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Small Base Antenna: SIRIO Boomerang W

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Each leg about 4’ plus or 9.4’ total

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Sirio Boomerang-W Base Antenna - Unicom Radio

Experience exceptional performance with the Sirio Boomerang-W Base Antenna. This remarkable product is meticulously designed to cater to all, ensuring a professional and seamless experience.
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Forgotten I had one of these. Am going to be home long enough it’s worth the trouble to me to get a 5-gal bucket holding a painters extendable pole to run it up a ways.

Similar to this:

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Can’t remember if there are rules governing this where I rent (ground space), but it’d need to come back down easily & often. Toss in back of my pickup kind-of-a-thing.

I’d guess its most popular as, “a balcony antenna”.

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By report from another Texan (same set-up I’m copying), he does pretty well on SSB with a 148 & 203 (He has “A” version, mines, “W”).

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Been needing to cut a hole in the floor to run coax to either something like this, or out to my pickup using that antenna.




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Looks like Lowes has an extendable that’s just short enough (8’) to fit my pickup, and extends to 23’ which is 12-13’ above my roof (aluminum travel trailer).

I should be able to get it 8-9’ away from other structure. Problem is power lines low & close.

Just gotta find some coax, now.

Skip rolled in and this antenna at 6’ in a courtyard of a 2-story was workin’ (circa 2021).


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7.15’ (correction). The “A” model is 11.81’
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Portability (stowage) is priority for me.

BOOMERANG A BOOMERANG W

1/4 λ ground plane boomerang, Omnidirectional, 26.8 ... 27.6 MHz Tunable, Suitable For Balcon And Temporary Installation, Systems: 10m-HAM
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Nice price:

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Sirio Boomerang W Base Antenna

Easy to install, the performance is excellent for such a small aerial. It can be used just about anywhere; really handy when you don't have a lot of space to play with! Supplied with a nice selection of brackets etc, to enable you to clamp directly to a
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