What antenna is this.

[HomerBB]

As you may know, I spent most of my time making antennas, and those few I've store bought were the old standards, A99, Imax, Sirius GP2745, Astroplane, etc. I have one in possession that looks very similar to the A99, tuning rings, three sections 18.5' long, AND has an adjustable length stainless steel rod inside the top section about 6' long.
What is it?
Also, it will not tune on 27 MHz.

 

[Lost Ram]

I would sweep it with an antenna analyzer.

 

[HomerBB]

I would sweep it with an antenna analyzer.

I did. The antenna is shot inside. No where is resonant.
I figured it out. It's a Tram 1498 1/2ʎ 11 meter antenna.

 

[Lost Ram]

Glad you got it figured out. When you described it Tram and Hustler jumped into my bean as some of those have an adjustable stinger but the adjustment rings like the A99 threw me.

 

[HomerBB]

Glad you got it figured out. When you described it Tram and Hustler jumped into my bean as some of those have an adjustable stinger but the adjustment rings like the A99 threw me.

Yep. Me, too. Wasn't familiar with that combination.

 

[ClaimJumper]

It's an Antron 99. Someone put that end piece on there in place of the stock stinger. People were making those metal ends in order to fine tune. I have one here. The threaded base on it broke off in the wind because of the weight of the metal. I don't use it anymore. Often those tuning ends were used by maul droppers in contests. I think it allowed them to attach the Antron to a vehicle and still tune it, without having the necessary height. They could run like a million Watts through it attached to a Chevy Suburban. They would use the vehicle as a ground plane. I once saw a Suburban with eight alternators under the hood to power a massive amplifier.

 

[HomerBB]

It's an Antron 99. Someone put that end piece on there in place of the stock stinger. People were making those metal ends in order to fine tune. I have one here. The threaded base on it broke off in the wind because of the weight of the metal. I don't use it anymore. Often those tuning ends were used by maul droppers in contests. I think it allowed them to attach the Antron to a vehicle and still tune it, without having the necessary height. They could run like a million Watts through it attached to a Chevy Suburban. They would use the vehicle as a ground plane. I once saw a Suburban with eight alternators under the hood to power a massive amplifier.

Thanks for the reply. I am familiar with those "Fire-Up" Firestick top sections many replaced the Antron top section with. I have one in my shed I've never used. What this one has is a 6' long stainless steel rod inside the removable fiberglass shell of the top section. There is a set screw within the section coupler to the top of the middle section that allows the rod to be adjusted in and out for coarse tuning the antenna to resonance. The rings at the bottom provide for SWR fine tuning.
Look up the Tram 1498 to see what I'm referring to.

This is what I am referring to.

 

[ClaimJumper]

Gotcha.