[TowerTalk] Anyone using an ISOPOLE antenna?

[jcowens1 at comcast.net]

I bellieve what you have found is normal. I have heard it and its 2m equivalent referred to as dummy loads. That may be  because thay do in fact appear like a short circuit when checking at the ant connector. Quite to the contrary. I had a 2m Isopole on top of my tower for many years, but it was destroyed when that tower blew down. It was the best 2m antenna I have ever had. I believe it has a more favorable radiation angle to vertical ground plane antennas and allowed me to work stations about 130miles north of me in British Columbia. I bought another one, but it is still in the garage. If I ever take my current antennas down, the 5/8th wave ground plane antenna may get replaced with this Isopole. Pug it into a xcvr and if you are hearing stations on it, then you can feel safe to try and transmit on it. I will bet you will find it to be a very good antenna. Everyone I know who has owned this antenna have been very happy with it. 

John Owens -  N7TK 

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