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Tech808
Moderator
Username: Tech808
Post Number: 2315
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 04, 2004 - 7:07 pm: | 
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POST YOUR FAVORITE BEAM'S YOU USE or HAVE USED FOR USE ON 10/11 METER'S (CB) HERE!
Lon
Tech808 |
Highlander
Intermediate Member
Username: Highlander
Post Number: 498
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 04, 2004 - 7:51 pm: |
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M103C--great antenna. Simple, not too big, great performance. |
Tech833
Moderator
Username: Tech833
Post Number: 668
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 10:04 am: |
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Anything from Signal Engineering. |
Pig040
Intermediate Member
Username: Pig040
Post Number: 400
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 10:09 am: |
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JoGunn 4 element |
okla=hobo (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 12:58 pm: |
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stacked 6s from hornet, now using a flat 4 maco
thehobo
on the backroads of okla. |
Ca346
Advanced Member
Username: Ca346
Post Number: 744
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 1:34 pm: |
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Lightning 4+ from Signal Engineering. |
Gezus306
Member
Username: Gezus306
Post Number: 54
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 6:18 pm: |
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Hygain 5/8 wave ground plane
PDLII
Crush Craft CD3 |
Wrk3
Junior Member
Username: Wrk3
Post Number: 17
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, May 06, 2004 - 10:21 pm: |
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what tech 833 said... |
Rumblefish
Junior Member
Username: Rumblefish
Post Number: 14
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, May 08, 2004 - 11:16 am: |
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a/s super scanner.. no rotor and alot quicker to "turn the house around". |
Waverider
Junior Member
Username: Waverider
Post Number: 14
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Monday, May 10, 2004 - 8:28 am: |
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My Moonraker IV is still kicking after all these years. Also had a PDL way back when and it's size to proformance ratio is tough to beat.
73's |
Sparkomatic
Intermediate Member
Username: Sparkomatic
Post Number: 298
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Monday, May 10, 2004 - 4:34 pm: |
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I like my Moonraker 4 but my favorite would be stacked 6 element hornets. |
Radiopat
New member
Username: Radiopat
Post Number: 6
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 6:06 am: |
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Without a doubt my Moonraker IV. Bought it way back in 1977 and still going strong. Best antenna I ever had. |
Chris Thompson (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Thursday, June 10, 2004 - 3:27 pm: |
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Does anyone know the phisical specs on a 3 element Shakespeare beam? I need the element lengths, spacing and the matching harness specs. The harness I have is for a four element I think. (72 inches) Thanks PS: This is not my favorite. |
Skunkweed
New member
Username: Skunkweed
Post Number: 9
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Monday, June 14, 2004 - 4:58 pm: |
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My favour is my homemade 5over5 optimized yagis.
Rock solid since 1994. Still good swr and no damage even on very heavy wind. Boom 60mm 6.8 meter long, elements 30/25/20mm. I don`t want another carppy shop one. Mike |
Cm3885
Intermediate Member
Username: Cm3885
Post Number: 497
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 07, 2004 - 2:39 am: |
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Original Avanti Moonraker 4s made in 1974... Got them used in 1996 and have had em up since 1997 and up until now no problems.. Wire busted from a severe thunderstorm in the spring of the year but that can be fixed very easily. Best beams ive ever had IMHO..
My other fave is the Avanti astrobeams. I have a set in the box -vintage 1975- that are pretty much new. I took them out of the box in 2002 and put them together to see if they worked alright. Took them apart and they sit in the box awaiting another day!! |
477
Junior Member
Username: 477
Post Number: 35
Registered: 6-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, July 08, 2004 - 1:32 pm: |
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a rebuild 2-element JoGunn |
Gonzo
New member
Username: Gonzo
Post Number: 3
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, September 04, 2004 - 12:07 pm: |
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Local Omni....HyGain Penetrator 5/8 wave
Local & DX Antenna Specialist Super Scanner
DX... Any 4 ele Quad beam; Avanti Moonraker 4
Even if both antennas are horizontally polarized, when you skip, the signal polarization twists and a Quad will be better than either a Vertical or Horizontal beam alone.
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If you speak to one location over a long GROUND wave distance, then a horizontal antenna will out perform a vertical. As long as both antennas are horizontally polarized. Less noise
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Box type refectors at the rear element of the beam will improve front to back rejection considerably |
Drexel
New member
Username: Drexel
Post Number: 4
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 11:57 am: |
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Mosley 4 element. Have owned two of them. Great horizontal or verticle. They don't advertise anymore, they are big into Military antennas now. |
Patzerozero
Member
Username: Patzerozero
Post Number: 87
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 10:05 pm: |
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only 2 beams i ever had were a maco comet that got modified by an ice storm in the late 70's and the 3 element quad i rebuilt it as...the year before maco came out with the comet.
always wanted a moonraker 6, but mom always said 'not on my house you don't.wait til you get your own house.' have had my own house for nearly 20 yrs-NO BEAM! since they don't make moonraker 6's anymore, my dream would be to stack a pair of 40' laser 500's! i could keep my 1kw amp on medium power then, huh?!
have to wait til i retire and move to the country though, if i tried stacking 2-40' quads, they'd hit the neighbors house on all 4 sides if i tried to turn 'em! |
Bruce
Senior Member
Username: Bruce
Post Number: 1531
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Monday, September 06, 2004 - 12:32 am: |
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Drexel
MOSLEY ! Great Antennas !
I used a DI-6 from 1966-2000 and the ONLY reason im not using it is the decay prevented me from restoring it ...... IT STILL WORKS ...... and now you know why they build military ones ! |
Bullet
Intermediate Member
Username: Bullet
Post Number: 367
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 08, 2004 - 3:56 am: |
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skunkweed, what a user name..
anyway sounds like a interesting beam.and i share your feelings on alot of shop beams made for 11 meters. |
