Zero-five antenna

[552fl]

Tom was such a very nice guy on the phone when I called him asking questions about the 05..antenna
. But it looks like I'll be sticking with the starduster for now..

 

[Dmans]

looks like with that amount of cost the darn thing would do something huh,,,

It does something....................................lightens your wallet!

73's
David

 

[dave457]

What ever became of the Merlin (I believe it was called) antenna ?

 

[hotrod]

Tom was such a very nice guy on the phone when I called him asking questions about the 05..antenna
. But it looks like I'll be sticking with the starduster for now..

for price and performance the maco v5/8 would be the only antenna id try to replace the starduster with. is your starduster a sirio or antenna specialist??

 

[552fl]

Sirio antenna

 

[JAF0]

A center fed dipole like the StarDuster works quite well, even has about 3dB gain over a 1/4 wave GP but you'll see an improvement in your long range non-skip DX of around an S unit near the fringe areas of the 1/2 wave when switching to a 5/8 due to a typically lower angle of radiation.
They just seem to hang in there longer, at least that's what I saw when I lived on a ridge and had both.
The 5/8 Hustler outperformed the Starduster by a notable amount on both receive and xmit, especially out around 40-75 miles