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Call Sign : 26-CT-954, M7PLD.. Posts : 242 Times Thanked : 2 Join date : 2020-11-27 QTH or Location : Ellesmere Port Equipment Used : icom 718,cobweb,anytone 667, Age : 70
Subject: Cobweb purchase Thu May 20, 2021 4:29 pm
Just managed to get a cobweb 7 band, hopefully when the weather clears up its going up 20ft looking forward to trying this out,its got to be better than the Lw20 long wire...
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Posts : 61 Times Thanked : 1 Join date : 2020-05-15 QTH or Location : North east scotland. Equipment Used : Stryker 955/Gainmaster .AnyTone778V/U(crap dont buy one!), icom 7300.
Subject: Re: Cobweb purchase Thu May 20, 2021 4:36 pm
Fine and handy for drying the washing on when not transmitting.
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26ct954 Major contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-954, M7PLD.. Posts : 242 Times Thanked : 2 Join date : 2020-11-27 QTH or Location : Ellesmere Port Equipment Used : icom 718,cobweb,anytone 667, Age : 70
Subject: Re: Cobweb purchase Thu May 20, 2021 4:43 pm
Oh yes deffo the wife can borrow the ladders anytime..i had to do quite a bit of being nice,
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Call Sign : VA3XUK & G6ZGU Posts : 136 Times Thanked : 6 Join date : 2021-02-08 QTH or Location : Oro Medonte, Ontario Equipment Used : Icom, Kenwood, Uniden, Stalker Age : 66
Subject: Re: Cobweb purchase Thu May 20, 2021 10:44 pm
I was looking at them today. Which one did you buy?
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Northern Crusader Major contributor
Call Sign : M0GVZ / 26CT1760 Posts : 530 Times Thanked : 35 Join date : 2019-11-13 QTH or Location : IO94SA Equipment Used : Icom 7300, TS480, President McKinley, Albrecht AE6110, CRT Mike Age : 53
Subject: Re: Cobweb purchase Fri May 21, 2021 4:26 pm
I've run one for over a decade. One advantage it has over a long wire is that it has no nulls unlike the long wire. You may find that in many directions where there's a null on the longwire it absolutely beats the pants off the long wire by several S points, especially the higher you get in frequency as with a long wire some nulls can be as deep as -30dB. As a long wire will also exhibit lobes with decent gain once it's above a wavelength long on a frequency you may find the Cobwebb is weaker than the long wire in certain directions where there's a lobe pointing.
Today at 1:25 am by Mike90
Subject: Cobweb purchase 
