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Allagator
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2003 - 10:10 pm: | 
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IM giving up this antenna cause in the last week ive had 6 contacts and none on ssb just am ! So im gona put the A99 back up cause i can hear alot more on ssb with it !!!! does anyone want this antenna ????
Allagator |
Taz
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2003 - 11:53 pm: |
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hmm. How high up is it Allagator?
What kind of setup were you using? |
Alsworld
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 13, 2003 - 12:24 am: |
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Want it? You bet! But I'm sure you don't mean for free.
Allagator, right now conditions are rough. Skip is generally harder in the Summer months, and with the solar cycle heading downward, now is not the best conditions to judge your antenna. Couple that with horrizontal vs. vertical polorization, and it may be leading you astray.
My old keyboard is making this hard with bad typing, but hang in there. If for free, can I throw my name in the hat?
Alsworld |
Allagator
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 13, 2003 - 12:37 am: |
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Taz The m104 is set at 57 foot !!!! I just talked to Lon on the phone and im gona try something else if it dont work its free to anyone who will come get if and i will take it down unharmed !!!
Allagator |
Allagator
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 13, 2003 - 1:14 am: |
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yes i did say free !!!!! but you will have to come get it !!!
LON talked me in to trying a few diff things so im gona try and see what i get !!!!!!!!
Ill let you guys know when it comes up for FREE YES I DID SAY FREE BUT YOU HAVE TO COME GET IT !!!!!!!! AND I WILL TAKE IT DOWN IF YOU WNT OR YOU CAN TAKE IT DOWN !!!!!!
Allagator CEF/115
E-mail is gator8u77@hotmail.com |
Kc0gxz
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 13, 2003 - 2:28 am: |
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Allagator
I don't know too many people that run beams that do not also have a vertical antenna up. Once contact is made on the vertical and/or location is established, then swing the beam in their direction and switch it on.
Those little Maco 104s are generally pretty nice beams unless something is overlooked during installation.
Jeff, kc0gxz. |
Pig040
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 13, 2003 - 11:54 am: |
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Allagator,
I had a 103C that I just wasnt happy with either, switched to pdl 2's and got a lot better performance. Cute pic! |
applejack
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 13, 2003 - 10:01 pm: |
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ive got a 104 also and gave up on it back about 1999. ihave an a99 up now, both on the house and the garage. the reason for taking it down was because cb died out around here and since i wasnt talking on it, all that metal hanging over my steel roofed garage waiting for some storm to blow it down bothered me. |
Bigbob
| | Posted on Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 5:09 am: |
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Allagator,Kc0gxz is right many cbers around here have a coax switch and both a beam and an omni antenna for local and long distance local. |
Taz
| | Posted on Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 8:54 am: |
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Allagator,
Sun spot cycles are 11 years long. Interesting stuff, which is kind of the way skip works is from solar flares energizing the ionosphere so your signal bounces off of it like a big mirror.
Its just right now, the atmosphere isnt charged worth a da*n and with that being said, it won't work all to great. 
Keep the beam, you will really start to love it when skip rolls again |
Scrapiron63
| | Posted on Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 9:49 am: |
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The beam is for sure better, I use both a GP and beam, but the noise level is so much less with the beam. When skip is booming in at 9 over, anything will work, but like Taz said, its down now, makes it tough for skip but good for local talking. scrapiron |
Allagator
| | Posted on Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 5:25 pm: |
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A BIG THANKS TO LON (808)
I done just what you told me and they work great !!!!!! I fliped them babys now i can talk anywhere i want !!!!!! These things rock !!!!!
Thanks a MILLON !!!!!!!!
Sorry guys i gess im gona have to keep them now just cause 808 told me to try something !!!!!!
Allagator cef#115
P.S. SEE YA'LL ON SUNDAY !!! |
Tech808
| | Posted on Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 6:08 pm: |
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Gator,
Guess it helped for me to call you.
Glad I could be of help.
NOW, I MIGHT BE ABLE TO HEAR YOU THIS SUNDAY on the CEF NET!
Lon
Tech808  |
Bigbob
| | Posted on Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 6:30 pm: |
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WHAT THE HECK HE TELL YA???????????????? |
Taz
| | Posted on Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 6:54 pm: |
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I guess you were running the wrong polarization? |
Allagator
| | Posted on Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 9:44 pm: |
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LON YOU ARE A BIG HELP ON THIS THING !!!!!!!
and Bigbob he told me flip it vert and see what happens !!!!! WOW i can talk to some of my locals the others are mad cause i can talk longer distance then them i gess they need to join Copper and see what they are doing wrong !!!!
AND THANKS AGAIN (808) LON !!!
Allagator |
Taz
| | Posted on Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 11:22 pm: |
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lol allagator,
beams need to be on the vert for local, but usually horiz works best for skip. |
Bigbob
| | Posted on Friday, August 15, 2003 - 5:29 am: |
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I knew that . |
Buck
| | Posted on Friday, August 15, 2003 - 7:55 am: |
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Hey Allagator....I can come get that beam this weekend if its still free HE HE
Buck |
