Workman Saturn B100 antenna

[secret squirrel]

Anyone have any real world experience using one of these Workman Saturn B100. I am thinking about setting one up on a mobile home just to monitor local traffic. Not concerned with DX. The other idea I had was just using one of the extra 102 whips and spring I have laying around.

Thank s all,

 

[Big Kahuna]

Do not buy that antenna. I don't even know how they are allowed to sell it. You could run your coax to a coat hanger and have better luck.

If all you are doing is listening then a 102" whip should work fine and just run a wire from it to the ground and pound in a small metal stake. Heck you may even be able to TX if you can adjust the wire for proper SWR.

If height restrictions are an issue you could run a Sirio D 27 or just build a simple dipole and run either horizontal or inverted V.

Any of those options are better than the Saturn crap.

 

[secret squirrel]

Do not buy that antenna. I don't even know how they are allowed to sell it. You could run your coax to a coat hanger and have better luck.

If all you are doing is listening then a 102" whip should work fine and just run a wire from it to the ground and pound in a small metal stake. Heck you may even be able to TX if you can adjust the wire for proper SWR.

If height restrictions are an issue you could run a Sirio D 27 or just build a simple dipole and run either horizontal or inverted V.

Any of those options are better than the Saturn crap.

Thats what I wanted to know. I just wanted to work with the extra just I had laying around. I have the 102 whip and extra mount.

 

[L2]

A 102 inch whip worked well for me mounted to my chimney when I was starting out as a kid.

 

[AudioShockwav]

I was given one of those antennas a few years back.
It is ok if you want to talk from the house to the garage, as long as the garage is not to far away.
I think a 50 ohm dummy load would work better.
It really was a POS.
A home brew 1/4 wave will be light years ahead of that thing.

73
Jeff