Quite likely true, but then the TH antenna series wasn't designed for
illegal CB operation either, and this one is. The power rating and
user feedback state that clearly. The TH is a ham band antenna that
someone might use for CB (legally or otherwise - though I don't know
why they would as a monobander would work a lot better).
ANd there is no way anyone can be a ham for long and not know that
there are hams running way over legal power, but that wasn't a part of
the original email post or comment, so it is totally irrelevant. And,
for the record, no where was I putting down CBers.
Mike, k5wmg
Pipe Creek, Texas
Green cars, slow boats, big dogs, and summers off to write
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On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 10:37 AM, WA6RKN <WA6RKN@arrl.net> wrote:
> Hmmmmmm.......I wish I had a buck for every THX6 sitting atop a 50 foot
> tower, connected to an illegally operated (And powered) radio on 11 meters.
>
> Or....
>
> The number of hams who openly boast about running that Henry 2K4 (Or home
> brew 6, 3-500z tubed amp) on the ham bands.......
>
> 6 meters...the magic band......but magic only if you have a good beam and
> lots of power......
>
> The Gizmotchy is not an antenna I would run, but....it works...and a 5 kw
> gamma insures that 4 and 5 kw amps will work without smokin' it!
>
> And before we put down the CB'ers too much.....don't forget, many of today's
> hams came up the ranks and went legal.....and gang...there aren't near as
> many illegal CB'ers today as there was back in the 70's.......heh.....Today,
> they are all bootlegging 2 meters!
>
> (Are we still on topic???)
>
> Joe Wolfe
> WA6RKN
> Reno, Nevada
>
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Michael Goins" <wmgoins@gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Gizmotchy's
>>
>>
>>> Am I the only one here who feels that making 1KW and 5KW antennas
>>> primarily for CBers to use illegally is not okay? And before anyone
>>> says they can be used at legal power, why then the need for 5 KW
>>> gammas or the testimonies with CB skip names (and performance
>>> distances) attached?
>>>
>>> Sorry, but I could never use one on 2 or 6.
>
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