>
>Last night, I mentioned in reply to N4KG's response to my listing of
>accomplished Butternut HF2V'ers that I thought the Butternut could beat any
>three foot top loaded antenna. I got data of the antenna's 3 foot size off
>of MFJ's antenna description web page as follows:
>
>First, I clicked on the MFJ page then clicked
>
>"HF Verticle" (Is that the English version of vertical????)
>
>Then I clicked:
>
>"MFJ 1792"
>
>This description came up:
>
>A high-performance vertical. Full sie quarter wave radiator for 40
>Meters-That's 3 feet of ruthless radiating power. End loading, low loss
>fiberglass form, high strength 6061 - T6 Aluminum tubing, handles 1,500
>Watts PEP, requires guying and radial counterpoises or ground screen. Price
>169.95""
>
>I assumed it was three feet tall, that's what the page said!!! . (OK,
>maybe I knew it was a misprint but I had to have some fun with it- ) This
morning,
>open minded, I went back and down loaded the actual manual (very well
>written) and saw it was 33 feet tall. I think they mean full size for 40
>meters, not full sie implying a 3 foot wonder antenna, and from their manual,
>what ever was causing them to spell vertical as verticle in several places on
>their webpage, they got that corrected. As far as the ruthless aspect,
>typical MFJ advertising style-
>
>Of note, out of the box, the antenna does require guying. The Butter HF2V
>does not. Therefore, I don't agree that the MFJ 1792 takes up the same
>amount of room as the Butternut HF2V as stated in earlier postings by others.
>
>The DX window on 75 SSB is 10KHz (3.790-3.800MHz and the 80 meter CW window
>is 25KHz (3.550-3.525MHz). These are narrow enough to put a stock HF2V in
>the middle of and have decent bandwidth. Neither of these antennas is so
>broad banded that you can operate in both windows without having to retune
>them and/or use a tuner to accomplish this.
>
>I do think that the MFJ 1792 is a neat concept, on paper, has potential to
>will work fb from a small lot, and gives more bandwidth over a stock HF2V
>without modifications for those who like to cruise the upper end of 75 SSB
>for stateside stuff etc.......but it would be nice if the company making the
>antenna could give it a better impression by proof reading their own
>webpage-
>
// It would be nice if they made a dipmeter option for their analyzer
that dipped.
It would be nice if their 8877 amplifier had:
1. a tank that was designed by a person who understood skin-effect,
2. forced air cooling on the bandswitch.
3. a parasitic suppressor to reduce the chance of losing an 8877 due to
gold evaporating from the grid during an "oscillation condition". - -
Yesterday, I got a telephone call from a guy who knows of an AL-1500 that
is so squirrelish that its owner avoids using it.
> ...
cheers
>...
cheers
- R. L. Measures, 805.386.3734,AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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