RadioBanter - X-terminator antenna

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"(Scott Unit 69)" wrote:
Steveo wrote:
$36.95 SP-5000 X-Terminator V, 1000 Watt Single Open air coil, 1/8"
square Copper wire, 70 inch overall length.

So anyway Tnom, is the above version ok or do have a recommendation?

Don't buy it, Steve.

Why not?

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- Tnom used a radio modified for 'swang' and modulated it with a tone.
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Just a example of how you are making these statements up now. That's
why you are an oxyMORON like I said earlier.

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- Tnom did two tests. The first test used two receivers. If the variables of the
test were constant, the readings should have been identical if not proportional.
They were neither. In his second test he eliminated the second receiver because
it was "not needed". In fact, they -are- needed because it's an empirical method
of double-checking your work.
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Frank you are not only a oxyMORON but now you are a liar also.

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- Field strength was not measured from a field strength meter, but from a
commercial receiver, almost all of which incorporate some variation of AGC
(Automatic Gain Control). IOW, the receiver's gain changes according to the
strength of the signal. So for that reason alone the readings are not accurate.

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S-meters are not accurate and I never stated they were. The are very
accurate in giving relative readings.

- Different antenna types and lengths will give different contours when mounted
on the same vehicle; so while you might find a little gain in one direction, the
other 359 degrees suck. Same deal with radiation angle, which will directly
affect the range of the ground wave. Now I might ignore this issue if he had
tested the antennas from the top of a flying saucer....

And in my setup the X-Terminator outperformed the 102"SS
I never said it would outperform in any other setup because I never
ran any other setup.

- Probably the biggest problem with Tnom's "test" was that there was no
impedance matching from the coax to the antenna. Loaded antennas usually have a
lower feedpoint impedance, resulting in a larger mismatch (higher SWR). The
problem here is that if the radio and antenna are not properly grounded (and a
mag-mount is -not- a proper ground), the SWR meter isn't going to show that
mismatch unless the meter is connected at the antenna feedpoint, which was not
the case (and wouldn't have mattered anyway because the antenna was not properly
grounded). He might have caught the problem had he measured and compared the
forward power of all the antennas, but he didn't because he felt is was "not
needed".

And my setup was typical for a magnet mount. I never said it was
anything different. Being a typical setup you would expect typical
results. A typical result is the most accurate result for a typical
setup.

- The antenna is ugly.

Congrats.......You got something right.

$36.95 SP-5000 X-Terminator V, 1000 Watt Single Open air coil, 1/8"
square Copper wire, 70 inch overall length.

So anyway Tnom, is the above version ok or do have a recommendation?

http://www.wep4hams.com/mobile_cb_antennas.htm

http://www.geocities.com/mgo171/moviles.htm

http://www6.mailordercentral.com/hye...ts.asp?dept=41

http://www.bills2way.com/equip/antennas.html

I don't know if the 5000 is a performer or not.

"(Scott Unit 69)" wrote in message
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You are wrong.

"Landshark" wrote:
Forge

"(Scott Unit 69)" wrote in message
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Nope, you're not Scott. Try all you want,
but you are forging his name, posting from
AOL through put, using Ghostsearchers website.

Landshark

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