Steveo wrote in
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"pete" wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message
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Which is the best light wind load horizontal/vertical on the market
today?

Hardly anyone uses them, try google for reviews.

Yeah I tried that first and it seems you're right, Pete. My Y-quad is
wore out after many years of good service and I was wondering if the
Maco comet would be much of an upgrade:

http://www.bellscb.com/products/ante...maco_comet.htm

Or just buy another Y-quad.

http://www.bellscb.com/products/antennas/Maco/yquad.htm

I wish the PDL II was still being made.


I'm glad they quit making it. CB'ers should be seen, not heard.

SC

I'm glad they quit making it. CB'ers should be seen, not heard.

SC


You're a Radio Bigot!!!!!!!!!! You pick on those who aren't like you.
You're just jealous because no one will talk to you on the CB since you
loast your Ham License.


IDIOT!!!!

From: (Steveo)
"pete" wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message
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Which is the best light wind load

horizontal/vertical on the market today?

(Hardly anyone uses them, try google for reviews. )

Yeah I tried that first and it seems you're right,

Pete. My Y-quad is wore out after many years

of good service and I was wondering if the

Maco comet would be much of an upgrade:

Or just buy another Y-quad.

I wish the PDL II was still being made.

Have you considered stacked V-quads?

(I AmnotGeorgeBush) wrote:
From: (Steveo)
I wish the PDL II was still being made.

Have you considered stacked V-quads?

Not really. I think jo gunn is the route I'm going so far. Anyone disagree?

Steveo wrote:

(I AmnotGeorgeBush) wrote:

From: (Steveo)

I wish the PDL II was still being made.

Have you considered stacked V-quads?


Not really. I think jo gunn is the route I'm going so far. Anyone disagree?
Being a fan of the ants, the only thing i can say about them is its 10+
years in a salt air environment and the only thing I modified was the
nuts/screws to stainless.

On 25 Oct 2006 04:50:05 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Which is the best light wind load horizontal/vertical on the market today?


I drive around alot, and find myself looking at antenna often. I almost never
see quads. I always see 3 element beams, and usualy with a combo of other ham
antennas (2M and such).

Vinnie S.

Vinnie S. wrote:
On 25 Oct 2006 04:50:05 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Which is the best light wind load horizontal/vertical on the market today?


I drive around alot, and find myself looking at antenna often. I almost never
see quads. I always see 3 element beams, and usualy with a combo of other ham
antennas (2M and such).

Vinnie S.

vinnie i droive arund to sumtimes wehn i punce but the maco quard is
whet i maed moss of my eme qso whit but the jammeres haev a bot so
indeed my contents were infractured by a few hat hams who want to gte
rid of the ars.

Vinnie S. wrote:
On 25 Oct 2006 04:50:05 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Which is the best light wind load horizontal/vertical on the market
today?

I drive around alot, and find myself looking at antenna often. I almost
never see quads. I always see 3 element beams, and usualy with a combo of
other ham antennas (2M and such).

Vinnie S.

I'm the same way, always looking for antennas when I'm traveling about. I
like to use the flat side every now and then when the band opens up so I'm
going to put up another quad of some sort.

On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:08:49 -0400, Vinnie S.
wrote:

+++On 25 Oct 2006 04:50:05 GMT, Steveo wrote:
+++
+++Which is the best light wind load horizontal/vertical on the market today?
+++
+++
+++I drive around alot, and find myself looking at antenna often. I almost never
+++see quads. I always see 3 element beams, and usualy with a combo of other ham
+++antennas (2M and such).
+++
+++Vinnie S.
*****************

Quads are very nice antennae. They are a bit more tidious to setup and
errect than single polarity yagis are. Being that the driven element
is a full wavelength the feed impednace is much different than that of
a yagi and a better broad band match can be implemented.

One disadvantage of quads is that they need to be physcally higher
than a horizontal yagi. Depending on how you mount the rotation of the
antenna, can even make the placement of the boom even higher. A major
advantage of a quad is that element for element, the quad will have
more gain than a yagi design.

One other thing is the fiberglass spreaders whould be protected from
UV light. Some form of coating to block UV light is a necessity. UV
light tends to break down the resin composition of the spreaders. In
years gone by bamboo spreaders were used with some degree of success.

james

Hey look an actual question that makes sense............ :O)

On 25 Oct 2006 04:50:05 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Which is the best light wind load horizontal/vertical on the market today?