Date: Wed, 10 Nov 93 04:30:21 PST From: Ham-Ant Mailing List and Newsgroup Errors-To: Ham-Ant-Errors@UCSD.Edu Reply-To: Ham-Ant@UCSD.Edu Precedence: Bulk Subject: Ham-Ant Digest V93 #106 To: Ham-Ant Ham-Ant Digest Wed, 10 Nov 93 Volume 93 : Issue 106 Today's Topics: need 2m mobile ant. reccomendation Verticals for working DX on 40 and 80? (2 msgs) Send Replies or notes for publication to: Send subscription requests to: Problems you can't solve otherwise to brian@ucsd.edu. Archives of past issues of the Ham-Ant Digest are available (by FTP only) from UCSD.Edu in directory "mailarchives/ham-ant". We trust that readers are intelligent enough to realize that all text herein consists of personal comments and does not represent the official policies or positions of any party. Your mileage may vary. So there. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 4 Nov 93 21:19:21 GMT From: cs.utexas.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!gatech!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!boulder!beagle!eesnyder@rutgers.rutgers.edu Subject: need 2m mobile ant. reccomendation To: ham-ant@ucsd.edu >In article <1NOV199316322397@zeus.tamu.edu>, tskloss@zeus.tamu.edu (SKLOSS, >TIMOTHY WILLIAM) wrote: >> I think I'll go with a MFJ 5/8 unless another brand works considerably >> better. Any advice would be appreciated! I have a Hustler CG-144 (I think the model number is right) and have been pretty pleased with the performance. They claim a gain of 5.7 or so. It is quite a big antenna (about 2m) but it gets out quite well and happens to use the same mount threading as my old CB antenna so I didn't have to pay extra for a mount. The whole thing ran about $35 for the whole thing. My only complaint is that I lost the top element on a 4WD trail in Utah so make sure the set screws are tight before going off road. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TTGATTGCTAAACACTGGGCGGCGAATCAGGGTTGGGATCTGAACAAAGACGGTCAGATTCAGTTCGTACTGCTG Eric E. Snyder Department of MCD Biology ...making feet for childrens' shoes. University of Colorado, Boulder Boulder, Colorado 80309-0347 LeuIleAlaLysHisTrpAlaAlaAsnGlnGlyTrpAspLeuAsnLysAspGlyGlnIleGlnPheValLeuLeu --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: 9 Nov 93 23:09:39 GMT From: ogicse!uwm.edu!linac!att!cbnewsm!jeffj@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Verticals for working DX on 40 and 80? To: ham-ant@ucsd.edu I currently have a G5RV up about 20 feet in my backyard and while it works fine for domestic work on 40 meters I would like to work more DX there. I have heard that the Butternuts and GAP antennas have low angles of radiation on 40 and 80 and so should be better for working DX. What are my fellow ham's impressions of these antennas? With the sunspots going south I could use all the help I can get for these low bands! 73! Jeff Jones -- Jeff Jones AB6MB | OPPOSE THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT! jeffj@seeker.mystic.com | Canada/USA Free Trade cost Canada 400,000 jobs. Infolinc BBS 510-778-5929 | Want to guess how many we'll lose to Mexico? ------------------------------ Date: 10 Nov 93 00:40:01 GMT From: ogicse!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!darwin.sura.net!fconvx.ncifcrf.gov!fcs260c!mack@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Verticals for working DX on 40 and 80? To: ham-ant@ucsd.edu In article jeffj@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (jeffrey.n.jones) writes: >I currently have a G5RV up about 20 feet in my backyard and while >it works fine for domestic work on 40 meters I would like to work >more DX there. I have heard that the Butternuts and GAP antennas have >low angles of radiation on 40 and 80 and so should be better for working >DX. What are my fellow ham's impressions of these antennas? With the >sunspots going south I could use all the help I can get for these low >bands! 73! > >Jeff Jones >-- > Jeff Jones AB6MB | OPPOSE THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT! > jeffj@seeker.mystic.com | Canada/USA Free Trade cost Canada 400,000 jobs. > Infolinc BBS 510-778-5929 | Want to guess how many we'll lose to Mexico? Dear Jeff, I have a 5BTV which I'm very happy with- get to Europe on 40M any time I like (don't do much on 80 so don't know). A friend has a GAP and he has had trouble from the start - couldn't get it to tune and about 6months later wound up thwith water in the coax (he doesn't know if it's his fault or not yet). Joe NA3T mack@ncifcrf.gov ------------------------------ End of Ham-Ant Digest V93 #106 ****************************** ******************************