thoughts on the antron 99

Looking at getting one i have been told some good and bad reviews on it whats your thoughts

Never used the antron 99 but i have just put up a Sigma 2011 skip master 5/8 wave looks very similar and i find it works quite well.

The fairest review I've seen for these antennas is here:-

CB Magazine A99 review

Hope that helps.

Great review mate thx the reason i am looking at the antron because i am disabled i wont something easy to swr and put up

No worries John.

Same here mate, permanently bust knee, put paid to my days shooting up and down ladders. I've been lucky and persuaded 'volunteers' to help me out with my antennas

Do like the 'ring-twist' SWR tuning method and the fact they're quite wide banded. Could be just the job for you.

I've said before on here that any antenna is better than no antenna. We'd all like to sling up a 5/8ths atop a 20 metre pole on top of the house but it's all down to what we can manage.....not just financially, but physical practicalities.

All the best to you,
Victor

TJS 26CT3029 wrote:

Great review mate thx the reason i am looking at the antron because i am disabled i wont something easy to swr and put up  

SNAP

Used Antron 99 for a few years and had no issues , worked very well and was completely bomb proof , worked ok on other bands which was a bonus , sold it to a local and it's still going strong



Craig

My silver rod as ad its day last night Thx guys antron it is

@Craig,

Craig, I had heard the A99 was good for loading from 20m through to 10m but hadn't believed it.
Was it really that wide banded or would that have been through a matcher?
Never had the opportunity to actually ask someone who may have used one in such a manner.

Don't worry Craig, had a dig around t'internet and found me answer


If anyone else is interested I found a thoroughly good review for the A99's big brother the Solarcon I-MAX2000

Solarcon I-MAX2000 review


Apologies for hijacking the thread John, sparked a diverging interest

Hi Victor


Not sure about using one on 20m but I certainly had it tuning up ok ( internal tuner Yeasu 450d ) on 10, 11, 12 , 15, and 17m that's five bands ! Bit of a no brainer if your first starting out like I was at the time

Living in the Yorkshire dales the Antron coped with everything nature could throw at it

Craig

Hi Craig,

Cheers for that, really appreciated.
Did think 20m was pushing it but blow me is that a nice range for an antenna!

Currently on my quest for a Ham ticket so gathering as much intel for future operations as possible. Handy stuff to tuck away in the information pile.

Despite hobbling around on a stick nowadays I have happy memories of walking Yorkshire, from the Pennines, across the Dales and along the East coast. Beautiful place to trek

All the best,
Victor

great review on the i max 2000 just read it its only 30 pound more

I know what you mean John
The wideband functionality is what interested me, pretty neat design. I've earmarked it for a possible future purchase myself

Part of the reason it works on so many bands is because it uses the coax as a ground plane 9/10 installs.

If you read the Imax 2000 review linked in Victor's post it said that once they added the groundplane kit it stopped working on the other bands and the SWR went up. They blamed the ground plane kit because the reviewer didn't have the knowledge to understand what was going on and that by using the ground plane kit and a choke the coax was no longer being part of the antenna.

i got a good deal on imax so it will be put up next week so thx guys

Nice one John.

Hope the installation goes smoothly and you get some good DX.

All the best,
Victor

Thx victor

Tired to Put it up today got new brackets up and the hevans opened always the same it will be Monday now

Ain't that always the way John?
Don't fret about it mate, there's always another day

My Grandfather always said, "There's always tomorrow....until there isn't a tomorrow....then it don't f**king matter anyway!"

TJS 26CT3029 wrote:

Tired to Put it up today got new brackets up and the hevans opened always the same it will be Monday now

LOL sods law. Mind you I've always found that when I put them up in crap weather they always seemed to have less problems than when I put them up on a nice calm sunny day.

Wonder if the cider had anything to do with it.

My bro in law was up ladder with the wind and rain my sister went mad so we do it Monday now I went for the IMAX if I was getting the antron and firestick it was same price as the IMAX

The Firestik top section is a worthless upgrade anyway. Tried it, sold it. Actually made a much better mobile antenna than it did a "performance upgrade" for the A99.

got it up today

Hey, hey
Nice one John.

Hope it serves you well.

All the best,
Victor