[Lowfer] active whip - continued

Mon, 14 Jul 2003 16:54:53 +0000

I got in on the ass end of this threat -- do the mfr's of this magic whip 
have a website
or what is the name/model of it? Just got a Sierra 128A tunable VTVM at a 
fest and
want to "go down"
73 Walt (N4GL)

>From: Eric Smith <[email protected]>
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [Lowfer] active whip - continued
>Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 13:36:15 -0500 (CDT)
>
>OH yeah.
>
>Last night I mounted the active whip on the end of a 23' chain link fence
>top-rail post and stuck it up in the air.  This put the whip above the top
>of the house.
>
>Right away I was able to hear NDB GLS on Galveston Island, TX.  I don't
>know how far that is in miles (what is that website where you can put in
>two cities and get the "as the crow files" mileage?) but it's a good 13
>hours away by car and it's highway all the way.
>
>There is stuff all over the dial!  I didn't take time to try to hear the
>weaker signals.  I'll wait for the static crashes to die.
>
>But all in all, I'm VERY pleased with the active whip.
>
>73
>Eric, KD5UWL
>
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