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Tech808
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Posted on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 - 3:25 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)





27Mhz 3' Balcony Antenna


CB Balcony or temporary installation antenna

Omnidirectional

Designed to work without Ground Plane

Factory tuned at mid-band

Electrical Data

Type: 1/4 ¥ë helical loaded dipole

Frequency range: 26-28 MHz

Impedance: 50¥Ø unbalanced

Radiation (H-plane): 360¡Æ omnidirectional

Polarization: vertical

Gain: 0 dBd, 2.15 dBi

Bandwidth at S.W.R. 2:1: 5000 KHz

S.W.R. at res. freq.: ¡Â 1.5:1

Maximum Power:
100W Continuous
300W Short Time

Feed system / position: Direct / Base

Connector: UHF-female

Mechanical Data

Materials: Aluminium, Steel, Nylon, Copper

Wind load / resistance: 36 N at 150 Km/h / 180 Km/h

Wind surface: 0.03 m©÷

Height (approx.): 960 mm

Weight (approx.): 700 gr

Mounting mast: ¨ª 25-32 mm


CLICK HERE ® 27Mhz 3' Balcony Antenna
Lon
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Pmb1108
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Posted on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 - 9:34 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Lon - I have an antenna like this one from the early 80's - the slang name given to it back then was the "BASEBALL BAT".
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Chad
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Posted on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 - 10:53 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

You gonna test one Lon?

Chad
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Tech808
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Posted on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 - 3:55 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Sorry but No, as I have No Balcony to mount it on to give it a good test.

And mounting it on a tower would not help Balcony owners much.

But all a Copper Forum Member needs to do if they have a Balcony is READ and follow the instruction's listed in the Topic in the OPEN FORUM titled:

Want to Write a Review or an Article for the Copper Forum?
Lon
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CVC#002
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Chad
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Posted on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 - 10:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Looks like it's on a mast to me ;)

It looks cool for a low profile peak-o-the-roof type of thing on a short mast.
Chad

CEF 433
HAM 212
not an ego thing, just keepin' the mods happy :-)
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1861
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Posted on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 - 11:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

will it work with weather channels ?
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1861
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Posted on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 - 11:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I was wondering if the weather on my 78elite would work hooked to this antenna .

Moderator Note!

If it works on your mobile or base antenna now it should work on this antenna also.
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Tech833
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Posted on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 - 11:38 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I ordered one. We'll see what it looks like. I figured, I rented the antenna range in Feb. to test the Penetrator R/S, might as well bring another antenna along too. More efficient use of the funds.
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Revpo
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Posted on Friday, January 26, 2007 - 5:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Looks good for those apartment bound, I wonder if it would work good on 10mtrs with an antenna tuner

revpo/doctor/CEF795/Indiana
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Wavin a hand from the cornfields of INDIANA
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Tech833
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Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 2:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I received the antenna yesterday. It is REALLY small!

I was able to disasseble it without damaging it so I could take pictures of the inside. Feb 18th. I will have it on the antenna range with the v3.2 Penetrator R/S. We'll see what happens.

Just from looking at it, I have no clear idea how it will work.
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Wildchild
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Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 9:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I have one on order. I think it will do me better than what I'm using now. I have 2 radio Shack 3 foot roof tripods and have some 5 foot mast pipe that I have been using for an antenna mount. And it works good with just 2 sections in the tripod. See I live in an apartment and cant mount an antenna to the building
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Wolverine
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Posted on Thursday, February 08, 2007 - 4:00 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

It looks like a longer and thicker, walkie -talkie whip.
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Waverider
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Posted on Thursday, February 15, 2007 - 3:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Looks like it might be perfect for my beach 20 which just happens to have a balcony!!!! Was gonna wait for 833's test but I already have plent of elevation so it should do fine. Will let you all now.
73's
Barry
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Bruce
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Posted on Thursday, February 15, 2007 - 9:43 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I had one made by midland and it worked fine ...

It was about equal to a short moble wip and swr was less than 2/1

The antenna would not tune up to 10 meters
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Tech833
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Posted on Tuesday, February 20, 2007 - 10:24 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

RANGE REPORT:

I wish I had better news. It is certainly better than a dummy load. It is a lot worse than the dipole. I need to find out why I can't get a good match on it and try again for definitive results that I feel comfortable reporting. For those with no choice (apartment balconies, etc) it is a lot better than an indoor antenna.
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Wildchild
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Posted on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - 12:46 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Tech 833 my antenna has a good SWR from 26.305 its about a 1.4 on 27.205 its 1.1 27.665 its 1.1 at 28.555 its 1.4 and thats being only 10 feet off the ground.
I did notice that if its close to a building the SWR is not as good as it is being about 20 feet from a building.
I havent taken it into the 25.000 or the 29.000 range yet.
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Tech833
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Posted on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - 10:36 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

In order to 'spin' the antenna in 'free space' on the range, it has to be mounted horizontally. Maybe the ground below it was causing the narrow bandwidth. Most antennas don't care. This one apparently does.
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Wildchild
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Posted on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - 2:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I haven't mounted mine horizontally just in the vertical position. You may be right it may not like being mounted horizontally. But in the vertical so far it works well.
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852
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Posted on Saturday, March 24, 2007 - 11:01 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Wonder how one of these would work on a mast in a trailer park enviroment???

"Tommy"
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Timc940
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Posted on Thursday, March 29, 2007 - 8:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

anyone ever talk any skip with this bad boy ?
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Kilo
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Posted on Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 11:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Has anyone used a mobile antenna for a base station.I would like to take my radio on vaction with me when i can .
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Bruce
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Posted on Sunday, January 04, 2009 - 12:45 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yes you can use them
On 6 since 66
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Foxhunter
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Posted on Sunday, January 04, 2009 - 3:08 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I have one very similar and this new antenna looks/appears nearly identical to it, at least externally.

The antenna I'm referring to is the Midland Saturn 39-inch Base Antenna (more recently known as the Workman B-100 Saturn Base Antenna).

Can this new version antenna be much different I wonder?
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Drzuo
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Posted on Monday, January 05, 2009 - 8:18 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I ran one of the Midland Saturn versions back in the early 90's for a year. I couldn't put up a permanent antenna so i bough a 5 foot tripod from radio shack and a 10 foot mast and put it up on the pool deck in the back of the house. I used a mobile radio on a power supply with a 1xmrf455 box keying about 15 watts and swinging from there. I was able to talk to my friends who gathered at the beach about 15 miles away. I did work some SSB DX but I cannot recall any am DX. I had reasonable SWR's and don't remember any "issues" during the time of use (about 1 year). A friend of mine in Oregon bought one and has issues with SWR's changing if he gets near the coax. I told him to add a few turns of coax at the antenna feed, but haven't heard back. He said regardless he gets out fine with it.
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Rick330man
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Posted on Sunday, January 11, 2009 - 2:30 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I had the Workman B-100 version mounted about 5' above my roof here in the lower Florida Keys. SWRs ran from 1.4 at channel 1, to flat at channel 19 up to 1.7 on channel 40. Very respectable across CB. Then I put a metal roof on the house and SWRs went even lower. Ran totally barefoot - 4 watt AM and 12 PEP SSB. Coax was a 27' run of RG-8X. Radio transmissions were almost exclusively over water. Performance was O.K. Spoke to W/T on a boat 11 miles away. Spoke to mobile 20 miles away.

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