what's the best cb base antenna you had
 

Back in the 70's i had a colinear clr-2,very good antenna about 19' tall
with 3, 9' radials,excellent recieve and transmit,wish i could find
another one.
i had a starduster,good antenna, i didn't like the way it mounted,than
after that i got a shakespeare 18' fiberglass something like the
antron,lost a lot of signals compared to the starduster.also had a super
scanner by antenna specialist,it was 3 vertical elements, you rotate the
signal and not the antenna,not bad,but missed signals compared to the
other antennas. i always wanted to try the astro plane antenna, they
still make them.or the sirio, the one that looks like it's upside down.
the antenna i have now is the i max 2000.not bad i guess, i just want to
try something else.

what's the best cb base antenna you had
 

(avj 1) wrote:
Back in the 70's i had a colinear clr-2,very good antenna about 19' tall
with 3, 9' radials,excellent recieve and transmit,wish i could find
another one.
i had a starduster,good antenna, i didn't like the way it mounted,than
after that i got a shakespeare 18' fiberglass something like the
antron,lost a lot of signals compared to the starduster.also had a super
scanner by antenna specialist,it was 3 vertical elements, you rotate the
signal and not the antenna,not bad,but missed signals compared to the
other antennas. i always wanted to try the astro plane antenna, they
still make them.or the sirio, the one that looks like it's upside down.
the antenna i have now is the i max 2000.not bad i guess, i just want to
try something else.

I've been very satisfied with Jay's ground plane.

http://www.a1antennas.com/

what's the best cb base antenna you had
 

On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 23:57:44 -0700, (avj 1) wrote in
:

Back in the 70's i had a colinear clr-2,very good antenna about 19' tall
with 3, 9' radials,excellent recieve and transmit,wish i could find
another one.
i had a starduster,good antenna, i didn't like the way it mounted,than
after that i got a shakespeare 18' fiberglass something like the
antron,lost a lot of signals compared to the starduster.also had a super
scanner by antenna specialist,it was 3 vertical elements, you rotate the
signal and not the antenna,not bad,but missed signals compared to the
other antennas. i always wanted to try the astro plane antenna, they
still make them.or the sirio, the one that looks like it's upside down.
the antenna i have now is the i max 2000.not bad i guess, i just want to
try something else.


Try building your own. Hoist it as high as possible, the higher the
better. Or get an el-cheapo antenna tuner ($10-20) and throw some wire
into a tree -- works better than any prefab antenna I've ever tried.
Or use the tuner to load up whatever is available: rain gutter, flag
pole, bed spring, 'laundry-line array'........ the only limitation is
your imagination.

what's the best cb base antenna you had
 

Steveo wrote in
:

(avj 1) wrote:
Back in the 70's i had a colinear clr-2,very good antenna about 19'
tall with 3, 9' radials,excellent recieve and transmit,wish i could
find another one.
i had a starduster,good antenna, i didn't like the way it mounted,than
after that i got a shakespeare 18' fiberglass something like the
antron,lost a lot of signals compared to the starduster.also had a
super scanner by antenna specialist,it was 3 vertical elements, you
rotate the signal and not the antenna,not bad,but missed signals
compared to the other antennas. i always wanted to try the astro plane
antenna, they still make them.or the sirio, the one that looks like
it's upside down. the antenna i have now is the i max 2000.not bad i
guess, i just want to try something else.

I've been very satisfied with Jay's ground plane.

http://www.a1antennas.com/



And you complain about Telstar spam.

ROFL

what's the best cb base antenna you had
 

Slow Code wrote:
Steveo wrote in
:


(avj 1) wrote:

Back in the 70's i had a colinear clr-2,very good antenna about 19'
tall with 3, 9' radials,excellent recieve and transmit,wish i could
find another one.
i had a starduster,good antenna, i didn't like the way it mounted,than
after that i got a shakespeare 18' fiberglass something like the
antron,lost a lot of signals compared to the starduster.also had a
super scanner by antenna specialist,it was 3 vertical elements, you
rotate the signal and not the antenna,not bad,but missed signals
compared to the other antennas. i always wanted to try the astro plane
antenna, they still make them.or the sirio, the one that looks like
it's upside down. the antenna i have now is the i max 2000.not bad i
guess, i just want to try something else.


I've been very satisfied with Jay's ground plane.

http://www.a1antennas.com/




And you complain about Telstar spam.

ROFL

How in the world is Steve's response considered spam? A suggestion maybe
but not the constant crap the 'professor' spews.

what's the best cb base antenna you had
 

On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 23:57:44 -0700, (avj 1) wrote:

Back in the 70's i had a colinear clr-2,very good antenna about 19' tall
with 3, 9' radials,excellent recieve and transmit,wish i could find
another one.
i had a starduster,good antenna, i didn't like the way it mounted,than
after that i got a shakespeare 18' fiberglass something like the
antron,lost a lot of signals compared to the starduster.also had a super
scanner by antenna specialist,it was 3 vertical elements, you rotate the
signal and not the antenna,not bad,but missed signals compared to the
other antennas. i always wanted to try the astro plane antenna, they
still make them.or the sirio, the one that looks like it's upside down.
the antenna i have now is the i max 2000.not bad i guess, i just want to
try something else.


