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Massappeal
Junior Member
Username: Massappeal
Post Number: 12
Registered: 6-2008
| | Posted on Saturday, May 30, 2009 - 1:43 pm: | 
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looking for a small beam in residential neighborhood.have looked at both of these beams and and the maco is half the price.but power multiplication is 14 times on the maco and 28 time on the smokin gun. i will be operatintg a ranger 2995dx with either antenna i decide to get.hope someone can help.
thanks
mike |
Bruce
Senior Member
Username: Bruce
Post Number: 5081
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, May 30, 2009 - 5:07 pm: |
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WOOW .....
You cannot depend on antenna adds for real gain ...
Gain is determined by the number of elm and how long the boom is. For any 2 antennas the same size gain will be about the same.
Gain is about 6dbd ( 4X ) on a 9 foot boom with 3 elm ......and 9 dbd ( 8X ) on a 6 elm beam on a 18 foot boom .....
Here is one I know well and it does what they say it does ...
www.hy-gain.com/Product.php?productid=VB-64DX}
Again most antenna gain numbers are simply dreamed up ...
On 6 since 66
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Massappeal
Junior Member
Username: Massappeal
Post Number: 13
Registered: 6-2008
| | Posted on Monday, November 16, 2009 - 7:21 pm: |
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another question is which is a better made antenna the maco's or the jo gunn. also looking at the skip jack? |
Dale
Senior Member
Username: Dale
Post Number: 1520
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 6:50 pm: |
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well the maco is mostly made of wire actually.
the smoking gunn is all alumin.between two ya listed id honestly would choose the jogunn.
and NOT because of gain claims but i honestly believe it would outlast the v-quad
dale/a.k.a.hotrod
cef426
cvc#64
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Massappeal
Junior Member
Username: Massappeal
Post Number: 14
Registered: 6-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 10:34 pm: |
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which is a better jo gunn the smokn gun 2 or the skip jack. will only be using to shoot skip already have an imax 2000 for the locals |
Bruce
Senior Member
Username: Bruce
Post Number: 5236
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 9:47 am: |
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They are equal both are 6 DB class gain antennas. |
Train_man
Member
Username: Train_man
Post Number: 71
Registered: 10-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 1:52 pm: |
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You already have a vertical antenna, so why get a quad? I would get a yagi (horizontal beam) like a 3 or 4 element and mount the Imax above it. The yagi would have less wind load than a quad. Also the yagi can be turned with a light/medium duty TV Antenna Rotor. |
