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Doggie619
Junior Member
Username: Doggie619
Post Number: 24
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 3:01 pm: | 
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i want to buy a beam ant but not sure what to buy.i want it for dx so it needs to be a horz. and vert. both and no bigger than 18 ft long. any suggestions on make and type would be nice.jogunn,maco or any others would be great. |
Tech808
Moderator
Username: Tech808
Post Number: 6021
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 5:47 pm: |
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Doogie619,
CLICK on the Link Below to see the Antennas that Copper Has to Offer. It will give you a start and let you see the Specs of some of the Antennas on the Market.
ANTENNAS-BASE
Hope this helps,
Lon
Tech808
CEF808
N9OSN |
Road_warrior
Advanced Member
Username: Road_warrior
Post Number: 637
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 2:38 am: |
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Maco Shooting Star is a nice antenna.
4 element, Horz and Vert., 17 ft boom.
Good price compared to other antennas
on the market. |
Primetime314
New member
Username: Primetime314
Post Number: 2
Registered: 4-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 8:21 pm: |
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Laser 400 will put others to shame |
Allagator
Advanced Member
Username: Allagator
Post Number: 622
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 8:35 pm: |
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M104C is a nice antenna too !!!
only thing is youll need a good size rotor to turn it !!!!!!!!
hope this helps !!
Allagator
CEF115 |
Wally38
Junior Member
Username: Wally38
Post Number: 11
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 10:30 pm: |
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I love my maco shooting star I just put up a week ago. I shoot all kinds of skip on the horizontal side.
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Dx431
Senior Member
Username: Dx431
Post Number: 1059
Registered: 2-2002
| | Posted on Friday, June 10, 2005 - 1:56 am: |
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Maco M103C is a good ant, and doesn't take an expensive rotor to turn it. A heavy duty tv. ant rotor will turn it without a problem.
I ran one horizontal with a Rat Shack HD TV Ant rotor for about a yr with no problems.
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Bburck
Junior Member
Username: Bburck
Post Number: 23
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Friday, June 10, 2005 - 3:23 pm: |
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Don't really bother with buying a vertical/horizontal combo like the comet, shooting star, super lazer 400/500. Go with a horizontal only M104, M105, or an M106. You will not need the vertical. But, then again.. just my humble opinion..
WoodStock
Augusta, GA Home of the Masters
27.225 AM |
Wally38
Junior Member
Username: Wally38
Post Number: 12
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, June 11, 2005 - 10:59 am: |
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I'm glad I got the vertical/horizontal combo. The vertical pulls in my locals very well and my wife's mobile on her way home from work. Then I switch to horizontal for shooting skip. Works very well for that.
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Nickle
New member
Username: Nickle
Post Number: 2
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, June 11, 2005 - 11:21 am: |
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well I run a maco m 105 on the flat side only and talk local and skip any time i want to. At 40 feet in the air. IT is one of the better antennas i have owned. |
Road_warrior
Advanced Member
Username: Road_warrior
Post Number: 643
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, June 11, 2005 - 11:57 am: |
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Dx is better talked while on the Horz side.
But, once in awhile DX signals are stronger
while on Vert side. And Verticle is best
for local talking to base and mobiles.
A dual polarized beam is nice to have in
my opinion.
JIM
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Pig040
Advanced Member
Username: Pig040
Post Number: 801
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, June 11, 2005 - 11:56 am: |
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If you have a lot of locals, verticle is nice, otherwise, horizontal is the way to go, a lot easier to work on a beam with one polarization.
Rich |
Bburck
Junior Member
Username: Bburck
Post Number: 24
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, June 11, 2005 - 2:36 pm: |
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I won't disagree that vertical polarization isn't useful.. BUT.. if you have a good omni directional antenna say 40-80 feet in the air you really won't need the vertical side. I do understand the "ears" aspect for picking up weaker stations, but a really good ground plane at the right height will work well, just won't be able to pinpoint the signal since it not only broadcasts "omni".. it listens "omni" too. |
Jellybean
Member
Username: Jellybean
Post Number: 58
Registered: 1-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, June 11, 2005 - 3:17 pm: |
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I ran a Moonraker 4 for quite awhile. It was nice, but even for local~ 10-40 miles, the verticle side was directional. I think you would be happier with
a 4 or 5 element set horz and then put a Imax, Maco 5/8, I-10K, Spectrum 1600, A99 etc... on top. Unless your locals are in one direction from you. Even when the skip was doing better with verticle polarization, a single ground plane or a copy stick worked as good as the MR4's verticle side pointed at them working dx. JMHO |
Road_warrior
Advanced Member
Username: Road_warrior
Post Number: 644
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, June 11, 2005 - 4:24 pm: |
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Yeah Bburck you made a good point.
And that does make a good combination.
Guess it's all up to what you want there
Doggie669.
Even though a person runs any kind of
beam setup, its nice to also have the
ole Omni groundplane antenna also.
JIM/PA/ CEF 375 |
Iluvrf
Intermediate Member
Username: Iluvrf
Post Number: 110
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, June 11, 2005 - 9:21 pm: |
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Run your beam flat side and an Imax above it on the same mast and you will have a smoking setup |
Tech291
Moderator
Username: Tech291
Post Number: 193
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, June 11, 2005 - 9:42 pm: |
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I agree with Iluvrf on the setup
tech291
CEF#291
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Deceived1
New member
Username: Deceived1
Post Number: 5
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, June 12, 2005 - 6:14 pm: |
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I like my cushcraft A4S 4 Element  |
