[450] W1QEX Mobile goes to Queens

[Thomas Moore]

Used the cg144 to talk to n1ujs form the south shore of Long Island @ 3' above sea level @ 10 watts mobile.....the thing works.
 


On Saturday, November 15, 2014 5:06 PM, Shawn Zupp <n2dxtour at gmail.com> wrote:
  


Actually I've been impressed with the top 5/8 wave antennas, and antennas like the collinear CG144.
And have expressed some fantastic distances with them. SZ.


On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 12:35 AM, John Foege <john.foege at gmail.com> wrote:

I whole-heartedly agree that over long-haul distances that a mobile horizontally polarized loop is far superior to a vertical whip.
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>With an HO-Loop it is foreseeable that on a mode like SSB, I could have had relatively OK comm capability for the entire drive from Waterbury to Queens...whereas on the vertical, it went bye bye right around exit 38 on the Merritt.
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>Too bad. But, I'd like to correct Bob's statement: It isn't ignorance. We've known on 450 for years that mobiles with HO loops significantly outperform vertical whips. It has more to do with vanity, apathy, laziness, etc.
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>I don't make a long-haul drive often enough to warrant the needless complexity of installing and maintaining a loop on my car. A 5/8th wave from Larsen on an NMO mount is pure simplicity and about the easiest thing next to tying your shoes and chewing a stick of bubblegum.
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>If I were commuting back and forth in the Tri-State area often, I would consider a loop. As it is, everyone can hear me mobile in my main area of operation. (Read: Waterbury)
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>John
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>On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 8:40 PM, Shawn Zupp <n2dxtour at gmail.com> wrote:
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>What time you heading back?
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>>On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 6:54 AM, John Foege <john.foege at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>Hello everyone!
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>>>I will be mobiling my way from Prospect, CT to Long Island today, as I have to pick up a friend from Germany from JFK.
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>>>I will be leaving Prospect at around 1pm EST and should be at JFK by 3pm EST if traffic doesn't suck horribly (which it will).
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>>>If anyone is around, I will be on 144.450 FM through a 5/8th vertical whip @ approx. 60W of output power.
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>>>Will be interesting to see how well you all hear me !!
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>>>Thanks,
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>>>John
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