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I have 2 of these, my home is in an HOA area so I cannot have a tower there. I had one of these mounted to a vent pipe with exactly 50 feet of coax. I have very good SWR and with 100 watts I talk all the DX on SSB I wanted. For local, it's about like a mobile.

I then went to a firestick dipole, there is a coupler you can make or buy with two vehicle stud mounts. I use 2, 5 foot firesticks and this actually worked a bit better and you can mount it horizontal for DX then rotate it vertical for local, and again, it is about as good as a mobile. I have no problems with DX on SSB and its tuned for 10 meters.

Both of these worked for me but for sure I have no complaints on the B100. I was thinking about going back to it and having it vertical, then switch to the firestick rig for horizontal...... 73s, Tim

Oh both of them will hit my office with a weak signal (5), 18 miles away, I have a tall tower there......

<blockquote data-quote="392" data-source="post: 554908" data-attributes="member: 47516">I have 2 of these, my home is in an HOA area so I cannot have a tower there.&nbsp; I had one of these mounted to a vent pipe with exactly 50 feet of coax.&nbsp; I have very good SWR and with 100 watts I talk all the DX on SSB I wanted.&nbsp; For local, it&#039;s about like a mobile.I then went to a firestick dipole, there is a coupler you can make or buy with two vehicle stud mounts.&nbsp; I use 2, 5 foot firesticks and this actually worked a bit better and you can mount it horizontal for DX then rotate it vertical for local, and again, it is about as good as a mobile.&nbsp; I have no problems with DX on SSB and its tuned for 10 meters.Both of these worked for me but for sure I have no complaints on the B100.&nbsp; I was thinking about going back to it and having it vertical, then switch to the firestick rig for horizontal......&nbsp; 73s, TimOh both of them will hit my office with a weak signal (5), 18 miles away, I have a tall tower there......</blockquote>

[QUOTE="392, post: 554908, member: 47516"] I have 2 of these, my home is in an HOA area so I cannot have a tower there. I had one of these mounted to a vent pipe with exactly 50 feet of coax. I have very good SWR and with 100 watts I talk all the DX on SSB I wanted. For local, it's about like a mobile. I then went to a firestick dipole, there is a coupler you can make or buy with two vehicle stud mounts. I use 2, 5 foot firesticks and this actually worked a bit better and you can mount it horizontal for DX then rotate it vertical for local, and again, it is about as good as a mobile. I have no problems with DX on SSB and its tuned for 10 meters. Both of these worked for me but for sure I have no complaints on the B100. I was thinking about going back to it and having it vertical, then switch to the firestick rig for horizontal...... 73s, Tim Oh both of them will hit my office with a weak signal (5), 18 miles away, I have a tall tower there...... [/QUOTE]

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