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I'll save you the trouble.. the 102" by a long shot vs the 4 ft. You will have a hard time getting your swr low either with the 102", as the 102" does not work effectively without some sort of metal (ie. your vehicle) serving as the counterpoise (I believe that's the correct term). I would...

Never plugged straight into the antenna.. used a 36 foot piece, and a 150 foot piece.. was about the same each time, could never get ohms dead on 50 or the X to = 0. 60 feet higher in the air, it sure did drop tho.. it was close enough as it was though, but in the air it was flat out perfect...

I don't know much about tuning antenna's, but I know mine was a little off on tuning at a 1.1 with an x=5 and 53 ohms. Next thing you know.. 40-50 feet in the air, it was 1.0, with x=0 and exactly 50 ohms.. talk about lucky. I don't know EXACTLY what your looking for, but keep in mind if...

Goodness.. why are those antenna's so expensive. I was thinking of a gizmotchy til I saw the price. Josh

Even if you saw any gains from one to the next, it'd be so close it'd be a waste of dough. You'd be better off raising the antenna you have up higher, getting more power, or buying a yagi for the $300+ to make the swap. Peace, Josh

If $600 is your price range, I'd keep on the lookout for a decent SB220.. You can do 1500+ easy on a dosey, and it'll work on multiple bands. Peace, Josh

I'm looking for a 60-80 feet tower to man, for cheap :) Lol. Everybody around me seems to be getting them for free from folks who just want them gone.. I have had no such luck. This is in Atlanta, GA. Somebody 4 hours away had a 125-150 footer for free on ebay if you took it down, but I don't...

Nice. I used the same location for mine. Thanks, Josh

On the flatside, the beam will walk all over the groundplane to a majority of stations in DX. Good Luck, Josh

I got 2 with about 6 months use for ~$215 shipped. Peace, Josh

Here is the power supply I had ordered, but UPS dropped the maul on me (pun intended). As you can see, it's mangled on both sides, and the meter is busted out. Despite being triple boxed, packed slap full of packing, and bubblewrap and who knows what else.. Now, this was a 250 amp...

[img=http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/3245/1001594qf9.th.jpg] [img=http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/8019/1001596ay9.th.jpg] The antenna is about 77' to the base. It is installed on a 5-6 foot piece of angle iron which is lagbolted to the tree in 3 places.. it is also installed at a y...

Anybody ever ran a Cobra Cam 87.. how do they work? My dad picked it up the other day for me, and I didn't know one existed. I had heard of the cam 85 and cam 88 from doing searches on this board. I run a cam 89 now, and I love it.. I know it's probably nothing special, but it's just something I...

Easy to see how it could be a mistake. Someone who has never used a bird before probably isn't expecting their 4 pill to only do 400 watts. So they are thinking they are on the wrong scale. Josh

I almost forgot.. the maco v58, the piece the radials mount to was loose. Thanks, Josh

Interesting.. how much of yours is out of the tree? Is this pipe strong enough to actually raise it higher than a few feet out of the top without bending under a heavy wind and the antenna force. Will larger than a 1 1/2" fit in the clamps on the i10k? If so, would you recommend say...

I'm looking for a mast to support the weight of my i10k. It needs to be at least 8 feet long, as I plan on putting it 3-4 feet out the top of the tree to get the horizontal elements clear of everything. These radio shack masts I have wouldn't even begin to support it, that is for sure. Anybody...

Thanks for all the advice, but I have found the issue. I will post details later, maybe it'll save someone some problems in the future, but as for now I'm at work and don't have time. Josh

Recently a ratshack SWR meter.. but all day today I was using a friends mfj 259 advanced. I do not have a digital camera at this time, unfortunately, as I have lost the chord :( I have a new one on order. I will try to borrow one. I have changed the total length a ton 235-240+ with no real...

I would give the nod to the 10k. If you get a long shaft single coil, it will be just as high as the wilson. The 10k of course will edge out the wilson 5k in terms of performance, every time. The difference is not uncanny, however. You will notice some long range transmit/receive improvement...