What was your favorite antenna growing up and how did it perform?
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De_Wildfire
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What was your favorite antenna growing up and how did it perform?
What was your favorite antenna growing up and how did it perform? Back when I was a teenager, I had a big stick antenna and a PDL2 Quad for 11 meters. I used a TRAM D201A running 12 watts on those antennas. It worked well into Europe, Russia, South America, Africa and Australia. Yes, I did utilize the 11 meter band very well.
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Swamp Rat
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My favorite antenna back in the day was Avanti's Astroplane ,followed by the original Starduster by Antenna Specialists .
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MDYoungblood
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My favorite was the Avanti (Antenna Specialist) Sigma II (model AV-170), I had it mounted on the far side of the house and later bought a Avanti Moonraker IV (model AV-140) on a 40ft American Tower, CDE Ham IV rotor mounted inside the tower on a Rohn rotor plate and a thrust bearing (homemade) at the tower top. Still have the Sigma but the Moonraker succumb to a ice storm back in the late 70's. The parts were used to make several different antennas over the years.
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De_Wildfire
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Swamp Rat and MDYoungblood.......Those antennas bring back good memories. All the neighborhoods around me back in the day had all those antennas around. Everyone back in the day had to to have an antenna different than everyone else and compete that that.
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i did alot of experimenting with antenna' way back when but the ones i loved the most were , for mobile , was the 4' center-loaded Hustler.
then for a base was the Hy~Gain 5/8 wave.
each performed very well
then for a base was the Hy~Gain 5/8 wave.
each performed very well
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I didnt grow up until I was almost 30 !
I loved the telescopic antenna with the center load that came with my first walkie talkie. Just the old school antenna.
I have also been partial to a 1/4 wave whip. Tried and true for sure.
I did have an Antron99 mounted about 80 feet to the tip and it worked well. I could hear a pin drop all over the world but it was really a fragile antenna and I had to replace it due to weather, wind damage. I did try the ground plane kit for the antron99 but it didnt seem to make much of a difference.
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I loved the telescopic antenna with the center load that came with my first walkie talkie. Just the old school antenna.
I have also been partial to a 1/4 wave whip. Tried and true for sure.
I did have an Antron99 mounted about 80 feet to the tip and it worked well. I could hear a pin drop all over the world but it was really a fragile antenna and I had to replace it due to weather, wind damage. I did try the ground plane kit for the antron99 but it didnt seem to make much of a difference.
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De_Wildfire
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- Real Name: Greg
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Besides the PDL2 quad, I also had great performance with the old Shakespear Big Stick antenna. Loved that vertical too. In the car, my favorite antenna was the Wilson 1000 mag mount which was nice because I could throw it in the trunk and keep it out of site when going to malls and shopping centers. The Wilson1000 was a performer with my President HR2510 and a Texas Star brick under the seat back in the day shooting DX into Europe.
