You know, to be confused, you gave a pretty good review, BUT, if you'll
reread our posts you'll see that we were not comparing the two antennas that
Charlie was talking about. I was simply commenting on the Ringo Ranger II.

73

"Jim - NN7K" wrote in message
. ..
You both might be interested in knowing that you are compairing apples
and oranges-- as the Ringo is VERTICAL polarized, while the M2 is
HORIZONTAL polarized-- makeing a 20 dB difference at the recieved
end - the advantage of either one depending on the polarization of the
recieveing antenna! -- Verticals for FM, Horizontals for C.W /S.S.B.
Jim NN7K

David 01 wrote:
No offense, but where I live live the guys joke that they use the ringo
ranger II as a fishing pole or dummy load. We haven't experienced a good
one
here. Anything else is far better in our experience and I know of no one
actually using one now, but they say there's a stack of them avsailable
for
free behind a certain store.

"Charlie" wrote in message
...

1. http://www.ad5th.com/VHF.html

Also shown my Ringo Ranger II - ARX-2B. Links to technical data for each
antenna also.

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Charlie
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