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    Tak-tenna Antenna systems

    Was just curious, I can lay over 300' both sides with lots to spear, just playing around with ideas and came across this. If does half it says does could be pretty neat, but I'd like to make a homemade one from scratch maybe using 1.1 or 4:1 even 9:1 and 16:1 balun, as well as a bit larger wire...
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    Tak-tenna Antenna systems

    http://tak-tenna.com/Customer%20photos.html
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    Tak-tenna Antenna systems

    Went to this site and read a review, okay guys what do you think? Let's rip this apart or give it credit. Basicallly is it a sham or what? http://tak-tenna.com/
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    Imax 2000 EXPOSED!

    So we're do you measure from to tip for that fine line bringing it to 27.185 or 27.000 at .64
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    Imax 2000 EXPOSED!

    What's it suppose to be for .64
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    need Ideas for Omni directional antennas for 144/440 and 23cm

    I'd need a triplex vs duplex between all 3 inlets
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    12 AWG Wire versus 1/2" Tubing

    I found 10ga worked best, better than 12ga and 8ga yup somehow go better spread on bandwidth for some reason.
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    Isolate A99 Antenna from Mast Pipe

    Maybe some pvc cut it and then use clamps To recluse it around might be better to isolate it too.
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    need Ideas for Omni directional antennas for 144/440 and 23cm

    It bites I doesn't have 1.25M/33cm and no mod to cover them.
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    Isolate A99 Antenna from Mast Pipe

    What I did
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    need Ideas for Omni directional antennas for 144/440 and 23cm

    What about collinear for 144/444 and 1200 1/2 / 1/2 / 1/2 ect or 5/8 or .64 wave same with 1200
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    need Ideas for Omni directional antennas for 144/440 and 23cm

    Have a kenwood TS-2000X how would you the comet 333 on all 3 bands at once?
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    need Ideas for Omni directional antennas for 144/440 and 23cm

    Can it be used indoors and outdoors as well
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    need Ideas for Omni directional antennas for 144/440 and 23cm

    Just trying to get ideas is all.
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    need Ideas for Omni directional antennas for 144/440 and 23cm

    How about like a fire stick wrap around it and in 5/8 wave how would one go about that?
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    need Ideas for Omni directional antennas for 144/440 and 23cm

    Something like this no ground plane ect.
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    need Ideas for Omni directional antennas for 144/440 and 23cm

    Seeking to make a home made one.
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    102" whip as base antenna on a metal post questions..

    I always thought of two 102" or 108" as a dipole and small rotor a half in thick pale of plexiglass and an SO-239 connector, connecting them. simple
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    need Ideas for Omni directional antennas for 144/440 and 23cm

    Any ideas on a simple vertical dipole like a IMAX 2000 type 144/440 and 23cm design. 1/2 wav and 5/8 wave and whatever else would be low angle and decent.
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    Baseline hiss/noise pick up on antennas

    So 1 ground rod all equipment ect minus antenna is run to that single ground rod? Also have had other say run 3' APPART attached to one another and more than one ground rod on ground and only 1 point all things are run to it to connect too? Is this still considered single ground point...