n1nte
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I'd be interested in a VNA sweep of this antenna. Any anticipated price range? My ST-2 is getting a bit worn.
Pass on what? and what offer? I was just making the point about the 20" mast and why it will remain that length.I'll pass... Thanks for the offer!
The original was antennacraft and then Radio shack bought the antenna, and since then it has been out of production. this antenna is a home made antenna and as it is similar in design it is not a duplicate and so I don't see why licensing it would even come into play. As it is Not a Duplicate so the only rights would belong to the person/persons that built it. Will they license this antenna? who know's.Who, or what company, actually owns the patent the builder licensed it from? It is Tandy or did Tandy license it from whomever when they sold it under the Antennacraft name? It is an interesting antenna. I have two of the ST2 model.
No price has been determined at this point.I will be inline for one if not 2. Do we have a hint on the price yet?
That absolutely bothered me, too!The improper use of an apostrophe did it for me.
Does this have the same balun and 75-ohm F connector as the old ST2?...
Yeah, I’ve never seen the predecessor before, but I’m assuming you’re talking about this, right? If so, I’d like to think maybe there a sturdier version for production, but my newbie question is what you’re supposed to do with that. Can you just throw a BNC or UHF connector on the other end of some RG6 and call it a day?If you look at the attached "copyrightimage6" in post number 1 of this thread, you will see the black 300-to-75-ohm balun matching transformer attached to the antenna (at the far right side of the picture) with an exposed female F connector to connect your coax to.
Yeah, I’ve never seen the predecessor before, but I’m assuming you’re talking about this, right? If so, I’d like to think maybe there a sturdier version for production, but my newbie question is what you’re supposed to do with that. Can you just throw a BNC or UHF connector on the other end of some RG6 and call it a day?
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At the antenna end of your coax (RG6 for example) you need to have an F male connector attached to the end of the coax and that screws into the F female on the balun transformer shown in the picture. At the scanner end of the coax you can also install an F male connector and then use an F female to BNC male adapter to attach to your scanner (assuming your scanner has a BNC connector). There are also BNC male compression connectors that will go directly on the end of RG6 coax and that will eliminate the need for the F-to-BNC adapter at the scanner end.Yeah, I’ve never seen the predecessor before, but I’m assuming you’re talking about this, right? If so, I’d like to think maybe there a sturdier version for production, but my newbie question is what you’re supposed to do with that. Can you just throw a BNC or UHF connector on the other end of some RG6 and call it a day?
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