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    2 meter base station & distance?

    Ok...another thing that bothers me about 2 meter is why in the world don't they make a modern day ALL MODE 2 meter transciever ?? I know supply and demand ect ect...but dang!
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    2 meter base station & distance?

    Can I run power and a pre-amp? Or will this distort my audio?
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    Sirio Tornado

    How much of an improvement over Antron 99
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    Sirio Tornado

    Was the hardware good enough or did you use self tapping screws?
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    Sirio Tornado

    959 how is performance? Compared to any other antennas
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    Sirio Tornado

    How difficult was the Tornado to build and set up in the air...the Maco was a nightmare by myself...long a** radials
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    Sirio Tornado

    Correction: Marconi ...the mv58 length with good swr if I remember right was 20 1/2 ft
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    Sirio Tornado

    Marconi this is exactly what happened....I barely got that sucker in the air (made some good contacts at 20ft ) at the time I was way out in the country...and here in north Texas winds and storms are violent....after a few months I noticed my inline swr meter was in the red..walked out and the...
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    Sirio Tornado

    Undertaker will u post pictures of the antenna when you get a chance? And...are the supplied hardware strong enough to hold the antenna together? When I put together the Maco V58 the clamps sucked and when i mounted the antenna after a while the elements slid down inside one another
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    Sirio Tornado

    Undertaker what do you think of the antenna so far?
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    2 meter base station & distance?

    Wondering how much you have to pinpoint a vertical yagi on 2 meter?
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    CB dipoles

    Yep! I have been keying up for 30 years and your gonna spend that dolla$
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    2 meter base station & distance?

    Lol...noise pollution..so my preamp must handle whatever power I'm transmitting...learned something new!
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    CB dipoles

    T thank you for that..appreciated
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    2 meter base station & distance?

    Can u run both?
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    CB dipoles

    Been there done that...iMax too....Maco v58....Just wanted to go real simple because I have no money at this point
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    2 meter base station & distance?

    Are all pre-amps the same? Any good ones out there? DX engineering has one for $139..I didn't know you mounted them at the antenna feed point until you guys mentioned it...but if I run really good coax and have a low noise level I could run it to the shack? I live in a very small town and up on...
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    CB dipoles

    What dipoles are better? Spookie? Bazooka? Regular? Co-phased? Bobtail? Sloped? Grrr
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    CB dipoles

    Excellent info!!!!!
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    CB dipoles

    Thank you!