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I don't think so. I never heard him say that

That's too bad. He has a lot of knowledge he could share here. He was assisting me and guiding me through a little project I have going with an old 250 and just disappeared.

Barkett has nothing left. Gatekeeper had the stuff and a small mod he was going to tell me about for a DX 250 but I ne4ver got back to him. Now, I want to get the project finished and I can't find him.

Anyone know what happened to Gatekeeper? Hasn't submitted a video to you tube in 6 months and didn't answer my text. He's got a bunch of Texas Star parts and I'm trying to find a supplier for a few pieces.

Thanx! I can see how some folks would love to get in there and start turning crap! LOL

Just for curiosity sake, how does one access the service menu in the quad 6 pro?

You don't know the rest of the story about the 955 with the beefed up finals that I HAD at one time. Those finals were a test and they turned out to be not suited for running an amp. Yes, they could be turned down far enough to drive it, no issues. BUT, they were extremely sensitive when keying...

That sounds like an excellent deal, depending on the cost of shipping. I am absolutely interested as I am going to mount the rotator inside the tower with a thrust bearing on top anyway. The only load it will carry is the wind load area of 3.3 Sq/Ft. Let me know what you find out and if you...

That's what I was thinking but want to make sure. The wind load spec is only 3.3 Sq/Ft so I'm hoping a small, light rotator will do.

I appreciate the discussion and shared info on my thread looking for a beam. Great bunch of guys here! The next question is obvious. What would be the best rotor for the money to use on this antenna. I have absolutely no aspirations of upgrading, because I absolutely do not have room. I'm going...

As I said, I've seen reports of a solder Joint breaking on the end of the coil. You've got to take that outer case off and look at the way the coil is mounted

You're welcome. I've heard something about the solder joint breaking away from the coil on these.

GREATLY appreciated, Henry!! This was kinda the conclusion I was getting when I was thinking about the signal bounce. I was not aware of the ground gain, though, which is a welcomed addition. This kind of solidifies my idea of the V quad, then. Horiz polarity mounted approximately 25 to 30 feet...

Appreciate the info. Yeah, I was thinking about that last night. I did some research and found that many, if not most with beams are using H polarization rather than vert. After thinking it over, I may just go that route because everyone says it cuts the noise in half, and sometimes even more...

Thanks for all the replies and excellent info, guys! I have a lot of reading and studying to do before summer so I can decide on the best fit for my application. This would all be so simple if I had a 50' free-stander and a bucket truck~! But, such as it is, I have to make due. So far, looks...

Boom length of 11+ feet and element length of 18; makes the yagi design impractical for me. That's why I was asking abut the V quad. I won't have the room to swing a 3 element, let alone a 4, if my tower goes on my shed roof. Unfortunately, I'm not as young and tough as I used to be so erecting...

Personally, I would go with a yagi type all day long. BUT, this would mean a free standing tower and lots of money, plus lots of labor that this old body doesn't have much of. So, I'm wanting to put the rooftop tower on a shed, but the shed is rather close to some trees and a power line about...

I'm not sure. As with MOST MFGs, they don;t give the full info, dBd or dBi.... Here is the spec page and image" https://www.macoantennas.net/Antennas.html https://www.macoantennas.net/AntennaDetailedPages/VQuad.html

Looking to add a beam to my Arsenal and have been studying until my mind is numb. For space and wind load reasons, I've been seriously looking at the v-quad. Supposedly, 11 DB gain, roughly six or seven foot turning radius, and a 90 mph wind load survival. What I'm looking at doing is putting a...