[Pro2006] Scanantenna

[Randy True]

On Fri, 15 Feb 2002 22:37:49 -0600, you wrote:

>Thanks for the tip on the silicone grease. Sounds like I may be looking =
for a problem that
>is not there, but I remember years ago that design on TV antennas and a =
lot of them broke
>at that flat spot on the swivel brackets.

Could have been a less than quality antenna, and the plastic wasn't UV =
resistant???


>
>On another note, how do you like the antenna? I have a Icom AH-7000 =
25-1300 MHz
>discone up and have problems with some fringe 408 and 800 MHz trunking =
things from
>this hell hole behind the bluffs that I picked to buy and move to (LOL) =
I am really on the
>weak fringe of these but a preamp brings up overload problems so I =
thought I would give
>this antenna a try (I wish I had waited till the Radio Shack =
discontinued price came out).

I'm kinda in the same geographic condition as you; surrounded by hills.
I have real good results using a mast mounted pre-amp, and RG6 coax.
Compared to my Diamond 510 (a 144/440 base antenna), I get almost as good=
 results on
Vfh HI, and as good or better on Uhf. I can receive 800mhz out to around =
forty miles.

Another thing. Mount it on a PVC mast if you can. A steel mast does cause=
 nulls.
I have mine mounted on a rotor.


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