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  1. DelR

    What frequency range is this antenna??

    Did they get defunded too?
  2. DelR

    Maco VQ3 V-Quad 11 meter antenna

    yes, that is what i was worried about. all the weight on one side. maybe one could find a way to lock it
  3. DelR

    Mobile Ham operations banned?

    Great follow-up So, we can report that on the sheriff website, tip link
  4. DelR

    Mobile Ham operations banned?

    Then, they need to ban AM and FM radio, CD players, and talking to the passenger in your vehicle...
  5. DelR

    Tornado again

    That's what I would have done :) took my money and bought a fix er upper in the country (in the path that tornado took but missed it)
  6. DelR

    Tornado again

    tornado got me in dec 2021, I know how you feel. We were in bathroom also. took roof off master bedroom corner of house. all the neighbors were demolished but some my house stayed up. i figured out that if you have a carport, the wind will take the whole roof off. i had built the carport into a...
  7. DelR

    Cobra 139XLR and a 142GTL

    I had a HAM IV with my 4 element and worked great. Sold out in '92, boy, am I kicking myself you know where. I got it for doing some antenna work on a 90ft tower. I was young back then. Got the rotor, 2 coaxes off a broken moonraker, and a jb200 black cat. All that went very well with the Gold...
  8. DelR

    Maco VQ3 V-Quad 11 meter antenna

    I had a 4 element in the 90s on 50ft and out talked a 3 element on 70ft of a buddy of mine.
  9. DelR

    Maco VQ3 V-Quad 11 meter antenna

    Sounds good to me. That is what I was thinking on the VQ3.
  10. DelR

    Maco VQ3 V-Quad 11 meter antenna

    OK, I was following along pretty well there, but that confused me again. Height vs take off angle?
  11. DelR

    Maco VQ3 V-Quad 11 meter antenna

    Correct, I was quoting what is on Copper Electronics. I did not understand how the VQ3 has 14.5 dB with 27xPM, and the M104 has 14 dB with 28xPM. Is this the takeoff angle you were talking about?
  12. DelR

    Cobra 139XLR and a 142GTL

    Also, CopperElectronics sells a Maco Shooting Star 8 element, which looks like the MoonRaker, 4 vert and 4 horiz, with the same power multiplication of 28, which makes me like the VQ3 design better, because of the weight. The only thing that worries me is the "wop sided" design not being...
  13. DelR

    Cobra 139XLR and a 142GTL

    Yes, I am interested in skip and not so much local. The gain is rated at 14.5, wit power multiplication of 27x, which seems good for the size and weight. The maco 4 element is 14db gain and power multiplication of 28x. I will use a cheaper style rotor, seeing I cant afford another Hamm II style...
  14. DelR

    Maco VQ3 V-Quad 11 meter antenna

    Does anyone have any experience with this antenna they can share with me. I am trying to decide between the Maco VQ3 V-Quad and the Maco M104C 4 element.
  15. DelR

    Cobra 139XLR and a 142GTL

    Just bought a Cobra 139XLR. Got to wait for it to get here. Next advice I would like to ask for is antenna. Maco VQ3 V-Quad or Maco 4 element vertical beam? (I had the 4 element in 1991 with my last radio, which was a cobra 89, and it talked great, but would like some input on that new v-quad.)
  16. DelR

    Cobra 139XLR and a 142GTL

    Thanks for that great information. I recently purchased a 148 GTL with the 5 pin mic on the side, with manufacture date of 1994 on back. I am glad BC mentioned this radio, because it was my next question. Now I am in the market for a Cobra base.
  17. DelR

    Cobra 139XLR and a 142GTL

    Can anyone tell me the difference between the two radios, other that knob placement?
  18. DelR

    If you were a pirate broadcaster, what's playing right now?

    WoW, That really takes me back. Great Video. Makes me remember/MISS the smell of my dad's Gibson ES-335, when he would play it.