Sum Ting Wong wrote:
Yeah, that was ugly. I also noticed the author used what appeared to
be a base loaded motorized antenna and then concluded that the
motorized antennas weren't worth a hoot. There are some decent center
loaded ones out there that would have given better results. Base
loaded antennas are probably the worst possible case, based on my
experience. Wonder how that article made it past the editor?

I added a top hat and "RV extension" to my HS-1600
that doubled the length of the bottom section. Here's
a picture and the combined results of three CA
shootouts from about 20 years ago. There don't seem to
have been any break-throughs since then.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com