If you want to spend the money, get Jay's Interceptor 10K. If you don't have
the money to spend, get the Maco V5/8 or the Imax 2000.

Vinnie S.

what's the best cb base antenna you had
 

On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:34:09 -0400, jim wrote:

Back in the 70's i had a colinear clr-2,very good antenna about 19'
tall with 3, 9' radials,excellent recieve and transmit,wish i could
find another one.
i had a starduster,good antenna, i didn't like the way it mounted,than
after that i got a shakespeare 18' fiberglass something like the
antron,lost a lot of signals compared to the starduster.also had a
super scanner by antenna specialist,it was 3 vertical elements, you
rotate the signal and not the antenna,not bad,but missed signals
compared to the other antennas. i always wanted to try the astro plane
antenna, they still make them.or the sirio, the one that looks like
it's upside down. the antenna i have now is the i max 2000.not bad i
guess, i just want to try something else.


I've been very satisfied with Jay's ground plane.

http://www.a1antennas.com/




And you complain about Telstar spam.

ROFL

How in the world is Steve's response considered spam? A suggestion maybe
but not the constant crap the 'professor' spews.


Oh my God. He doesn't even not what spam is.

Vinnie S.

what's the best cb base antenna you had
 

On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 03:55:38 -0700, Frank Gilliland
wrote:

+++i had a starduster,good antenna, i didn't like the way it mounted,than
+++after that i got a shakespeare 18' fiberglass something like the
+++antron,lost a lot of signals compared to the starduster.also had a super
+++scanner by antenna specialist,it was 3 vertical elements, you rotate the
+++signal and not the antenna,not bad,but missed signals compared to the
+++other antennas. i always wanted to try the astro plane antenna, they
+++still make them.or the sirio, the one that looks like it's upside down.
+++the antenna i have now is the i max 2000.not bad i guess, i just want to
+++try something else.
+++
+++
+++Try building your own. Hoist it as high as possible, the higher the
+++better. Or get an el-cheapo antenna tuner ($10-20) and throw some wire
+++into a tree -- works better than any prefab antenna I've ever tried.
+++Or use the tuner to load up whatever is available: rain gutter, flag
+++pole, bed spring, 'laundry-line array'........ the only limitation is
+++your imagination.
**************

I heard once on ten meters a guy that loaded up his chain link fence.

Heck it radiated. Probably has a funny pattern but if someone answers
back it is okay.

james

what's the best cb base antenna you had
 

On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 21:44:25 GMT, james wrote
in :

On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 03:55:38 -0700, Frank Gilliland
wrote:

+++i had a starduster,good antenna, i didn't like the way it mounted,than
+++after that i got a shakespeare 18' fiberglass something like the
+++antron,lost a lot of signals compared to the starduster.also had a super
+++scanner by antenna specialist,it was 3 vertical elements, you rotate the
+++signal and not the antenna,not bad,but missed signals compared to the
+++other antennas. i always wanted to try the astro plane antenna, they
+++still make them.or the sirio, the one that looks like it's upside down.
+++the antenna i have now is the i max 2000.not bad i guess, i just want to
+++try something else.
+++
+++
+++Try building your own. Hoist it as high as possible, the higher the
+++better. Or get an el-cheapo antenna tuner ($10-20) and throw some wire
+++into a tree -- works better than any prefab antenna I've ever tried.
+++Or use the tuner to load up whatever is available: rain gutter, flag
+++pole, bed spring, 'laundry-line array'........ the only limitation is
+++your imagination.
**************

I heard once on ten meters a guy that loaded up his chain link fence.

Heck it radiated. Probably has a funny pattern but if someone answers
back it is okay.

james


I've done that with the neighbor's fence before. In fact I made it the
antenna for my first shortwave radio. Worked fine for me. The only
problem was whenever they opened the gate I would have to retune.

what's the best cb base antenna you had
 

"avj 1" wrote in message
...
Back in the 70's i had a colinear clr-2,very good antenna about 19' tall
with 3, 9' radials,excellent recieve and transmit,wish i could find
another one.
i had a starduster,good antenna, i didn't like the way it mounted,than
after that i got a shakespeare 18' fiberglass something like the
antron,lost a lot of signals compared to the starduster.also had a super
scanner by antenna specialist,it was 3 vertical elements, you rotate the
signal and not the antenna,not bad,but missed signals compared to the
other antennas. i always wanted to try the astro plane antenna, they
still make them.or the sirio, the one that looks like it's upside down.
the antenna i have now is the i max 2000.not bad i guess, i just want to
try something else.


Best omni antenna was homemade. I had bought a 1/4 wl ground plane and had
it up about 50 ft. I thought it was a good antenna until I was at my friends
house and he had a 5/8 closer to the ground that worked beter than mine. I
had seen a book at school that showed how to match a 5/8ths to coax usung a
coax stub. A homemade 5/8ths was put together using the ground plane for
parts. Antenna worked great for a few months and then it got really quiet. I
found the coax stub had got saturated with water. Replaced the coax stub
with an open wire stub and this worked well for a couple of more years until
I had mechanical problems with the stub. At this time it got replaced with a
coil wound on some acrylic rod that I had come by. Antenna is still in use
today, well it was a year ago last Christmas, by the neighbor I gave it to
in 1973. Nice thing about homemade antennas is they are easily repaired.