[50mhz] 50 Mhz antennas

[W]

 Cush Craft...
 I have only had a long term experience with their 11 meter Ringo antenna.
 It did not stand up to Rochester NY weather.
 The antenna connector (SO239 type) became unusable after a few years, and
the antenna would no longer match properly.
 I found that it developed a leakage path across the insulator.
 I don't recall if the beam I had was CC or otherwise.

 Most of the manufacturers tended to give gain ratings over isotropic, and
that source was never identified (dummy load? 1/4 wave ground plane?)
 I trust the rating over 1/2 wave dipole a bit more.

 Wayne WA2YNE
 CM97no

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike KA5CVH Urich" <ka5cvh@arrl.net>
To: <50mhz@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 3:54 PM
Subject: Re: [50mhz] 50 Mhz antennas


> > > Actually, it would not be a tough choice as I won't have anything
> > > CushCraft at my QTH!!
>
> Mike wrote
>
> You know I hate to see any product so badly bashed as CC has been on this
> list.  I do pro-sound on the side and I'm in a list of about 2300 people
> around the world that discusses, mixing boards, signal processing,
> amplifiers, speakers, microphones, cables etc etc etc.  As I pointed out
in
> that list a couple of times that every product servers a purpose otherwise
> it would not maintain any market share and would the way of the buggy
whip.
> Just as some automobiles are better than others and most people have
> preferences of one over another, doesn't mean everything but there
favorite
> is a piece of junk.  If CC was as poor a product as some have eluded to
then
> they would have been out business years ago.
>
> I personally wish there was a tried and true standard that every mfg must
> adhere too in their advertising of all products but short of the magazine
> publishers requiring such a standard it isn't going to happen.  Just
imagine
> QST, CQ, etc telling mfg that their ads were rejected because of
misleading
> specifications ... YEAH ... RIGHT.
>
> Mike Urich,   KA5CVH
> www.ka5cvh.com
> LaPorte TX   EL-29
>
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