Antenna Genius Observations and Thougts

Good Morning,

I was batting back and forth about installing a one radio Antenna Genius to my Tower/Station. But the more I looked at it, I decided it was not for me. Here are the reasons, 1. Antenna Genius is not Waterproof to have outside, unless you are mounting it in some sort of container. 2. It cannot be mounted on the tower where the Antenna Connections would be facing downward. 3. One must have not only an ethernet/lan connection and also a 12V power supply connection to power the unit.

I did my research and found a much easier installation that fit my needs. I was able to keep my DXE 8 port switch. I was able to connect the control cable from my antenna switch to the connections on another Radio Band Connector. I was able to connect via USB cable my Flexradio 6400M directly to the Radio Band Connector. The only programming I had to do with the Flexradio USB connection was to make sure that it was looking specifically at the TX Band that I was on. I was then able to program the Radio Band Connector to automatically change to the proper antenna for each band when I changed the slice frequency on my radio.

And it works just fine. I am not saying that the Antenna Genius is not a good device. But in my situation, too many additions/alterations would have to be done. Do I think 403A could make the Antenna Genius easier to mount on one's tower like other antenna switches are? Yes, I do. Do I think they could make it more weather proof? Yes, I do.

The installation I saw on Youtube, was where the person mounted the Antenna Genius inside and had to lead all of his coax cables inside the house. For me, that definitely would have not been an option. These are just my thoughts and if you are presently using the Antenna Genius with good success, that's great. I just found a simpler easy way to achieve the same results with an easier more cost effective result.

Mark Griffin, KB3Z