[Antennas] ANTENNA INFO

Sat, 7 Jun 2003 18:11:38 -0700 (PDT)

Hi David,

I have the Cushcraft and it's a piece of junk.  When I
bought it, the first thing I noticed was the poor
construction.  Burrs on the tubing, aluminum chips all
over everything in the box.  The assembly was
straightforward, but tuning it was a bear.  I used one
of the MFJ meters to tune it and was never able to get
it to resonate the way it should.  I use a local 2m
repeater on 147 Mhz and run about a 3:1 SWR because
the antenna won't go any lower.

Sorry to be critical of Cushcraft but, in my opinion,
they have really slipped in the quality arena over the
past 5 years.  You'd be better off building a j-pole
antenna from 1/2" copper tubing.  I have one of those
that I built for about $20, and it really kicks butt.

Hope this helps.

73 es gd DX,

Gary
WA1TJB

--- David S McCallum <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey Gang, I'm looking for
> recommendations/suggestions for a new dual band
> 2m/440 base antenna. Any one have info on the
> Cushcraft AR-270B dual
> bander? I check eHam and there were pros and cons
> (mostly cons) on the
> -270 but not to much on the big brother -270B. All
> inputs will  be
> appreciated gang.
> 
> One more while I at it. How about the Cushcraft
> A627013S, 6m/ 2m/70cm
> Triband Antenna,,,,any good? Thanks and 73
> 
> David S. McCallum/USAF Retired/ Chief Mac/w7sac/4
> - - - 
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