Looking for a suggestion for a base antenna. I live in the mountains of New Hampshire... lots of snow and ice... frequent winds... needs to be able to take a wallop. Not running an amp. Primarily for DXing on 38lsb.
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Base Need base antenna advice
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S&W357
$upporting Member KO4RJD....WDX-556
Winds down here are antenna eaters. Had to fix mine with a HD spring and a 102" whip. works for me. Called the StarBuster looks like the old StarDuster but Texas Tough. 
Skip rolls in and it does pretty good....Chicago, Maine, NC, SC, FL, and needless to say Mex.
Skip rolls in and it does pretty good....Chicago, Maine, NC, SC, FL, and needless to say Mex.
Working DX less to do with the antenna and more to do with mother nature. 14g wire at 20' would work just fine if the band is open.
S&W357
$upporting Member KO4RJD....WDX-556
True on that. I've got a 1/2 wave horizontal wire dipole up about 20-22 feet. At times that works better than my a-99 for DX.
I need to dig my dia pole out and hang it up in some trees. built it years ago. worked pretty gud.
I have one of Jays Intercepter 10K antennas.
This is without a doubt the most robust built antenna I have ever owned and has survived many winters up here in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
It is not a cheap antenna but it is built like a brick house.
These antennas can withstand 100 MPH winds for real.
Ice and Snow no problem.
You can contact Jay here on this forum ( Jay in the Mojave) and see if he will build you one.
I don't think they are in production any more but it would not hurt to ask.
If not there are some copys of his design around but I would try him first.
Best built vertical antenna I have ever owned hands down.
73
Jeff
This is without a doubt the most robust built antenna I have ever owned and has survived many winters up here in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
It is not a cheap antenna but it is built like a brick house.
These antennas can withstand 100 MPH winds for real.
Ice and Snow no problem.
You can contact Jay here on this forum ( Jay in the Mojave) and see if he will build you one.
I don't think they are in production any more but it would not hurt to ask.
If not there are some copys of his design around but I would try him first.
Best built vertical antenna I have ever owned hands down.
73
Jeff
Ditto..the next best omni is the Shockwave.
But if it's DX, just run a dipole is fine and fixable.
My A-99 has held up well on this windy / snowy hill it's mounted on a 30' push pole . But remember cost wise ... " Wire is your friend " .
p500 is strong.... just if conditions are that bad its will not hold up like a I-10k but you can strengthen it up. use better clamps etc..... although the ones that came with mine look decent. got mine from DX Engineering. https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/hgn-spt-500
I run a full wave rectangle side fed loop 42 feet to center. Easy to build, have built , moxon, jpole, dipoles, this one has been the keeper for me, has great ears and a good send. On the bucket list is the old 300 foot v beam Texas Tornado, with 10 db, maybe by fall if I can fall into a 300 meter coil of #12 wire, I have the space, and the inclination, just like this old antenna design.
Check out the Bird Cage antenna built by Dave Made it’s a full wave vertical built like a tank. Also Mr. Coily and Shockwave are excellent preforming antennas built very strong.