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.

(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/

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

"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.