Dave MAde Rod Of God Antenna *PICS*

[SR385]

It's funny to read some things at times.

My time on CB, working all over the world, was at a propagation peak years ago. With a Texas Star 250, generally run at 80W or so, and a Wilson 1000 through hole mount on my roof, I worked the world at will, mobile only.

I had several radios over time back then, one of them was a Uniden 520XL and I used to work at 4W AM, a guy called the Channel Master in San Antonio from NJ on almost a daily basis as well as the Grizzly Bear Mobeeel who was down that way along coastal TX I think.

I can still hear Grizzly Bear howling into his echo box now. "Grizzly bear, grizzly bear, grizzly bear, world wide walkie talkie, grizzly bear mobeeel back quiet".

Propagation will return...just something to keep in mind ;-).

 

[KingCobra_CDX882]

hey SR385 ...

I hear that

Where in NJ are you

 

[Drifter]

no offense meant by this but two things:

1) just because "someone beat someone with something different " in no way means anything. That is not scientific proof. Its a personal account which by no means proves anything. (read my signature line, bob said it best)

2) If an 8 pill beat a z box I want to know how many tubes there were and how big was the guys supply etc etc etc. for a 3-500z box of any config 3 tubes plus to get beat by a 8 pill is silly. Something was wrong, all there was too it. Im not saying he didnt win, Im saying the ac mobile must have had a problem. Any time anyone with a 16 pill mobile wants to key against my 3cx3000a7...heh heh.. I will be more than willing to take the challenge, half waves and all... I dont think you will be successful keying on him sorry to say.

Your comments makes it clear to me why they banned The Rod Of God Antenna from keydowns. A 16pill DC mobile running the Rod OF God cutting the lips off a 3cx3000 AC mobile is priceless. Alot of people would not be able to accept the beat down.

 

[linearone]

like i said, ill take you up on the challenge whenever you want. I can put up, can you?

 

[GunSlinger338]

i always thought this antenna was more along the 5/8 wave flavor myself

 

[linearone]

what are your thoughts on this gunslinger... do you agree with my statements?

 

[GunSlinger338]

what are your thoughts on this gunslinger... do you agree with my statements?

I agree 100%.... i would luv to line up next to an 8 pill with my 3000....HAHAHAHAHA


0- wait ...... your talking about the antenna...... I agree with that too

 

[ROC1]

If the R.O.G was a half wave or 5/8 wave wouldn't it have more gain by design than a quarter wave setup, even if directors were added on the mobile (especially if it were just one or two)?

 

[riveracc1]

I was just a the Jax break 09 and Fatboy has their own version of the Rod of God They use it with copper pipe "T" tops and claim it to be 5/8's. Pricing up over the $1,000. mark. They keyed against other trucks in the regular pill classes and didn't get past the second round against the 5 antenna Suburbans. They run a 2 antenna set-up on BB's old truck and beat a 3cx15000 with 2 live sticks & no backdoor. 50kw's of power! What a show but to me it's just marketing!

 

[linearone]

measurements are different but the idea is the same

 

[CDX-007]

At a typically >1,000ohms feed point impedance of an end-fed 1/2 wave, I would expect a lot more coil than that.

 

[linearone]

At a typically >1,000ohms feed point impedance of an end-fed 1/2 wave, I would expect a lot more coil than that.

forget the values of the the schematic, it is there to show the placement of parts.

the coil is pretty big in real life, 4 1/2 turn at least 10 inches wide... it works.

 

[riveracc1]

I estimated about 9 feet of 3/8" wide hollow copper coil. The top I saw on it was about 9 feet tall with a "T" on top of about 9 feet wide. The top to bottom was NOT adjustable but the "T" was adjustable to the sides and about 6 to 8 inches longer on the reflector. This was a 2 antenna set-up with 6 foot spacing BUT the reflector did NOT have the coil. I might be wrong but isn't the reflector AND the antenna supposed to be the same wavelength? By the way, the set-up I saw had copper pipe for the shaft and it was soldered like a regular plumbing fixture...

 

[CDX-007]

Does anyone know where to find printed rules for these mobile shootouts or are they always changing based upon local agreement for each competition?

 

[niterider]

You can't deny one thing, Dave was a great innovator of higher performance boxes and antennas.. I have never seen vacuum capacitors used on a mobile antenna before, which is something very different. Vacuum capacitors have a higher efficiency and handle much more power. I would of just made the antenna 4 feet taller however, and made it a 5/8th wave though. A 5/8th wave doesn't need a capacitor to match the antenna at all, and may have an ever slight more gain and height advantage.