Aussie Antenna question.

[rudy]

Back in the 1990's I was bitten by the CB bug. I requested a catalog from a place called Santa Fe Distributing out of the KC, MO. area. They had an antenna that intrigued me.

It was considered a mobile antenna. It was 36' tall once it was extended, obviously you won't be mobile with it extended. It collapsed to 5' and then pivoted to a horizontal position for traveling.

It didn't need any guide lines when extended, or at least it didn't show any.

I've been wanting to try one out on some remote land that I have access to. Does anyone know of a similar antenna?

[jessejamesdallas]

Not sure about the one your talking about, but "Lightnings GR45" is a mobile antenna thats 56" tall and will definitely get you out there!

Not really a antenna you could mount on the roof and drive around town with, but parked or maybe mounted in the bed of a truck it would work...

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[MDYoungblood]

Back in the 1990's I was bitten by the CB bug. I requested a catalog from a place called Santa Fe Distributing out of the KC, MO. area. They had an antenna that intrigued me.

It was considered a mobile antenna. It was 36' tall once it was extended, obviously you won't be mobile with it extended. It collapsed to 5' and then pivoted to a horizontal position for traveling.

It didn't need any guide lines when extended, or at least it didn't show any.

I've been wanting to try one out on some remote land that I have access to. Does anyone know of a similar antenna?

Never seen that antenna, SFD was a drop shipper back then so getting in touch with them would be useless. The amateur radio scene has several telescoping antenna, most use a balun at the bottom to balance the impedance, not cheap but is probably in line with the price of the one you saw in the 90's. Look at the MFJ-2990 (HyGain AV-6160), it is 43ft tall but you can adjust it to 36ft plus if you go ham radio you will be all set. There are other brands, some cheaper, "google telescoping hf vertical antenna".
@JJD, there is a local, talks on channel 22, has that antenna on the roof of his van, been running it before Lightning bought Signal Engineering.

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Greg

[jessejamesdallas]

Back in the 1990's I was bitten by the CB bug. I requested a catalog from a place called Santa Fe Distributing out of the KC, MO. area. They had an antenna that intrigued me.

It was considered a mobile antenna. It was 36' tall once it was extended, obviously you won't be mobile with it extended. It collapsed to 5' and then pivoted to a horizontal position for traveling.

It didn't need any guide lines when extended, or at least it didn't show any.

I've been wanting to try one out on some remote land that I have access to. Does anyone know of a similar antenna?

Never seen that antenna, SFD was a drop shipper back then so getting in touch with them would be useless. The amateur radio scene has several telescoping antenna, most use a balun at the bottom to balance the impedance, not cheap but is probably in line with the price of the one you saw in the 90's. Look at the MFJ-2990 (HyGain AV-6160), it is 43ft tall but you can adjust it to 36ft plus if you go ham radio you will be all set. There are other brands, some cheaper, "google telescoping hf vertical antenna".
@JJD, there is a local, talks on channel 22, has that antenna on the roof of his van, been running it before Lightning bought Signal Engineering.

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Greg

There's a guy here too that has one, but his is mounted on the rear bumper of his pick-up...I wasn't that impressed with his, but it's probably because of where he has it, on the bumper...I just can't see driving around town with one of those on the roof...

If I tried that, it would get snapped off before I ever made it to the end of my street!

[19dt2120]

The GR45 is using a hybrid loading Principe right on the picture :
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