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Workman Saturn B100 antenna

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secret squirrel

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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.

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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.
 
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Big Kahuna said:
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.
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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.
 
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