Sidebar Sidebar
  • You can now help support WorldwideDX when you shop on Amazon at no additional cost to you! Simply follow this Shop on Amazon link first and a portion of any purchase is sent to WorldwideDX to help with site costs.

Imax 2000 only 7' off ground??

K3ACZ , No problems with running an A-99 . Iv'e used them for many years , until we had a tree taken down close by it would bounce off the branches on a windy day . I never had a problem getting out . Iv'e chatted world wide on it during the last good cycle . When it needs replacing I'm going to buy an Imax only because for a little more I personally just want to upgrade . A-99's are a great antenna it's been through a few hurricanes and Nor Easter's here on the East Coast . Mine is 48' to the tip and I'm on a hill almost 800' above sea level .:)
 
  • Like
Reactions: undertaker
I'm at 1682' in a mobile development with lots of trees in the Poconos.. Zoro shipped the Imax this morning before I could cancel it.. ughh..

They said I could get a free call tag to send it back..

So torn here.. I would love to keep it.. but the winds kick here.. maybe 60-70 on occasion.. and the point is discreet so it's not seen.. the whipping of the bigger Imax I think might draw attention..

I'm going to put up my mast to 17' which is 7 over my roof line and just wait to see if it's noticed.. before installing any antrnna..
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: 357magnum and undertaker
Welcome to the club my Imax is only 15' or so to the base.

9gK4


I have a 140' doublet up 40' feet or so. Antenna modeling shows it to be the perfect height for vary usable lobes from 80-20 meter bands. Looks how hard the 12 gauge wires are to see. You can easily use thinner gauge wires and a more discrete antenna connection, against those trees people would have a really hard time seeing it.
mY6u
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: BJ radionut, undertaker and 357magnum
JoeDirt said:
Welcome to the club my Imax is only 15' or so to the base.

fgto


I have a 140' doublet up 40' feet or so. Antenna modeling shows it to be the perfect height for vary usable lobes from 80-20 meter bands. Looks how hard the 12 gauge wires are to see. You can easily use thinner gauge wires and a more discrete antenna connection, against those trees people would have a really hard time seeing it.
mY6u
Click to expand...

Is there anything under the IMAX??

Like a roof or anything??
 
K3ACZ said:
Is there anything under the IMAX??

Like a roof or anything??
Click to expand...

I give up on the picture. Every other picture I linked worked but this one. I even deleted it and uploaded it again. As you can see its just above the roof line (hyperlinked it).

Years ago we had local CB competitions where we would drive up to the highest hilltop we could find and host a keydown (we called them stomps). Many of us would take a A99 or Imax and a 10' pole. That setup worked and was better than the old 102" whip but the guys who figured out mobile beams usually took the win. Never any issues with the A99 or Imax on the trailer hitch......
1OPkRumv1KzQnUerOPXxW0Q3NFUM_S9JW
http://gdurl.com/e_Qy
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: 357magnum and CB590
Finally after calling 3x and screaming Zoro got the Imax turned around with UPS and sent back to them without having to receive and send back..

A99 in route.. waiting sucks..

Debating on putting McKinley in house with kicker or just grab a Cobra 29 and a kicker (like a TNT 350) and run the A99..??
 
  • Like
Reactions: 357magnum
I worked some dx all over on a Silver Eagle 350 and a Ranger 6300F25. If you have an rfi or tvi issues don’t hesitate to put a choke or Ugly Balun to counter. They work well.
 
  • Like
Reactions: S&W357 and 357magnum
357magnum said:
Joe Dirt , Looking @ your pic of the antenna on the chimney , Do the bricks where the mounts are need repointing ? The reason I ask is one windy day my father-in-laws came crashing down because of it . Needless to say when it when back up my Mother-in-law made him use a tripod .:LOL: Just asking , 73 and God Bless , Leo
Click to expand...

I never suggest a chimney mount. Long term vibrations from the wind can crack the mortar and then even the bricks themselves. It's not the short term high speed gusts as much as the loooong term low vibrations.
 
  • Like
Reactions: JoeDirt, Shogun, 357magnum and 2 others
357magnum said:
Funny this post is up . My friend had tree cutters a few days ago put his Imax 70' to the base of antenna in a pine tree ! They left he never checked it when they were there now ...he thinks he has a bad solder joint 70' in the air ! Oh well check , check and recheck !jmo:whistle:
Click to expand...

Wait a minute, I can get tree trimmers to come put my A99 in the top of a pine?

I’ll be back, I’m going to start calling some tree trimmers...
 
  • Like
Reactions: 357magnum and Shadetree Mechanic

dxChat
Help Users
  • No one is chatting at the moment.
  • @ BJ radionut:
  • @ Wildcat27:
    Hello I have a old school 2950 receives great on all modes and transmits great on AM but no transmit on SSB. Does anyone have any idea?
  • @ BJ radionut:
  • @ ButtFuzz:
    Good evening from Sunny Salem! What’s shaking?
  • dxBot:
    63Sprint has left the room.


      Top Bottom
      Back