I like sirio too. I have used a sirio 5000 in my mobile. And currently run a sirio 2016 on base since 2009.
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What is your favorite brand of antennas
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Told my wife I was expecting a package to show up near the end of the week, hopefully. She asked what it was, I said an antenna. She asked, how much was that? I said, you really don't want to know. She asked $ 500? I said yeah, plus about 400 more. Then I hear $900 DOLLARS!! lets just say it's probably a good thing I'm in West Virginia right now. Pretty sure its not going to be HER favorite antenna. At least I had been putting back money for it, so its not like I spent money we didn't have, but I could hear the frustration in her voice. Well, she'll have two weeks to warm up to the idea before I get home. I could probably use a few prayers. Lol.
Dude, You can't leave it at that.....
What antenna?
Give us the scoop, what antenna?
It's a 4 element delta loop from SmarTech Innovations in Italy. The price wss $724, then I upgraded the Gamma match for another $40 Then i had to pay shipping, another $200. This things about 60 lbs. Figured if I was gonna go, I might as well go big. And while I'm at it, I need some suggestions for a good rotor that will handle this antenna.
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Use the static weight (57.7 lbs) and the wind load in square feet (around 10 sq. ft.) to find the correct one Wally. And you probably won't like the price but it will need to be a larger model. And consider what your highest wind events are. You won't want to put it up/take it down more than necessary.
| PHYSYCAL AND MECHANICAL SPECIFICATIONS | |
| Weight | 26.20kg (57.7lb) |
| Boom length | 6.0m (19.7ft) |
| Rotation radius | 2.88m (9.44ft) |
| Projected area [F=Flat - C=Cylindrical] | F = 0.63 m² (6.8 ft²) - C= 0.268m² (2.885 ft²) |
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BJ radionut
Supporting Member and 6m addict
To be safe the rotor should be sized no SMALLER than 125% of the Sq Ft...that said 13 sq ft.
Now Mast...??? Weight plus length must be added to calculations also....
Now with Hy Gain gone...choices are fewer....
Need a HyGain TX2 (tailtwister)...
Now Mast...??? Weight plus length must be added to calculations also....
Now with Hy Gain gone...choices are fewer....
YAESU G1000DXA [G1000DXA] - $574.89 : R&L Electronics, Amateur radio store
R&L Electronics YAESU G1000DXA [G1000DXA] - 22 SQ FT ROTOR ** USES 6 CONDUCTOR WIRE ** G-1000DXA ROTATORS Rotor ANTENNA ACCESSORIES
www2.randl.com
Need a HyGain TX2 (tailtwister)...
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Pre-MFJ Ham IV or T2X. Yaesu has good rotors, but when they fail, you are screwed. Don't ask how I know this.
BJ radionut
Supporting Member and 6m addict
4 element 27MHz LFA Yagi (5.45m)
4 element 27MHz LFA Yagi (5.45m) 11m / CB Yagis A Wideband 27MHz LFA Yagi
www.innovantennas.com
Me like better! Roughly half the size/weight...nr same gain...Lower wind load etc....lower cost...stateside shipping etc...
I have a 6m/short boom 5 L...nice antenna...Not as good as my 6L/wide space, gain wise...but super quiet! IMHO
BJ radionut
Supporting Member and 6m addict
Yep Zero service available...I have a G-800DXA been up going on 15 years...have had several different antenna configs on it/I have abused that rotor...when it dies, I'll get a new one!
I also have a TX2 for the tri-bander and the 12 element 2m set-up.
There are a few guys still rebuilding the oldest of old, CDE/Hy-Gain rotors. I rebuilt my T2X over 30 years ago. I am going to see how it does. If not good, I am sure it is just grease that hardened, that I will clean out and replace with synthetic bearing grease. Friends, don't let friends buy Yaesu!
F!@# Yaesu! Today, they are getting the last dollar I will ever spend with them, on a parts order they can't seem to get right, after 4 tries. The G-1000DXA in the box, that failed in 6 months is gonna sit in the box till I chuck it in the recycling bin. Yeah, I am paying for parts, I already paid for.
I may be in the minority, but I really liked the V Quad I had and used, I just thought it was built a little flimsy. The SmarTech antenna seems to be built very well, and It's a bigger version of the V Quad but built like a tank in comparison. Im in Oklahoma, we don't have the snow like the Indianapolis area we do have strong winds and occasionally heavy ice storms, so the construction of the antenna seems it should stand up to Oklahoma weather, hopefully. Like you said limited choices on rotors but Im leaning towards these two-- Yaesu G1000DXA or the Yaesu G 2800DXA but the no service part has me apprehensive. And the prices are steep but Im already neck deep into this venture. Lol4 element 27MHz LFA Yagi (5.45m)
4 element 27MHz LFA Yagi (5.45m) 11m / CB Yagis A Wideband 27MHz LFA Yagi
Me like better! Roughly half the size/weight...nr same gain...Lower wind load etc....lower cost...stateside shipping etc...
I have a 6m/short boom 5 L...nice antenna...Not as good as my 6L/wide space, gain wise...but super quiet! IMHO
I usually run mobile, so I either use some varieties of the Sirio mobile antennas, or the President Texas (depending on where I'm going I have to switch antennas) if there are some heavy, low hanging tree limbs, I'll pick the shortest whip.
DXman
Yes, that's 3100 degrees F. Nine yrs of hard work.
Mine is the Maco 5 element, not that it's the best out there, but it's the only one other than the Hygain LongJohn that I've used for working DX.
My Maco has been up on the tower now for 24 yrs and still going strong. The Hygain was up 24 yrs before removing it.