[W2CRA] SK antennas for pickup

Tony Ploski aploski at comcast.net
Fri Nov 8 12:20:38 EST 2019


CRA members

see the below email I received about Roger Long's antennas.  I will 
bring pictures to tonights meeting.   Let me know if you are interested.

Tony W2HWW


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Gentlemen:

My husband, Roger Long, used to belong to Cherryville years ago.  He 
passed away at the end of August.  We had our deck redone, including the 
2nd floor balcony, to which his antenna was attached.  The deck guys 
removed it and propped it up in a corner of the house.  It recently blew 
down but fortunately didn't damage anything.  I need to get rid of it.  
I sent pictures of it to a friend of mine, and below is what he says it is.

I don't know if it is of any use to anyone, I would appreciate it if 
someone could  take it away.

I won't be available until next week, but I can be reached on my cell 
phone at 908-319-6049.  I don't answer it unless  I recognize the 
number, so please leave a message and I will get back to you.

Thank you so much.

Roz Long

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The one with the coil and plastic connecting 2 aluminum bent panels is 
Bilal Isotron stealth antenna, it looks to be a 40 meter version 
although the 80 and 30 meter versions look about the same. I'm judging 
it's a 40 meter version in relation to the size of the dog. They retail 
for about $110 and I have no idea who sells them except by mail from the 
company. Amateur Electronic Supply had them in their catalog before they 
went belly up a few years ago.

The other antenna, if you wanted to buy one of them now would be an 
MFJ-1796 and they retail for around $350 or so. It probably wasn't MFJ 
when Roger bought it and I cannot exactly remember what company made it. 
MFJ buys up out of business or struggling companies like High Gain and 
Cushcraft. However the older ones were much better made than the new 
ones from MFJ. When I lived in NJ there was a ham store in a shopping 
center on Easton Ave by John F. Kennedy Blvd. just North of New 
Brunswick run by a fellow named Randy. WA2RMZ if I remember right. It's 
where I met Derry Galbreath BTW. I used to stop in there on my way home 
from work on the days I worked in the center in New Brunswick and bat 
the breeze with other hams who came in. There was a "Chicken Delight" 
store next door and I sometimes even had dinner in the ham store as 
well. Randy had the antenna in the picture and I seem to remember they 
were around $150 back then. Both antennas in your pictures are for 
restricted space and since I had a lot of room both in Whitehouse and 
later in Wyoming, I never had any experience with either type.
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