[450] Spoke with comet / ngc

[William Knapp / WA1WK]

Having a dual polarity H Frame - you may run into problems with the  
interaction between the masting and the antennas.
Robert - pls chime in on this. You know way more about this than I do.


Quoting David Garcia <wb2rxf at gmail.com>:

> The idea is to have an H frame dual polarity at the push of a button for
> vhf & uhf beams. Just to change the subject for a minute, if anyone knows
> who's selling heliax 5/8s or 1/2 inch at almost LMR 600 Prices on ebay let
> me know, I've heard of it, but only ran into it once.
>
> On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 12:39 PM, David Garcia <wb2rxf at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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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