Use one on 160 and one on 75 years ago. Claims of less noise and greatly improved bandwidth were bogus over the same type of single wire configuration. On the plus side, great wind catcher so you need strong supports especially if used in a dipole configuration. Also, if your area is prone to ice storms, larger surface area of antenna is a great collector. You'll need strong rope. Bandwidth improvement was minuscule over a dipole. It think Wallt Maxwell had some articles about this antenna years ago, "fact and fiction". Lots of info on the web. If you get water inside the coax and it then migrates, it will drive your SWR readings all over the place. After several ice storms, I finally gathered the antennas up and threw them in the trash can. Wire works just as well.
Pete, wa2cwa On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 14:52:00 -0600 Rick Brashear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Larry, > Fantastic! Not only does that help, that cinches the deal! I liked > > everything I read about the Bazooka, but had never talked with > anyone > who had one in use. Obviously, you have no major complaints. I > understand that noise reduction is a big plus in these antennas, is > that > what you find? > > I'll have to erect mine as an inverted vee due to real estate, but > it > should do just fine. I hope to have the apex at 45' - 50' and the > ends > no less than 15' off the ground. ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected]
