 Antenna Base
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[@Sky1]

I did not have much luck with it and changing bands required you keeping an alan wrench swr meter and a lot of patience.

[@socallars3748]

Seems like this is basically a hamstick with a tapped coil for band changes, much like the Outbacker antennas of yore. I imagine the tuning is very sensitive to differences in mounting methods and ground plane/radials.
I recently picked up a JNCRADIO MC-750 from Chelegance, if you want easy band changes, it's a great choice. Just slide the whip to the etched in markings for each band and you're there, I stopped even checking SWR as there is no need. 40m requires an additional thread-in coil, which is included. 10 meters might need some adjustment, depending on which section of the band you want to use. No 80 meters, but I seldom want to work portable on that band. Anyhow, I'm really happy with it.