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Call Sign : 26-CT-4484 Posts : 150 Times Thanked : 8 Join date : 2021-10-17 QTH or Location : Torquay Equipment Used : cobra 148 glt dx starlker9 fdx, icom 706 mk1
Subject: can you still buy this Wed Dec 04, 2024 7:23 pm
am hoping to move soon and with a garden, this wont be until the new year until mom is better. once vie passed my ticket or just for 11 meters I would like to know if I can still buy the pdl2 quad that was used in the 80s. I'm trying to keep my mind of mom at the moment just to give me something to think about.
Kaosss CT Directors
Call Sign : 163AA001, 163CT777, 163RC777 163FB777, JR131, ex 163LR001 Posts : 665 Times Thanked : 28 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Flintshire, N Wales Equipment Used : Yaesu FT2000d, Kenwood TS 2000, Heil mic, 5 ele yagi Age : 68
Subject: Re: can you still buy this Thu Dec 05, 2024 11:56 am
I have only seen s/h ones for sale, not cheap but a cracking antenna from what I've heard. Worth a google and see if anyone is making them now. Hope your mum is better soon
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teapot Senior contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-4484 Posts : 150 Times Thanked : 8 Join date : 2021-10-17 QTH or Location : Torquay Equipment Used : cobra 148 glt dx starlker9 fdx, icom 706 mk1
Subject: Re: can you still buy this Thu Dec 05, 2024 3:37 pm
thank you there a great antenna i ran one in the 80s it was about 30 feet in the air, got all over the world with a bastard to put together had antenna party as it was away to get help putting it lol i ran a matcher with mine regards dave
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VanRougeT4 Major contributor
Call Sign : G1DBS - F4WEY Posts : 297 Times Thanked : 18 Join date : 2024-02-17 QTH or Location : Montreuil sur Mer Equipment Used : XIEGU G90 + XIEGU XPA125B
Subject: Re: can you still buy this Thu Dec 05, 2024 3:47 pm
Hard to beat a T2LT for dx and you can build it yoursef for peanuts.
Deb
teapot Senior contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-4484 Posts : 150 Times Thanked : 8 Join date : 2021-10-17 QTH or Location : Torquay Equipment Used : cobra 148 glt dx starlker9 fdx, icom 706 mk1
Subject: Re: can you still buy this Thu Dec 05, 2024 4:35 pm
haha debs regards dave
Northern Crusader Major contributor
Call Sign : M0GVZ / 26CT1760 Posts : 537 Times Thanked : 35 Join date : 2019-11-13 QTH or Location : IO94SA Equipment Used : Icom 7300, TS480, President McKinley, Albrecht AE6110, CRT Mike Age : 54
Subject: Re: can you still buy this Sat Dec 07, 2024 4:52 pm
For everyone arguing the toss claiming one vertical monopole antenna performs magically better than others....
Courtesy of someone who spends a lot of time modelling antennas on Worldwide DX Forum...
The main difference is at high take off angles with a 13dB difference between best and worst at 45 degrees, worth about 4 S points on a CB,so you could see a significant difference in performance for local contacts and very close by DX but at the low angles we want for the longest distance there's barely a S point difference between best and worst.
VanRougeT4 Major contributor
Call Sign : G1DBS - F4WEY Posts : 297 Times Thanked : 18 Join date : 2024-02-17 QTH or Location : Montreuil sur Mer Equipment Used : XIEGU G90 + XIEGU XPA125B
Subject: Re: can you still buy this Sat Dec 07, 2024 7:46 pm
Northern Crusader wrote:
For everyone arguing the toss claiming one vertical monopole antenna performs magically better than others....
Courtesy of someone who spends a lot of time modelling antennas on Worldwide DX Forum...
The main difference is at high take off angles with a 13dB difference between best and worst at 45 degrees, worth about 4 S points on a CB,so you could see a significant difference in performance for local contacts and very close by DX but at the low angles we want for the longest distance there's barely a S point difference between best and worst.
I agree with that.
As I understand it, the magic happens with both half wave dipole and 5/8 wave when more than a wavelength off the ground. My home brew 10m T2LT performs brilliantly on a 12m spiderbeam.
For anyone contemplating a 10/11m vertical, this video might help you understand the difference, which is negligable in terms of gain.
Today at 10:15 pm by Nightprowler
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