An old thread but here goes anyway. Over the weekend we had a 2 day wind storm with sustained 60 to 70 mph gusts, that said the maco v58 didn't survive..... Well without deep pockets of hobby funds some research I found and pulled the trigger on the 1498. So I see it's really similar and comparable to the a99 and other copies but according to reviews the quality seems to be better. I guess I'll soon find out about that. I've read several horror accounts on the imax 2000 so I didn't go for that one. So being an older thread maybe someone has some experience with this antenna and can tell me a little bit about the tuning and performance?? It'll be on 11 meters for use.