"merlin-7" wrote in message
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"Jerry Martes" wrote in message
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"merlin-7" wrote in message
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I like lakeviews ...
http://www.hamstick.com/9007.htm

lots of gain with a pattern great for boats. you may need the ground
plane
kit but I can tell you, this is a great antenna for the price.
Besides, I have not killed mine yet. It's a brute.. I also get great
reports in areas where a 1/4 wave cannot even (key up the repeater)

Just an idea...


Hi Merlin

Do you have any suggestions about how the manufacture rates the power
handling capability of that hamstick?

Jerry

I do not, sorry ..
I only pump 65 watts into mine but from looking at the way it's made, I
bet
it could take 1,500 watts.
However, I do not think that I would like 1,500 watts output That close to
me...

It is a 7 foot antenna, stacked 5/8-5/8-1/4, I think. I do know that it
puts out a really flat pattern (I do not chat much on 2 meters with
airplanes)

Hi Merlin

I was actually curious about the meaning of the "DC" they use to define
the power rating of the 2 meter hamstick.

Jerry