SOTAbeams, the portable radio specialists

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The SB270 SOTAbeam has been designed to perform in the most difficult conditions. Building on years of experience from hundreds of users of the SB3, the SB270 has revolutionised VHF and UHF lightweight portable operating.

The "Full Kit" includes:

• the beam's boom including mounting brackets
  
• elements for 2m (stored inside the boom)
• elements for 70cm with rugged storage tube feeder (terminated in BNC connector)
• 7m mast (beam mounts at 4m)
• guying kit for mast (four guys, four pegs, four guy runners, guying ring)
  
• indelible marker
  
• comprehensive instruction manual.

"Great Value for Money!" That's what our users tells us!

Our beam is supplied as a complete kit. You get a great performing beam that is optimised for lightweight portable. It comes with a mounting bracket, mast, feeder system and guying kit.

We also know that our beams face a tough life, operating outdoors in all manner of conditions, that's why we are happy to supply any spare parts you may need - try asking for spares for competing products and you may well be disappointed.

Try a new band?

With the SB270 not only do you get a three element 2m beam but you get six elements on 70cm too! Explore a new band - typical hilltop ranges 150km+ (much more for summit-to-summit contacts).

Like the original SOTAbeam, all the elements fit inside the boom - yes, 2m and 70cm as well!

Easy and Fast Element Fixing Method The elements screw into the boom using a unique screw fix system designed especially for this application. Just twist to lock the elements in place "so easy it feels like cheating".

Stable Guying Kit

We even supply a storage container for the 70cm elements, in case you want to leave them at home. A four-guy system with new runners and new adjustable collar system. Easier and faster than ever before. ...but that's not all.

RF Specification

The new manufacturing process has allowed us to redesign the 2m beam achieving higher gain and a better front to back ratio than the original SOTA Beam.

• 70cm - six elements Gain 10.4dBi, f/b ratio >18dB. Designed for a wide bandwidth for satellite and ATV use.
• 2m - three elements 2m 8dBi, f/b ratio >13.5dBi. Great for lightweight microwave talkback.

Typical VSWR better than 1.5:1.

The SB270 is designed for use with SOTA Poles where it sits at about 4 metres above ground level. It will work with most types of telescopic "fishing pole" type aerial supports but may fix at a different height.

Features

• super-fast assembly and disassembly - takes less than 1 minute;
• pre-adjusted element fixings; no need to tune the antenna up before use;
• antennas supplied with 6 metres of cable pre terminated with BNC plug (BNC to PL259 adapters available);
• mounting hardware designed specially to fit our SOTA poles (will suit most other lightweight telescopic poles);
  
• can be mounted either vertically or horizontally (or swapped between the two in seconds);
• each beam is supplied with a guy ring, adjustable guys and lightweight aluminium alloy pegs all of which have been designed to fit our popular SOTA Poles (will suit most other lightweight telescopic poles;
• super-light design weighs less than 250gm (boom+brackets+2m and 70cm elements) beam packs into a single tube;
• 1 m long computer optimised performance 100W recommended power rating.

Please note that the SB270 requires limited self-assembly before first use (typically takes about 30 minutes).

Customer Comments

Other portable beams used for portable operation may not quite so portable!

"I've been using a 7 ele ZL Special... for the 144MHz Backpackers. The 817 has two antenna sockets, and we get some weak continental beacons...so like-for-like testing was quite easy. First conclusions, ...was that the ZL Special couldn't be working properly. So this weekend we tried the SOTA up against a 9 element Tonna ...here was still barely an S-point in it, with the Tonna just winning. And as for putting up and taking down the SOTA beam against the Tonna - don't even ask!" Neil G4HUN

"Many thanks for the rapid despatch - my goodies arrived safely in the post this morning. All I can say is I am very impressed with the design, its implementation and the documentation." Ted G7BQM

"On the past two activations from [Rombalds Moor]I have really struggled to work anybody, but with the new SB270 I worked quite a few people! I am very pleased with the antenna, and it has got me interested in working on 70cms too!"

"I have a 144MHz MASPRO 5 element beam ...the performance of the SB270 is much better in all respects even though it has 2 elements less!"

Remember that the full SOTA Beam pack is a complete product (you get a beam, feeder, mast, mounting brackets and guying kit) - competing products are not supplied complete!

The SB270 has no wire elements to get caught on bushes/heather.

Dimensions?

The SB270 elements pack into the boom giving a highly-portable antenna, just 1m long*.

The mounting brackets provide a convenient point of attachment for travel.

Special soft plastic end-caps hold the elements safely inside.

SOTApole is 1.15m long when collapsed.

The packed SB270 is 1m long. The elements store neatly within the boom for travel.