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Bob Agnew wrote: Well now that I've had this radio a few days, it seems OK. I sure regret giving away my R390A though! I am currently stiffled by the lack of a decent antenna. At my old QTH, I had a 130 ft. G5RV strung from a 30 ft tree top. Condo living sucks for Radio enthusiasts. I feel your pain. I use a Wellbrook 330S and recommend it, though it isn't cheap. Steve |
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Telamon wrote: In article . com, wrote: Bob Agnew wrote: Well now that I've had this radio a few days, it seems OK. I sure regret giving away my R390A though! I am currently stiffled by the lack of a decent antenna. At my old QTH, I had a 130 ft. G5RV strung from a 30 ft tree top. Condo living sucks for Radio enthusiasts. I feel your pain. I use a Wellbrook 330S and recommend it, though it isn't cheap. Yes, using a small active loop antenna is most likely your best bet. You could also make a large passive loop if you have a good place to put it like an attic. Some condos have attics. If you don't have that then use an outside wall as long as you do not have aluminum siding or stucco. -- Telamon Ventura, California The Wellbrook has two primary virtues, so far as I'm concerned. First, it doesn't pick up a lot of noise, and the lower noise floor helps to render weak and messy signals intelligible. Second, you can rotate it to null local noise sources. Earlier this evening the guy behind me was letting his car idle and I was hearing it all over the place. After rotating the Wellbrook I could no longer hear even a trace of the noise. That said, I'm constantly itching to try out new antennas and put them head to head with the Wellbrook. I'd like to pitch the Wellbrook against the Par End-Fedz wire antenna and the RF Systems MTA passive vertical, just to name a couple. It seems to me the Wellbrook with its loop design should win on principle, but experience occasionally throws you an interesting surprise. Steve |
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wrote: wrote: Telamon wrote: In article . com, wrote: Bob Agnew wrote: Well now that I've had this radio a few days, it seems OK. I sure regret giving away my R390A though! I am currently stiffled by the lack of a decent antenna. At my old QTH, I had a 130 ft. G5RV strung from a 30 ft tree top. Condo living sucks for Radio enthusiasts. I feel your pain. I use a Wellbrook 330S and recommend it, though it isn't cheap. Yes, using a small active loop antenna is most likely your best bet. You could also make a large passive loop if you have a good place to put it like an attic. Some condos have attics. If you don't have that then use an outside wall as long as you do not have aluminum siding or stucco. The Wellbrook has two primary virtues, so far as I'm concerned. First, it doesn't pick up a lot of noise, and the lower noise floor helps to render weak and messy signals intelligible. Second, you can rotate it to null local noise sources. Earlier this evening the guy behind me was letting his car idle and I was hearing it all over the place. After rotating the Wellbrook I could no longer hear even a trace of the noise. That said, I'm constantly itching to try out new antennas and put them head to head with the Wellbrook. I'd like to pitch the Wellbrook against the Par End-Fedz wire antenna and the RF Systems MTA passive vertical, just to name a couple. It seems to me the Wellbrook with its loop design should win on principle, but experience occasionally throws you an interesting surprise. The biggest problem with the Wellbrook is nobody is ripping off their design, so the price is high, especially with the Bush weak dollar policy. Why would see no one ripping off the Wellbrook design as a "problem." I see it as a good thing. -- Telamon Ventura, California |
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, Telamon wrote: In article .com, wrote: wrote: Telamon wrote: In article . com, wrote: Bob Agnew wrote: Well now that I've had this radio a few days, it seems OK. I sure regret giving away my R390A though! I am currently stiffled by the lack of a decent antenna. At my old QTH, I had a 130 ft. G5RV strung from a 30 ft tree top. Condo living sucks for Radio enthusiasts. I feel your pain. I use a Wellbrook 330S and recommend it, though it isn't cheap. Yes, using a small active loop antenna is most likely your best bet. You could also make a large passive loop if you have a good place to put it like an attic. Some condos have attics. If you don't have that then use an outside wall as long as you do not have aluminum siding or stucco. The Wellbrook has two primary virtues, so far as I'm concerned. First, it doesn't pick up a lot of noise, and the lower noise floor helps to render weak and messy signals intelligible. Second, you can rotate it to null local noise sources. Earlier this evening the guy behind me was letting his car idle and I was hearing it all over the place. After rotating the Wellbrook I could no longer hear even a trace of the noise. That said, I'm constantly itching to try out new antennas and put them head to head with the Wellbrook. I'd like to pitch the Wellbrook against the Par End-Fedz wire antenna and the RF Systems MTA passive vertical, just to name a couple. It seems to me the Wellbrook with its loop design should win on principle, but experience occasionally throws you an interesting surprise. The biggest problem with the Wellbrook is nobody is ripping off their design, so the price is high, especially with the Bush weak dollar policy. Snip Why would you want to see someone rip off the Wellbrook design? -- Telamon Ventura, California |
