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those same comments are also in a thread on this forum .

http://www.worldwidedx.com/cb-antennas/28783-new-55-merlin-base-antenna.html

that same thread/post also offers some other info ....

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" ........ Well to test the neighbor issue I put some mild improper english out ( yes i know im a bad boy) to try and prevoke her to call. She is a pain in the butt and when i put out my " please ring my phone 2 times" announcement she doesnt always call. not a plesant or cooporitive person. Any how no phone call. So far so good with bleed over with a uniden 78 and magna 200.. Note the lop of coax. this was needed with the I10k to cut down on bleeding since 5/8 wave antennas are notorious for signal comming down the coax. I just didnt take it out and have to restrap the whole tower again.

signal reports so far are identical to the intercepter 10k. Remember this is a 1/4 wave antenna. But it is wayyyyyy more broadbanded then the I 10k. And is much less wind load then the I10k. In the same day I changed antennas we had skip, nothing on the I10k, changed to the merlin and I got out on ch 6 with my uniden and magna 100.

This antenna needs to be tuned at 15 ft or more above the ground. ...... "

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apparently the user didn't have the bleed over problem you have homer and they were also using a coax choke . it's also said it need a minimum 15 ft tuning height , but it seems this test was done at 75 ft . i am confuse by the user saying signal reports were identical between the merlin and a i10k (5/8 GP) and then in the same paragraph saying the i10k didn't hear skip and then saying the merlin made contacts (i'm guessing it herd skip to confirm the contacts) . but maybe/apparently he's comparing local results (which were identical) to skip contacts ( which had a great deal of difference) ....

<blockquote data-quote="BOOTY MONSTER" data-source="post: 402246">those same comments are also in a thread on this forum .<a href="http://www.worldwidedx.com/cb-antennas/28783-new-55-merlin-base-antenna.html" target="_blank">http://www.worldwidedx.com/cb-antennas/28783-new-55-merlin-base-antenna.html</a>that same thread/post also offers some other info ....************************&quot; ........ Well to test the neighbor issue I put some mild improper english out ( yes i know im a bad boy) to try and prevoke her to call. She is a pain in the butt and when i put out my &quot; please ring my phone 2 times&quot; announcement she doesnt always call. not a plesant or cooporitive person. Any how no phone call. So far so good with bleed over with a uniden 78 and magna 200.. Note the lop of coax. this was needed with the I10k to cut down on bleeding since 5/8 wave antennas are notorious for signal comming down the coax. I just didnt take it out and have to restrap the whole tower again.signal reports so far are identical to the intercepter 10k. Remember this is a 1/4 wave antenna. But it is wayyyyyy more broadbanded then the I 10k. And is much less wind load then the I10k. In the same day I changed antennas we had skip, nothing on the I10k, changed to the merlin and I got out on ch 6 with my uniden and magna 100.This antenna needs to be tuned at 15 ft or more above the ground. ...... &quot;*****************************apparently the user didn&#039;t have the bleed over problem you have homer and they were also using a coax choke . it&#039;s also said it need a minimum 15 ft tuning height , but it seems this test was done at 75 ft . i am confuse by the user saying signal reports were identical between the merlin and a i10k (5/8 GP) and then in the same paragraph saying the i10k didn&#039;t hear skip and then saying the merlin made contacts (i&#039;m guessing it herd skip to confirm the contacts) . but maybe/apparently he&#039;s comparing local results (which were identical) to skip contacts ( which had a great deal of difference) ....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BOOTY MONSTER, post: 402246"] those same comments are also in a thread on this forum . [url]http://www.worldwidedx.com/cb-antennas/28783-new-55-merlin-base-antenna.html[/url] that same thread/post also offers some other info .... ************************ " ........ Well to test the neighbor issue I put some mild improper english out ( yes i know im a bad boy) to try and prevoke her to call. She is a pain in the butt and when i put out my " please ring my phone 2 times" announcement she doesnt always call. not a plesant or cooporitive person. Any how no phone call. So far so good with bleed over with a uniden 78 and magna 200.. Note the lop of coax. this was needed with the I10k to cut down on bleeding since 5/8 wave antennas are notorious for signal comming down the coax. I just didnt take it out and have to restrap the whole tower again. signal reports so far are identical to the intercepter 10k. Remember this is a 1/4 wave antenna. But it is wayyyyyy more broadbanded then the I 10k. And is much less wind load then the I10k. In the same day I changed antennas we had skip, nothing on the I10k, changed to the merlin and I got out on ch 6 with my uniden and magna 100. This antenna needs to be tuned at 15 ft or more above the ground. ...... " ***************************** apparently the user didn't have the bleed over problem you have homer and they were also using a coax choke . it's also said it need a minimum 15 ft tuning height , but it seems this test was done at 75 ft . i am confuse by the user saying signal reports were identical between the merlin and a i10k (5/8 GP) and then in the same paragraph saying the i10k didn't hear skip and then saying the merlin made contacts (i'm guessing it herd skip to confirm the contacts) . but maybe/apparently he's comparing local results (which were identical) to skip contacts ( which had a great deal of difference) .... [/QUOTE]

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