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Revpo
Advanced Member
Username: Revpo
Post Number: 779
Registered: 7-2006
| | Posted on Friday, September 11, 2015 - 11:26 am: | 
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Has anyone tried one of these on a IMAX 2000..
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Dale
Senior Member
Username: Dale
Post Number: 2232
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, September 13, 2015 - 9:54 am: |
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nope never tried that one. however i did try the gpk on the a99. seemed like it MIGHT have made antenna a lil quieter. the maco gpk however if i remember correctly. ARE 102 inches [or close to it] they might be worth trying.ive always wondered why they solar con made these gpk and they were always too short.imho i think the maco boomer is worth tryng or use 102 whips in the factory gpk mounting bracket.
dale/a.k.a.hotrod
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Charliebrown
Intermediate Member
Username: Charliebrown
Post Number: 462
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Monday, September 14, 2015 - 7:14 pm: |
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Good time to talk to Tech 833 |
Revpo
Advanced Member
Username: Revpo
Post Number: 780
Registered: 7-2006
| | Posted on Monday, September 14, 2015 - 8:28 pm: |
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DALE
I have tried the grnd plane on the IMAX I didn't see much of a difference. you are right they are short also, you would think they would be 102 inch at least.
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REVPO/DOCTOR/CEF 795
Wavin a hand from the cornfields of INDIANA
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Dale
Senior Member
Username: Dale
Post Number: 2233
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, September 17, 2015 - 7:30 pm: |
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yes one would think so. one idea i had yrs ago .just use 102 whips they have the same threads as the gpk from solarcon.or like i said earlier the boomer might worth a try. from what i could find o web bout them [not much] is i believe there the same lenth as the radials on the maco 5/8
dale/a.k.a.hotrod
cef426
cvc#64
454 [dx numbers]
38lsb
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Tech833
Moderator
Username: Tech833
Post Number: 2330
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Friday, October 16, 2015 - 1:46 am: |
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The Imax 2000 won't care if the ground planes are 66" (like the GPK kit) or 102" like the boomer. Either will work the same.
Unlike a 1/4 wave ground plane antenna, the Imax is self-resonant, so all the radials do is help uncouple the coax from the feedpoint.
Your radio 'Mythbuster' since 1998
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