{"id":5620,"date":"2022-07-12T19:53:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T00:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.torlo.com\/blog\/?p=5620"},"modified":"2023-03-25T18:39:21","modified_gmt":"2023-03-25T23:39:21","slug":"optibeam-ob-12-4-hf-antenna-assembled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.torlo.com\/blog\/optibeam-ob-12-4-hf-antenna-assembled\/","title":{"rendered":"Optibeam OB 12-4 HF antenna assembled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finally got the Optibeam OB 12-4 HF antenna assembled and ready to be installed on a tower. This thing is built like a tank, weighing in at about 140 lbs. 40, 20,15 and 10 meter bands. Can not wait to get this beast installed and up to 75 feet.<\/p>\n<p>25 ft boom, Longest elements are the 40 meter elements at about 50 ft.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5621\" src=\"https:\/\/www.torlo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/289656151_10220855150120668_7193631249631158523_n-800x428.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.torlo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/289656151_10220855150120668_7193631249631158523_n-800x428.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.torlo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/289656151_10220855150120668_7193631249631158523_n-1024x547.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.torlo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/289656151_10220855150120668_7193631249631158523_n-600x321.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.torlo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/289656151_10220855150120668_7193631249631158523_n-768x410.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.torlo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/289656151_10220855150120668_7193631249631158523_n-150x80.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.torlo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/289656151_10220855150120668_7193631249631158523_n-250x134.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/www.torlo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/289656151_10220855150120668_7193631249631158523_n.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5622\" src=\"https:\/\/www.torlo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/288248896_10220855150040666_544253257081981573_n-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.torlo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/288248896_10220855150040666_544253257081981573_n-800x600.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.torlo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/288248896_10220855150040666_544253257081981573_n-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.torlo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/288248896_10220855150040666_544253257081981573_n-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.torlo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/288248896_10220855150040666_544253257081981573_n-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.torlo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/288248896_10220855150040666_544253257081981573_n-150x113.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.torlo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/288248896_10220855150040666_544253257081981573_n-200x150.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.torlo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/288248896_10220855150040666_544253257081981573_n.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finally got the Optibeam OB 12-4 HF antenna assembled and ready to be installed on a tower. This thing is built like a tank, weighing in at about 140 lbs. 40, 20,15 and 10 meter bands. Can not wait to get this beast installed and up to 75 feet. 25 \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.torlo.com\/blog\/optibeam-ob-12-4-hf-antenna-assembled\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[167],"tags":[179,174,170,187,188,186],"class_list":["post-5620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-amateur-radio","tag-amateur-radio","tag-dx","tag-ham-radio","tag-kenwood-ts-890","tag-om-power","tag-optibeam"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Optibeam OB 12-4 HF antenna assembled - Torlo - Making Life A Ride<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.torlo.com\/blog\/optibeam-ob-12-4-hf-antenna-assembled\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Optibeam OB 12-4 HF antenna assembled - Torlo - Making Life A Ride\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Finally got the Optibeam OB 12-4 HF antenna assembled and ready to be installed on a tower. 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