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102 inch antenna
- Thread starter Xitami
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Don't see too many 102" whips out there. Probably the most popular are your standard 4 or 5 ft fiberglass antenna. I personally use a wilson 1000 mag mount on my pickup but will be swapping out to a 5ft fiberglass antenna soon. The Wilson works great for me,but it is too tall for my carport.
Many 102" whips in this area, hunters use them for hunting in the woods the steel whips take a lot of abuse. Work real well also
They have fallen out of popularity mainly because cars today have limited mounting options for a whip like that.
I've used one, but as w9cll says, it's hard to mount them on a sub-compact. They're pretty rough on the sheet metal when they aren't bumper mounted.
It was my second favorite mobile antenna, probably would have been my favorite if I could have center mounted it. With it mounted on the center of the rear bumper it made for monster signal towards the front end.
Give me good skip and a parking lot and i was mobile with a beam.
I run a wilson 1000 because like codeman, I've got a low roof parking structure and need the flexibility of the little stainless whip to get in the garage, otherwise I'd be running one of my top load fiberglass antennas.
It was my second favorite mobile antenna, probably would have been my favorite if I could have center mounted it. With it mounted on the center of the rear bumper it made for monster signal towards the front end.
Give me good skip and a parking lot and i was mobile with a beam.
I run a wilson 1000 because like codeman, I've got a low roof parking structure and need the flexibility of the little stainless whip to get in the garage, otherwise I'd be running one of my top load fiberglass antennas.
Mine works great on my truck bed tool box..
RatsoW8
Supporting Member, W9WDX ARC Member - WD8T
Very popular in the 70's and I always had one on my car. A 1968 Plymouth Fury III with a big old chrome bumper and chain mount for the whip.. Car's haven't had bumpers like that for a long long time.
All cool, glad to see they are still used some, i got 2 stacked on my nissian vanette, they not done with the coax harness but with a 50ohm toroid so i can run 50ohm coax to each antenna.
So yes they are in-phase, not out of phase like a coax harness, so both xmit at the same moment in the cycle, works way better me thinks, love 102s.
So yes they are in-phase, not out of phase like a coax harness, so both xmit at the same moment in the cycle, works way better me thinks, love 102s.
There is a lot of members showing their age in this thread.........
I use a whip on my pickup for 10-20 metres with a tuner, works great.
I use a whip on my pickup for 10-20 metres with a tuner, works great.
RatsoW8
Supporting Member, W9WDX ARC Member - WD8T
Early this morning, I went into a Bosselmans truck stop, in Nebraska, and found some 102" steel whips. I bought two of them.
Oddly, they had no 6" springs to go with them. Nor did they have anything else with which to add six inches. That's ok, though. I'll find it, elsewhere.
Oddly, they had no 6" springs to go with them. Nor did they have anything else with which to add six inches. That's ok, though. I'll find it, elsewhere.