[450] Spoke with comet / ngc

[William Knapp / WA1WK]

Yeah - That's the one. I don't know if they make it anymore though.

Quoting David Garcia <wb2rxf at gmail.com>:

> This one? Cushcraft A14810S its either vertical or horizontal, some time in
> the past I believe bob had setup his beams to go vertical or horizontal
> with inexpensive rotors, I could be wrong.
>
> On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 12:32 PM, William Knapp / WA1WK <wa1wk at wa1wk.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Does Cuhshcraft still make the 10 element Vertical / Horizontal beam?
>> That's what Bob uses. He just took off the vertical elements. It's not the
>> most optimized antenna in the world, but I think it might work better than
>> an antenna made for satellite work.
>> I did a search for it, but didn't come up with anything. You might be able
>> to find something used on QRZ. It certainly would be less expensive than
>> the M2
>>
>> 73
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>> Quoting David Garcia <wb2rxf at gmail.com>:
>>
>> I did a search on google, and a very few have an issue, but when it does
>>> happen its a "solder joint" or bad capacitors, I'm borrowing kc2dyys dual
>>> band base comet, and see how that works out, while I wait for the turn
>>> around time. Gonna do it asap before this arctic level cold snap sets in.
>>> Probably wed or thursday. I'm considering in the next few months to get
>>> M2s
>>> smallest circular polarized antenna 7ele, I called & asked if I could make
>>> it with a switch for vertical & horizontal use, he explained, all I need
>>> to
>>> do call and ask for 2nd driven element. It sounds good on paper, but was a
>>> nightmare when I did so with the 5element beam from K1FO. But I don't have
>>> the space to put 2 vertical and 2 horizontal, because I'd like to do the
>>> same with a 70cm circular polarized beam. Oh well I'll we'll see what
>>> happens when the time comes.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 10:59 AM, William Knapp / WA1WK <wa1wk at wa1wk.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Those are typically really good antennas. Sorry you got a bad one and had
>>>> to go through all the trouble to re-pack it, etc.
>>>>
>>>> Good luck!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Quoting David Garcia <wb2rxf at gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>> They said send it in, they would do a thorough check up on the CX333, the
>>>>
>>>>> swr is just to erratic. So many great reviews & I got the lemon. Keeping
>>>>> my
>>>>> fingers crossed. Glad I didn't throw the box the masts came in.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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