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I know this if an old comment, but I just bought a 139XLR myself. I wanted a Cobra SSB, was torn between the 139 and 142, took the advice from here and got the 139xlr. It has a double throw switch in the back and I was figuring it was "uppers" and "lowers". I'm sure someone here can look at this...

Here we go again. Tornado Watch and a squaw line headed straight for us...

yea, I will start checking the LSB 38. all i hear on AM is ratchet jaws saying they getting off the air, (which they never do). Was going to walmart yesterday and heard a guy in georgia saying he getting off, and was in walmart 45 minutes, come out and he still "getting off" and all the way home...

If people can now go into stores and steal what they want without repercussion but dont you dare over power the band

Did they get defunded too?

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

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

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

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)

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...

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...

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

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

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

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?

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...

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...

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.

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.)