[Antennas] ANTENNA INFO

Sat, 7 Jun 2003 22:01:16 -0400

I can't speak for any antenna manufacturer, but, I can say that I have built
3-4 J-Poles and they all perform well.

W8OKN

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Smith" <[email protected]>
To: "David S McCallum" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 9:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Antennas] ANTENNA INFO

> 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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