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Gregra77
Junior Member
Username: Gregra77
Post Number: 23
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, June 20, 2010 - 9:42 am: | 
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Is a 102 inch steel whip a 10 meter antenna ? |
Tech833
Intermediate Member
Username: Tech833
Post Number: 200
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, June 20, 2010 - 11:58 pm: |
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Add some ground planes and it could be...
Your radio 'Mythbuster' since 1998
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N8fgb
Member
Username: N8fgb
Post Number: 93
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Monday, June 21, 2010 - 7:13 pm: |
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I use one for ten meter from the mobile. Works good.If you want to use it fixed, then add a couple ground radials.
Rich |
Dale
Senior Member
Username: Dale
Post Number: 1606
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 8:28 pm: |
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hmm. i thought 102 inches for 10 meters is a little long?
dale/a.k.a.hotrod
cef426
cvc#64
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Tech833
Intermediate Member
Username: Tech833
Post Number: 203
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 1:28 am: |
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Not for the CW portion of the band.
I have a 102 inch whip over 102 inch ground planes here and it matches over the whole band. Lowest SWR is about 28.3 MHz.
Your radio 'Mythbuster' since 1998
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Dale
Senior Member
Username: Dale
Post Number: 1608
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 6:33 pm: |
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wow i didnt know that.i just knew it was
perfect for cb band. and being 10 meters is slightly higher in mega hertz i always figured
the whip would be about 4-8 inches too long.
never thought bout the cw portion however.thank you tech 833 learn something new today
dale/a.k.a.hotrod
cef426
cvc#64
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Mikefromms
Senior Member
Username: Mikefromms
Post Number: 1025
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Monday, August 09, 2010 - 11:18 am: |
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People need to try out their cb antenna on 10 meters before "selling" them and buying 10 meter antennas. I made the mistake of selling a PDL II and Antron 99 when I got my first ticket back in 1990. Some work on 10 meters without a tuner with acceptable swr and the others just need a twik of the tuner or if you abandon cb just shorten them a might. I made an expensive mistake. The 9 foot whip is the best mobile antenna you could probably find for 10 or 11 meters. |
