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Call Sign : 26CT1058 Posts : 5 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : West Devon Equipment Used : SS9900, Yaesu FT-900
Subject: Tank whip for homebase Wed Jul 17, 2019 12:48 pm
As title really. Will a ¼ wave tank whip make a decent homebase antenna and are there any dos or don'ts with it?
Allshep New Member
Posts : 12 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2019-07-09
Subject: Re: Tank whip for homebase Wed Jul 17, 2019 2:25 pm
Give it a good ground plane i used 102 inch wire eather side fashioned like a V
Kebab New Member
Call Sign : 26CT1058 Posts : 5 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : West Devon Equipment Used : SS9900, Yaesu FT-900
Subject: Re: Tank whip for homebase Wed Jul 17, 2019 3:46 pm
Cheers. I wasn't sure about a groundplane but a couple of wires shouldn't be difficult. Would any old wire do? Like speaker cable?
BigTone Contributor
Call Sign : G8YMW or 26CT4498 Posts : 92 Times Thanked : 17 Join date : 2019-07-16 QTH or Location : Lincoln and Finningley Equipment Used : CRT 9900, Icom 705, Kenwood TS570, Icom 910 Age : 69
Subject: Re: Tank whip for homebase Fri Jul 19, 2019 8:38 pm
Think of it like this. A mobile whip is only half of an aerial, the car is the other half. So using a mobile whip as a base aerial, you NEED the other half as in groundplane radials
Kebab New Member
Call Sign : 26CT1058 Posts : 5 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : West Devon Equipment Used : SS9900, Yaesu FT-900
Subject: Re: Tank whip for homebase Fri Jul 19, 2019 8:56 pm
Thanks!
G7JDH New Member
Call Sign : ct2678 g7jdh Posts : 14 Times Thanked : 2 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : doncaster Equipment Used : ranger 2950 Age : 58
Subject: Re: Tank whip for homebase Thu Aug 08, 2019 9:25 pm
I used one years ago ontop of a thunderpole 2 homebase antenna , it worked better than the thunderpoles original coil , I'd highly recommend using one especially with a good ground plane
Vendee85 Contributor
Call Sign : CT2201/FB855/UK164 + others Posts : 81 Times Thanked : 16 Join date : 2019-07-03 QTH or Location : Yeovil Equipment Used : Yeasu FT891 MFJ Atu/Swr K40 Tankwhip x2 Mob whips 80/40/20 Age : 80
Subject: Re: Tank whip for homebase Thu Aug 08, 2019 10:24 pm
Hi. Kebab. I use a Tankwhip with 3" extension for 26.285 H/B with my 11m Inverted V underneath as g/plane. It will also tune down to 20m with my MFJ Atu. The Tankwhips are underrated! Also use 2 for mobile use 1 for Mids/Hi's. 1 for low/S.lows. 73's Mike SW.
Hendo New Member
Call Sign : 26-CT-5131 Posts : 2 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2024-03-18 QTH or Location : Middlesbrough Equipment Used : Superstar 3900 and sirio gp
Subject: Tank whip Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:40 pm
I have just tried a tank whip with a magmount fixed to a meter square 9mm thick steel plate . I fixed a cable to each corner measuring nine feet from the centre of the plate. This was on top of a flat garage roof. I got copies around 6 miles using a superstar 3900 pushing 4 watts. The one thing in my favour was 200 feet above sea level. I think as a home base its only a temporary fix. But I'm not experienced with home base setups
Today at 2:33 pm by Alan Pilot
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