[450] Spoke with comet / ngc

[William Knapp / WA1WK]

Also - I have been running a cheap ass Diamond 5/8 over 5/8 for about  
three years now. After reading up on it, reviewers said put blue  
loc-tite on all the screws because from wind vibrataion then tend to  
become loose. SoI glopped on the loc-tite and haven't had a single  
problem. I think it was 49 bucks and free shipping.

73



Quoting William Knapp / WA1WK <wa1wk at wa1wk.com>:

> 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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