I forgot to mention that the swr is good for a much greater range than shown on their swr plot.
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Lightening L2 Quad
- Thread starter Mudfoot
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My buddy and I are enjoying the antennas especially having some good rejection off of the back. They are working well. Thanks for all of the input and suggestions !
I just inherited an L2. I built this antenna for my wife's dad about 6 months ago. The build was much harder than I anticipated, but went ok. We stood it up on an 8-foot pole in the yard and got the SWR down to very respectable levels (don't remember exactly, but like 1.2). We then put it up at about 32 feet high on the tower. Even with the low SWR, he never was very impressed with its performance. He didn't notice any gain over his A99, and the rejection was less than stellar. We just got done building a Maco Comet for him, and he is super-stoked. Now I get to try to make the L2 work for me. I plan to disassemble and redo most of the hardware. I want to get rid of the ridiculous cockeyed screws. I also wonder about using metal hose clamps for the matching wire standoffs instead of the cheap plastic ones we all had to mod with electrical tape. The L-brackets on the standoffs are all metal, so surely the metal hose clamps wouldn't interfere. Any other pointers would be greatly appreciated.
Shadetree Mechanic
Delaware Base Station 808
Oh no, right when the dx is starting to get good. Maybe a mag mount antenna on the refrigerator will get you by?
We took the L2 down a few days ago and the quad wire broke off the eyelet that attaches it to the white drive wire. Taking it up and down is a real pain here so I disassembled and packed it all away and will probably sell it. I was able to keep every last screw, nut and part that it cane with. When I get time I will Ebay it. If anyone is interested I am at Talesout@optonline-net
It said to read the notes your wires they say the backside but in the note figure 6 The wires goes at then end of the boom front wire in front of fiberglass rod toward the end of boom the reflector wire goes on the back on the fiberglass toward the end of boom just like the front yours not that way you didn't read the notes but antenna looks good good job if SWR ok and have good gain try it but i would change it like instructions.