Recent content by supergonzo

What determines whether something is voltage or current fed has more to do with what it is. 1/2 wave length elements such as dipoles or yagi element are considered current fed because that is there the highest current is at, being 1/4 wave length of each side. Full wave elements are all...

Get a beam and rule the airwaves, or better yet build a cubical quad antenna. http://www.wa2ooo.com/Quads.html

Yes is the answer to both questions. Ok, so what did he say?

Ok, reduced antenna size to 29' 6" using standard radial setup, and now with a choke below the coax and the antenna is now attached to a thick fiberglass mast instead of steel mast. I had suspected some feedline radiation on the mast and coax, so took these steps to eliminate any stray RF. It...

Not to spill drinks at someone else's party. BUT I have a Sirio 7/8 wave and a Hygain 5/8 penetrator both on my roof, both tuned, same coax lenght, same SWR..etc.etc. The Sirio hears better than the Hygain, however the Hygain so far out talks it. The S/N ratio of the Sirio appears to be...

More updates please, how does the antenna perform?? What has it been compared against?

OK, so how does it perform? And against what and how did you measure?

Do they have a capacitor hat? Its tough to see in any of your pictures?

The reason truckers use co-phased antennas is not for performance. Its because they WANT the signal to be out-front and behind the truck, and radiatiing in those directions only. They are interested in whats up ahead as far as traffic conditions and do not care about shooting skip. This is...

"Is the I10K perfect? Nope. It IS however, the best antenna on the market today and worth EVERY PENNY!!! "" We mostly agree, except over the matching system, AHH so what! -------------------------------------------------- Anyway The statement "best antenna on the market today" would apply...

"You've got some guts to tell me what I can and can't discuss intelligently on my own forum." Hey Man I'm not into politics, just trying state what I know to be true. -------------------------------- "I thought we were talking base antennas?" Me too -------------------------------- NO...

"The reason competition style antennas use big, wide open coils is because you need wide spacing on the coils to handle the power that will be applied. However, the real wide spacing doesn't have much inductance." I agree,which is why since the BIG coil antenna is not acting like a inductive...

Sorry for the long post. As a side note to the above "matching system be a small as possible" discussion. In mobile antennas, this is why all of those Monkey Made, Mr. Coily and other mobile antennas with extra large coils, DO NOT work as well as a 9 foot whip. Infact they do not work very...

"10K an upgrade to the original Penetrator" Yes maybe the term I used Knockoff wasn't quite fair. But it is based on the Penetrator (even stated so on Jay's web site) and IS Identical except for the matching system. The 10K uses the trombone matching system to allow it to run power up to....10K...

I have had Just about every Omni including Wolf Point .64 & Interceptor 10K & Sirio Antennas. And every common one, including all Avanti's, Antron's, Solarcon's, Lafayette, Hygain's The best Omni directional antenna I ever tested on my farm is a Hygain Super Penetrator 5/8 wave. WHY...