[MRCA] Gilbert Broadband VHF Antenna Purchase - Slightly OT

[Peter Gottlieb]

You could modify a whip to work as a fishing rod..


On 9/20/2016 10:35 PM, Alex J Rokowetz via MRCA wrote:
> When I was 12 years old, I got my first fishing rod.  It was a Shakespeare and 
> I promptly took it down to Captree and caught myself a fish. I still have it 
> and it still catches fish.  Who knew that all these years later I would have 
> matching antennas. *:-O surprise
>
> Now if I could only figure out to to fish and do radio at the same time...
>
> Alex
> K2AJR
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> *From:* KA1LHZ <sboard.ka1lhz at gmail.com>
> *To:* comcast <kg2bz at comcast.net>; B. Smith <smithab11 at comcast.net>
> *Cc:* mrca at mailman.qth.net
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 20, 2016 2:51 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [MRCA] Gilbert Broadband VHF Antenna Purchase
>
> Shekespeare used to make cheap chicken band and marine antennas.
> DE KA1LHZ
>
> On 09/20/2016 01:15 PM, comcast wrote:
> manufacturer is shakespeare. looks like the 4265. 118 to 174 gain antenna 60 W 
> power
> Jeff KG2bz
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Sep 20, 2016, at 10:35 AM, B. Smith <smithab11 at comcast.net 
> <mailto:smithab11 at comcast.net>> wrote:
>
>        Several of us purchased the VHF "broadband" antennas at Gilbert.  I got 
> mine for $15 bucks because the data plate was scratched and the plastic tip 
> was missing. ;-)
>          I am not a big fan of SWR but a quick check across two meters 
> (144-148) resulted in a low 1.4-1.7 SWR  with 10 feet of RG-58 feed line and 
> then tuning my analyzer lower in frequency the  antenna is usable for my 
> purposes on UNICOM. Tuning higher in frequency to 225 Mcs still got a fairly 
> low SWR. I guess I will have to do one of those graphs and also see the effect 
> of feedline length.
>           On the two meter frequency of 145 Mcs even a 1.7 SWR would not 
> result in that much of a feed line loss and my Older GE MVP APRS transmitter 
> probably would not care.
>        My antenna data plate was scratched and the lower frequency I assume is 
> 116 or 126 or 136?? Measuring a total length of around  36 inches it looks 
> like a end fed half wave which would not require a large ground area. But I do 
> smell a internal "voltage" balun of which I am not very fond of. But there is 
> "no free lunch" :-\
>  See attach photos (2) of antenna and data plate.
> Anyone else have any info? Any research?
> Z
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