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What do you have up now??? A-99 is a half decent antenna. Easy to assemble and put up. Good SWRS. Antennas with upgraded and better performance would be: These are antennas i have personally used: Imax 2000 has better performance than A-99. Maco 5/8 has alittle better performance than...

If you love your Imax 2000's, cool! But, there is better performing 5/8 antennas out there. Whether you choose to believe it or not. As for bandwidth, hard to beat the Imax.

What kind of antenna was you matching? Base or mobile? Your SWRs seem high. You should achieve the same SWR reading on ch 40 as you do on ch 1. If you are tuning the antenna for ch 20 . For instance on my base antenna. Mine's tuned best for ch.35 instead of channel 20. Because i talk more...

A properly tuned Maco V 5/8 will outperform the Imax 2000 on recieve and transmit. You will not see a major difference. I once ran the Imax 2000 and had trouble with RFI,TVI along with a high static noise floor. But, if it's working good for you and your having no problems, i wouldn't...

I ran the Top One for alttle while. It's comparable in performance to a A-99 in my opinion. I got alot less noise on the Top One compared to fiberglass antennas i've tried here though. Not bad and not great. The aluminum is not the best, but, it should last for awhile.

The best height is 36ft or higher to the bottom of antenna. (Where coax connector plugs in)... If you can't get it up safely to that height, get it up as far as you can. Yes, use a steel mast on antenna. Your SWRS should lower once you get it away from everything. Also as stated by FL...

Yeah, that's what i run there KingCobra and i agree with you 100% on the I-10K antenna! Mrsippycup just needs to learn antenna basics, coax, grounding the antenna ect./ Reading through different subjects on this forum would be a big help also.

OK, Click on the following web address to look at Antennas, coax, Cb radios ect. This is a catalog that shows current antennas, coax and cb equipment. ALL CB PRODUCTS: http://copper.com/ Jay in the Mohave sells the I-10K groundplane antenna. Mr. Coily sells the Enforcer and Excalibur...

Easiest way to get started is to purchase a A-99 or Imax 2000 antenna. These antennas are fiberglass sticks. The A-99 is 18ft tall. Imax 2000 is 24ft tall. Just screw them together and mount them up in the air and your done. If you get a chance click on the web address listed in my previous...

What type of antenna are you looking for??? Groundplane or beam type antenna??? How high in the air can you place an antenna??? How much money are you willing to spend??? Go to: http://www.signalengineering.com/ultimate/co_phasing.html On the left hand side of the webpage you can click on...

Pointer, Also a true test is to have both antennas in the same exact spot, same height. I have dead spots here in certain areas. I can mount 2 antennas same height, but, 20 ft or so away from each other and the one out more toward the yard will drop 3 S-units. Mount it where the other...

Pointer, Was your contact a fixed local base station? Or was it DX??? S-Signals in DX change to fast for antenna testing. Make sure your SWRS are good. I have heard of a few people that have had the same trouble your having with your Maco 5/8. They played around with it until they...

Let us know how you make out pointer... Thanks

Yeah, your right Master Chief. Too many things changing and varying...

I have read that at 36 ft, 54 ft, ect. the takeoff angle is the best. I don't know whether to believe this or not. My antenna is 47 ft and does good.

Verticle Elements: To install the verticle elements #T43P,T18P, T15P use a felt tip marker and ruler and mark 6 inches from the unslotted end. Mark T10P 4 inches from one end. Now using the clamps and hardware slide the unslotted ends into the larger section to the mark and tighten...

Set up correctly the Maco 5/8 will out-perform a Imax 2000. So, something is wrong on the antenna. What Freq are you trying set it on??? Been awhile for me too. BOB 85, Assembly directions for Maco 5/8 can be found at: http://www.majestic-comm.com/assembly/index.htm

click on the link i provided in my last post and it will bring up all Maco antennas. ( assembly directions) It will tell you how to set SWRS on your beam.

Vertical is better for local talking. Horz is usually better for DX. The Antron 99 is a Omnidirectional antenna. It will get out equal in all directions. Decent for local talking and DX. The beam will provide better performance when pointed in the direction of who you are talking too...

The Verticle side and flat (horz) side each have a gamma match system that needs adjusted for best SWRS. Follow the directions in your owners manual. First set the Vert for best SWR. Then set the Horz gamma match for best SWR.