Do they have a 50 Ohm resistor built in to load them ? How does it perform given it is mainly loading coil and not much element ?
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Crazy mobile antenna!
- Thread starter fourstringburn
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Think Isotron. The feedline is doing most of the radiating. That would be my guess.
I ran into the the driver of that rig at a Pilot truck stop somewhere in Kentucky. Snapped this quick picture of him, he was a little upset that I had laughed at his antenna set up, Then he went on a rant about how he was going to blow up planet Earth, it blocked his view or something like that? As soon as I finished fuelling up I got the heck out of there, that guy was a real Loony Tune!!!
The season of Spring: a new Stargun thread to get thru the rainy days.
Kinda looks more like a Beach Umbrella
I've seen him before!
Said something about "fixing drifting Galaxy's"
Just not sure which type of Galaxy he was referring to..
Well if someone would stop resurrecting long dead threads we would not have yet another Star Gun thread .
https://www.worldwidedx.com/threads/perfect-example.89265/page-2#post-760275
I wonder if those twigs attract more than radio signals ? I will leave it up to your imagination as to what that could be.
The Isotron 11 is a whole lot less obtrusive than the Stargun. Who'll try one on their car/truck and report back to the group? Wind rating is 85. Price is $79.95.
Well if someone would stop resurrecting long dead threads we would not have yet another Star Gun thread .
The “bump” of a few came after this one got started. What, you don’t like reference material?
As with the OP, one sees a few thousand trucks every few days. He also knows the frustrations in making a big truck mobile install work.
“Reference Material” is sorta tongue-in-cheek. Ringing the dinner bell for previous contributors. OTOH, some of the braces and supporting Stargun pieces might jog a memory, somewhere, of effective use.
Stopping off at Bobs CB gives one a chance to look at some of those pieces. Visualizing how they might be used, is the challenge.
Running 7’ or 9’ miles whips off plastic mirror arm bolts keeps one mindful there might be something better by which to have greater overall stability in hard crosswinds.
Stargun is funny. Funny name and weird combinations.
But maybe (another universe?) there’s signal in all that noise; an adjustable brace and puck well-used. Rest of the antenna may be for beans.
Come on down to the Southwest sometime. Seeing a pair of Predators laid over near-horizontal on a decrepit KW-900 doesn’t mean they’re bad antennas. And you’ll see it unendingly.
The parts grab-bag mistakes with SG is what makes them funny.
But someone might recall or have a pic of effective use.
It sure is for rainy days.
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Come on down to the Southwest sometime. Seeing a pair of Predators laid over near-horizontal on a decrepit KW-900 doesn’t mean they’re bad antennas. And you’ll see it unendingly.
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Lol!! I forgot about it until you mentioned it, I've seen those Predators laying over like that.
Come on down to the Southwest sometime. Seeing a pair of Predators laid over near-horizontal on a decrepit KW-900 doesn’t mean they’re bad antennas. And you’ll see it unendingly.
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Lol!! I forgot about it until you mentioned it, I've seen those Predators laying over like that.
The Isotron 11 is a whole lot less obtrusive than the Stargun. Who'll try one on their car/truck and report back to the group? Wind rating is 85. Price is $79.95.
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The ongoing dilemma of
1). Not having the budget for a lay-down screwdriver to affix to the aluminum roof of my travel trailer; and,
2). An alternative to be able to quickly (relatively) assemble and disassemble a portable antenna where the ground space is restricted and space to store said antenna is primary;
3). Leads me on all sorts of goose chases. Aside from the manufacturer website one is hard-pressed to find good reviews of an Isotron.
— Twenty years of the Internet (and a longer span driving trucks on-off) I’ve not ever seen one or heard of one in use.
Not to say it hasn’t happened. Bad as are composite-body tractors word would get around fairly fast even if only in one region.
I’ve thrown money around re radio in excess of my relative ability. Made this a priority. Not sorry to have done so, but it has hurt in other ways.
“Maybe” it’s an O-K receive antenna (maybe). But there’s not enough information otherwise to make this an encouraging venture even for someone willing to experiment, IMO.
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All duly noted.
And I, too, have thrown money around in the name of the hobby in excess of my radio ability. Quite frankly, I’m surprised I haven’t owned an Isotron.
Perhaps a report will be coming somewhere down the line after all. (Base use, not mobile). After I give the Tak-tenna another chance.