At 08:49 AM 2/4/2003, Byron Tatum wrote:
>Hello-
> I have not paid close attention to the types of VHF omni-directional
>horizontally polarized antennas on the market now. I would like to place one
>of each { 144, 222, 432 } on a smaller separate mast for beacon monitoring,
>can anyone suggest a good model and source for it. I remember the old
>Cushcraft " Big Wheel " and did not realize it has been out of production. I
>was thinking along the lines of this type antenna.
> Thank you, Byron WA5THJ.
hi Byron - I'll swear by the KB6KQ loops:
http://www.kb6kq.com/products.html
Norm also sells the phasing harness if you want to stack the loops. A neat
trick is to nest the stacks, with the higher bands nested inside the lower
ones, all on one mast:
http://www.kb6kq.com/7-LAND.html#NL7CO-2
Norm is also very easy to deal with.
hope this helps! - 73 - jeff wk6i
Jeff Stai jds@twistedoak.com
Twisted Oak Winery http://www.twistedoak.com/
Rocketry Org. of CA http://www.rocstock.org/
Amateur Radio WK6I
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