Recent content by Titan7

Thanks, helpful, the only tech work I do is soldering a mic plug and swapping crystals, lol. I don’t mess with high voltage stuff inside radios or amps. Thought if I picked one up that has been restored I would be okay. I just liked the look of the radios, I will stick with my ICOM 7300 & 718.

So I opened the ham radio “can of worm” lol

I have read a bit that the E and F are the better ones but I have no idea or what to look for. Thx

Lol, it ain’t perfect but it does work pretty good for what it is, YMMV.

I should also point out that antenna tunes up well I was able to get a perfect 1.1-1 match.

I have one and have used it outside on my pool deck, could get 10-15 miles with a stock radio, in suburbia OC, CA. I think it would make for a good compact camping antenna.

Thanks, well I am going try putting it together tomorrow, perhaps I will not need to cut anything. I will check it out with my antenna analyzer before cutting anything.

One question, I am looking at the instructions for the gain master, they are bad. So I tune it by the length of the middle and top pieces of fiberglass sections, got that, the last part is a bit confusing, it states to leave 1 to 1.5cm of play in the wire, “do not pull the wire tight”, okay I...

Thanks for the suggestions.

Thanks guys, I got GM a week ago but have not put as it’s been raining in SoCal and I really need to figure out where it’s going to go. I can get it away from the house but I don’t want to run 100ft of RG8x due to a 1.4db loss. Since I am running barefoot on a 1976 SBE Console II, I need all...

I am sure they both work great, since I am mounting it low RFI is something I want to avoid. I think the GM does a better job.

Thx, I will pick up a gain master.

Is RFI an issue with one vs the other?

I am on a hill in suburbia Orange County CA. Yes RFI is something I would like to avoid if possible. Just for reference I was using one of the Firestik indoor base antennas sitting on my concrete pool deck and could get good reports for about 10-15 miles. I would use it but it’s not really...

looking for a base antenna that’s gonna be mounted pretty low, as in 10’ above the ground. Thoughts on both of these? It’s only for my old SBE Console II CB, running barefoot. Not an optimal height but I am only on 11 meters for local talk every one in a while. I may put this on a fold over...