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Telamon - Consider the Source ~ RHF
I am sure even if the WellBrook Loop Antenna http://www.wellbrook.uk.com/products.html#ALA1530 is Hand-Made that the Chinese or Indians can Copy and Build them for sale at Half-the-Price and still make a profit. But the WellBrook Loop Antenna is not a High Volume Item and the http://www.wellbrook.uk.com/products.html Market is small. http://www.wellbrook.uk.com/ |
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"Telamon" wrote in message ... In article , Telamon wrote: In article .com, wrote: wrote: Telamon wrote: In article . com, wrote: Bob Agnew wrote: Well now that I've had this radio a few days, it seems OK. I sure regret giving away my R390A though! I am currently stiffled by the lack of a decent antenna. At my old QTH, I had a 130 ft. G5RV strung from a 30 ft tree top. Condo living sucks for Radio enthusiasts. I feel your pain. I use a Wellbrook 330S and recommend it, though it isn't cheap. Yes, using a small active loop antenna is most likely your best bet. You could also make a large passive loop if you have a good place to put it like an attic. Some condos have attics. If you don't have that then use an outside wall as long as you do not have aluminum siding or stucco. The Wellbrook has two primary virtues, so far as I'm concerned. First, it doesn't pick up a lot of noise, and the lower noise floor helps to render weak and messy signals intelligible. Second, you can rotate it to null local noise sources. Earlier this evening the guy behind me was letting his car idle and I was hearing it all over the place. After rotating the Wellbrook I could no longer hear even a trace of the noise. That said, I'm constantly itching to try out new antennas and put them head to head with the Wellbrook. I'd like to pitch the Wellbrook against the Par End-Fedz wire antenna and the RF Systems MTA passive vertical, just to name a couple. It seems to me the Wellbrook with its loop design should win on principle, but experience occasionally throws you an interesting surprise. The biggest problem with the Wellbrook is nobody is ripping off their design, so the price is high, especially with the Bush weak dollar policy. Snip Why would you want to see someone rip off the Wellbrook design? Presumably so that with competition with similar designs the price would go down. I'm not so sure that there's enough money to be made in the small active loop field for someone else to try to come along and undercut the Wellbrook, however. It's not like Wal-Mart is going to start stocking Wellbrook clones anytime soon. I figure that if someone wants to try to outdo the Wellbrook, they have ample opportunity to do so. Until then, let Andy run his business the way he wants to. --Mike L. |
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Michael Lawson wrote: Presumably so that with competition with similar designs the price would go down. I'm not so sure that there's enough money to be made in the small active loop field for someone else to try to come along and undercut the Wellbrook, however. It's not like Wal-Mart is going to start stocking Wellbrook clones anytime soon. I figure that if someone wants to try to outdo the Wellbrook, they have ample opportunity to do so. Until then, let Andy run his business the way he wants to. --Mike L. Maybe Cuhulin should start making loops. He could get those two gals next door to help. Steve |
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"Steve" wrote in message ups.com... Michael Lawson wrote: Presumably so that with competition with similar designs the price would go down. I'm not so sure that there's enough money to be made in the small active loop field for someone else to try to come along and undercut the Wellbrook, however. It's not like Wal-Mart is going to start stocking Wellbrook clones anytime soon. I figure that if someone wants to try to outdo the Wellbrook, they have ample opportunity to do so. Until then, let Andy run his business the way he wants to. --Mike L. Maybe Cuhulin should start making loops. He could get those two gals next door to help. Probably end up with hula hoops. ;-) --Mike L. |
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