[Mobile-Portable] Hustler mobile "stinger lengths"? Other questions.

[Earl Needham]

At 07:54 PM 4/7/2007, Philip, KO6BB wrote:
>RM-80 (will it tune 75 also?).

         It should, if you shorten the stinger enough.

>RM-40
>RM-20
>RM-10 (this one has the number rubbed off, but being so small I 
>suspect it's the RM-10.

         IIRC, the 40 and the 80 both use the same length stingers, 
and the 10, 15, and 20 ball use the same length stingers, a bit 
shorter than the 40 and 80.  The Hustler antennas are easy to tune up 
and you should be able to simply put the stingers in and use the 
rig's built-in SWR meter, if it has one, to find the resonant 
spots.  I think you'll find that both the 40 and 75 stingers have to 
pulled out a couple of inches to be within the amateur bands, but 
this is from memory and it's been several years since I used either.

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         Earl

KD5XB -- Earl Needham
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