Martin Ace

I'm just about to buy a home base attenna. I'm not too bothered about cost,
but do want an exceptional quality one. I'm considering a High Gain Sillver
Rod 1/2 wave, (£17.95), and I used to have one many years ago when my Aunty
Mary used to be a CBer in the early 80s. Is there much difference in
performance when compared to the 5/8 wave version (£19.95) or do I need to
get a Sirio Vector 4000 (£65) to see noticeable performance increase? I'd
prefer a pre-SWRed / pretuned antenna. Any advise gratefullly received. My
rig is a Midland 77-099.

Best regards,
Martin

hugh.g.rekshun

Basic 1/2 wave's are not as good as you would think and nowhere as good as
the original pre SWRed silver rod from back in the day..
a 5/8 will only have about 1 to 2 S points difference..
a vector 4000/sigma 4 is a sky wave antenna and no good for local work as
the antenna radiates skywards in a 'mushroom' effect..very good for DX..
a good (IMHO) antenna is a sirio tornado, or a sirio 827
but at £49 and £79 respectivly is this what you want to spend ??
the antronn 99 is also a good antenna being a co-linear it is good, but be
aware the out protective coating wears off after about 5 years and needs
another coat in good varnish.. these are also pre SWRed with fine adjusting
which is easy..around £49.
look on www.kcb.co.uk or www.truck-king.co.uk for base antennas..
then come back with what purpose you want one for..be it DX local..CB or 26
to 28Mhz ??

regards..

"Martin Ace" <martin@martinace.com> wrote in message
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> I'm just about to buy a home base attenna. I'm not too bothered about
> cost, but do want an exceptional quality one. I'm considering a High Gain
> Sillver Rod 1/2 wave, (£17.95), and I used to have one many years ago when
> my Aunty Mary used to be a CBer in the early 80s. Is there much
> difference in performance when compared to the 5/8 wave version (£19.95)
> or do I need to get a Sirio Vector 4000 (£65) to see noticeable
> performance increase? I'd prefer a pre-SWRed / pretuned antenna. Any
> advise gratefullly received. My rig is a Midland 77-099.
>
> Best regards,
> Martin
>

tonester

My Imax lasted about 13 months befor it snapped...in a very recent
strong wind.. so just be aware.... they do fail but a fiberglass antenna
is best...as they tend to be more well made...
Trucking have some specials in at the moment I think up to the 100 pound
mark...!!!

good luck with the radio...

Tony,

P.s If you don,t mind or want directivity you can make an antenna for
about 20 quid in a day and it will out perform all the above by about
50% at least.

GO to

www.dxzone.com and search for "delta loop"

how come knights have stopped supplying the I-Max?
I was wondering if one would retune to 12 metres. Then they stopped selling
them?

tonester

grasshouse@hotmail.com wrote:
> how come knights have stopped supplying the I-Max?
> I was wondering if one would retune to 12 metres. Then they stopped selling
> them?
>
>
They,ll tune down to 40 meters....20 is a good option and 18 but very
ineficiante lower down......

not bad though....

J

"Martin Ace" <martin@martinace.com> wrote in message
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> I'm just about to buy a home base attenna. I'm not too bothered about
cost,
> but do want an exceptional quality one.



http://www.hy-gain.com/products.php?prodid=TH-11DX

tox

"Martin Ace" <martin@martinace.com> wrote in message
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> I'm just about to buy a home base attenna. I'm not too bothered about
cost,
> but do want an exceptional quality one.

I-MAX 2000, wonderful antenna. Truck King supplies them. Mines been up for
three years and I'm 500 Feet above sea level. Stood up through gales and
storms...

HTH
tox

Martin Ace

Tox,

Thank for the advice. The Truck King web page implies that it is a 5/8
wavelength (i.e. 24' long) but makes no mention of how much power it can
handle. I'm considering using a 200watt burner.

I'm gonna hit the Net to suss out the theory of antennas. I want to
understand this 1/2 wave or 5/8 wave stuff. I think I'm turning into a
geek.

Martin


"tox" <nospam@nospamming.co.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Martin Ace" <martin@martinace.com> wrote in message
> news:%ssMd.41$Y8.0@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>> I'm just about to buy a home base attenna. I'm not too bothered about
> cost,
>> but do want an exceptional quality one.
>
> I-MAX 2000, wonderful antenna. Truck King supplies them. Mines been up for
> three years and I'm 500 Feet above sea level. Stood up through gales and
> storms...
>
> HTH
> tox
>
>

Martin Ace

Hi J,

Thanks for the link. Very strange though, that they don't list the Silver
Rod. Neither does their only listed UK distirbutor.

Martin


"J" <jmort@despammed.com> wrote in message
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> "Martin Ace" <martin@martinace.com> wrote in message
> news:%ssMd.41$Y8.0@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>
>> I'm just about to buy a home base attenna. I'm not too bothered about
> cost,
>> but do want an exceptional quality one.
>
>
>
> http://www.hy-gain.com/products.php?prodid=TH-11DX
>
>

Interceptor 10K twig?
Its more like a tree!

tox

"Martin Ace" <martin@martinace.com> wrote in message
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> Tox,
>
> Thank for the advice. The Truck King web page implies that it is a 5/8
> wavelength (i.e. 24' long) but makes no mention of how much power it can
> handle. I'm considering using a 200watt burner.
>

It handles 2000 Watts.

HTH
tox

Peter

"Martin Ace" <martin@martinace.com> wrote...
>
> I'm gonna hit the Net to suss out the theory of antennas. I want
> to understand this 1/2 wave or 5/8 wave stuff.

Try this for a start:
http://www.citizensband.radiouk.com/ukcb/tech/

This site should have some antenna basics PDF downloads:
http://www.hottconsultants.com/
If the documents are no longer available, I should have copies of them here.

SWR info:
http://www.wenzel.com/documents/swr.html


Regards,

Peter
http://www.citizensband.radiouk.com/

Radiocruncher

Martin

I have tried nearly all the commecially available homebase antennas
over the past 20 or so years and the best currently available in my
personal opinion is the Sirio 827. It far outperformed my Antron 99.

Cheers

Graham

cubwolf

If you do go for a "silver rod" then stay clear of the cheap ones .Go for
the sirio half wave.It wont bend in the first bit of wind.

I use a Sirio 827 and have done for some years now but i realise they are a
bit hard on the eye for some people. I wonder why the Imax has been
discontinued if they are supposed to be that good??
Dave

mark marr

"Martin Ace" <martin@martinace.com> wrote in message
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> I'm just about to buy a home base attenna. I'm not too bothered about
> cost, but do want an exceptional quality one. I'm considering a High Gain
> Sillver Rod 1/2 wave, (£17.95), and I used to have one many years ago when
> my Aunty Mary used to be a CBer in the early 80s. Is there much
> difference in performance when compared to the 5/8 wave version (£19.95)
> or do I need to get a Sirio Vector 4000 (£65) to see noticeable
> performance increase? I'd prefer a pre-SWRed / pretuned antenna. Any
> advise gratefullly received. My rig is a Midland 77-099.
>
> Best regards,
> Martin
>

I have used all kinds of antennas, rods, thunderpoles etc but never used
anything that could out perform my sigma 4. The thunderpoles worked really
well on skip DX
but couldn't touch the sigma for anything else. It was really amazing.
I think there are copies still available dont know what they are like
though, maybe worth a look.

Mark

Philip de Cadenet

>> I'm not too bothered about
>> cost, but do want an exceptional quality one.

http://www.a1antennas.com/

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Philip de Cadenet G4ZOW
Transmitters 'R' Us
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