<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div><span>Used the cg144 to talk to n1ujs form the south shore of Long Island @ 3' above sea level @ 10 watts mobile.....the thing works.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span><br></span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Saturday, November 15, 2014 5:06 PM, Shawn Zupp
<n2dxtour@gmail.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv2616069685"><div><div dir="ltr">Actually I've been impressed with the top 5/8 wave antennas, and antennas like the collinear CG144.<div>And have expressed some fantastic distances with them. SZ.</div></div><div class="yiv2616069685gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv2616069685yqt5430369130" id="yiv2616069685yqtfd06046"><div class="yiv2616069685gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 12:35 AM, John Foege <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john.foege@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:john.foege@gmail.com">john.foege@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv2616069685gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>I whole-heartedly agree
that over long-haul distances that a mobile horizontally polarized loop is far superior to a vertical whip.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>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.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>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.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>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.<br
clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>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)<span class="yiv2616069685HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></font></span></div><span class="yiv2616069685HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">John<br clear="none"></font></span></div><div class="yiv2616069685HOEnZb"><div class="yiv2616069685h5"><div class="yiv2616069685gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv2616069685gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 8:40 PM, Shawn Zupp <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:n2dxtour@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:n2dxtour@gmail.com">n2dxtour@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv2616069685gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width:
1px; border-left-style: solid;"><div dir="ltr">What time you heading back?</div><div class="yiv2616069685gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv2616069685gmail_quote"><div><div>On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 6:54 AM, John Foege <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john.foege@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:john.foege@gmail.com">john.foege@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"></div></div><blockquote class="yiv2616069685gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Hello everyone!<br clear="none"><br clear="none">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.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>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).<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>If anyone is around, I will be on 144.450 FM through a 5/8th vertical whip @ approx. 60W of output power.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>Will be interesting to see how well you all hear me !!<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div>Thanks,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">John<br clear="none"></div>
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