"Sugar Lollipop" wrote in message
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which is the better antenna,let's say for recieving.the i max 2000 or
the maco 5/8.


Go with the Maco. Your neighbors will like you better. Most of the
fiberglass verticals, although they do work well, are horrible at decoupling
the coax shield, and tend to radiate from the coax. This can be tamed by
adding a few turns of coax at the feedpoint, but the angle of radiation will
still be high. Another thing to consider is lightning. Having had several
fiberglass antennas destroyed by lightning, I switched to the Maco, took
another strike, and had NO damage to the antenna. The coax was another
story, but that can be replaced easily.