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Charliebrown
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Username: Charliebrown
Post Number: 56
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, February 20, 2010 - 10:48 am: | 
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Has anyone bought this antenna and have any feed back? If so does this antenna really perform on transmit and receive as advertised? It is built well better than other antennas to take the weather wind and more power, but really, does it out perform other antennas enough if any for that kind of money? Before I buy another antenna I want to make sure it does exactly what it builder says. Looking for some good help and info fellows so I can make the right choice before I purchase another antenna. For now I am leaning toward the maco 5/8 . Buy the way I have already tried the a99 and the imax 2000. The imax does out perform the a99. Let me here your experences on your choices and info fellows. Thanks |
Tech808
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Username: Tech808
Post Number: 17450
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, February 20, 2010 - 5:28 pm: |
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Go to:
Copper Talk
» Subscriber (Preview)
» Product Reviews
» I10K Base Antenna
This should answer any question's you may have.
Lon~Tech808
N9CEF
CEF#808
Radio Enthusiast!
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Patzerozero
Senior Member
Username: Patzerozero
Post Number: 4806
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, February 20, 2010 - 11:22 pm: |
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in a word, no. it can't. it's still a 5/8 wave antenna. even if it used a more 'efficient' or more 'effective' feed then a maco v5/8, the difference is SO TINY, it could never be heard by ear. built like a tank? absolutely. worth $450? absolutely not. to me at least. unless you're in antarctica maybe. my maco v5/8 is almost 25 years old. it is 1/4 mile from the atlantic ocean. it has been through a hurricane with 100 mph winds. it has been through 75+ mph hurricane force gusts countless times, blizzards, FEET of snow, ice storms, you name it, it's been through it. it HAS NEVER BROKEN. it's mast has come down twice. the radials bent, they were straightened. NOTHING has ever been replaced or repaired. heck, i've NEVER EVEN readjusted the SWR. EVER. i changed the coax twice. i think this coax is over 10 years old. STILL 1.1:1 on 27.200 and 1.6:1 on 28.400. worth every penny of the $59.95 i paid for it way back when. would i swap it out for an I10K? if it was free. i now know of 3 locally. 2 are west of me, 5 & 10 miles away. they both are about 10' higher then my maco. with the same output, NEITHER has ever been 'stronger' then me when we compare on skip. locally, from 10 to sometimes over 100 miles, neither has ever shown ANY noticeable difference in signal. come on now, they are BOTH closer to the other stations, whether it be skip or local. THERE IS NO 2-3-4-5 S-unit difference. EVER. and they are in the same environment as me, so $450 for tank-like construction has been proven to be unneccessary. at least 1 of the 3 does however always CLAIM his i10k is THAT MUCH better. however, signal reports tell otherwise. there is always a 'reason'. justification for spending $450 is the reason. |
Charliebrown
Member
Username: Charliebrown
Post Number: 57
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, February 20, 2010 - 10:28 pm: |
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TECH808, Thanks for all the very usefull and endless information. This has been very time consuming but worth it. For me when I get my next antenna I believe I will choose the 10k because it is tough and takes more power and is built to last. I would tell anyone to make your dollar count the first time around. You get what you pay for. If I had a second choice it would be the Maco v5000. The next choice would be the Imax 2000.I believe there is not much difference in the transmitt or receive of these antennas worth paying a big difference in the cost but, it is the quality of the antenna that makes all the difference. ONCE AGAIN FRIEND THANKS... |
Casey
New member
Username: Casey
Post Number: 2
Registered: 11-2010
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 3:37 am: |
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If Patzerozero's Maco is 25 years old it's not the same antenna as the new ones, and he's correct.
They are both 22'4" 5/8 and will offer near identical performance.
The new Maco V-5/8 is shortened to only about 20' tall and does NOT perform as well as the old one or the I-10K, especially if you lengthen the I-10K radiator to 22' 10" and remove the top hat, then re-tune the trombone match, shortening the upper half about 1"-3" for swr and then adjust the bottom half for zero reactance.
This makes it a .64 and will add performance, becoming more noticeable at ever greater distances. The further out, the better the improvement shows up.
The Imax 2K outperforms the current Maco V-5/8. |
Charliebrown
Intermediate Member
Username: Charliebrown
Post Number: 130
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 6:24 am: |
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A friend of mine does have the 10k antenna and he can not tell that it have helped him any over his other antenna's. In looking at his signal on my meter's I can not see any change. I did not even know he had changed antenna's until he had told me. I am sure it is built tough and will handle a lot of power but as for me, that would be the only reason to purchase one. I will be keeping my max 2000 . |
Dale
Senior Member
Username: Dale
Post Number: 1664
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Friday, November 26, 2010 - 10:08 pm: |
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thats absolutly true a 5/8 is a 5/8
now the 10k will out last 3 macos probly
if there was any gain it would be very minumin
maco instructions have changed since new owner ship there 248 inches now for 11 meter.charlie brown how far away are ya from each other
dale/a.k.a.hotrod
cef426
cvc#64
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Charliebrown
Intermediate Member
Username: Charliebrown
Post Number: 135
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, November 27, 2010 - 10:43 pm: |
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Dale, my friend and I are about 3 miles apart but we have many mountain's in between us. My friend had told me he could not tell any difference in talking skip or far away with this antenna over the antenna's he had in the past. He bought this antenna mainly for the power rating taking more wind. |
