An old guy around here where I live, used to say you could talk around the world on 10 W, you just need a good antenna, really good coax, and when the propagation is correct, you can talk anywhere. I’m sure you’ve heard it 100 times and I heard it also but the antenna and the coax will work very well with a cheap radio also. I’m glad to see everybody having such good luck with the Sirio antenna.
Hence my point. Your comment is misleading and irrelevant. The topic of the thread was on purchasing a "new" Sirio 2016. You know.... one made in the 21st century and not the 20th. Unless they possess a time machine they'll be buying mine
.... and there's the problem with Sirio antenna's in a nutshell....and the point of my post. Like most things of yester year they were built better....but no longer. So you can't compare apples to oranges because they aren't the same animal. I ultimately sleeved mine to the next joint so it's still up and working but for a new product it shouldn't have to be done. We'll also see how long it survives.2017A, 6060/63 is a kind of aluminium alloy
In "old, ancient ages" antennas were made of good quality aluminium alloy like 2017A
Now, when cut cost is everywhere they make antennas from shittyminium (6060)
Mike
So you buy what is supposed to be a great antenna but you have to sleeve it? Am I missing something?
....and mine was less than 6 months old and couldn't survive conditions less than that. So the question for a new buyer is.... am I the outlier or are you? This is my second Sirio with problems in a 2 year time span. Another operator here in Southern Oregon had the same thing happen with his Vector 4000. If they didn't use garbage aluminum they would make fantastic antenna's. So....based on the build quality...I would avoid Sirio.
My other video was deleted somehow. I did take some footage of the antenna at a 90° angle in the wind. Can't find it. But this one is at the end of an ice storm and if you look closely you'll see that the ground radials are thick with ice.