[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 

>What I found is that it (the Hobbico antenna) does virtually nothing for range.

How long is the Hobbico antenna? Tower Hobbies doesn't say.

My 28-inch homemade antenna makes a definite difference, and it really
doesn't look very different from the one in the Tower Hobbies picture.

Radio Shack Antenna:
http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&product%5Fid=270-1405

Radio Shack Connector:
http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&product%5Fid=274-328

My homemade antenna:
http://www.vvsss.com/freq_checker/antenna.jpg

The Hobbico antenna:
http://www2.gpmd.com/image/h/hcap0341.jpg

Mike
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