I have a Comet SBB-14 tri-band fold-over antenna that is broken and I want to know if it's salvageable. (It is sometimes still listed as an SB-14. I think they added the letter when they improved the fold-over feature.) It's used for 2m, 6m & .70m. It has two coils and when it arrived, it was broken into two pieces in the middle of the top coil. (The supplier replaced the antenna immediately and didn't want the old one back.)
I tried conductive glue to try to fix it but to no avail. There's probably no way to put it back in original condition short of replacing the coil and that's not practical.
The antenna has a UHF connector and is/was 43" long. The lower coil is 10 1/2" from the base and the coil is 4" long. The upper coil is 25 3/4" from the base and 11 1/2" from the lower coil. The upper coil size doesn't matter because it's gotta go. The longest the salvage antenna could be is 25 3/4".
Is this antenna salvageable to make it usable for either 2m or .70m or both or should I go ahead and toss it?
I tried conductive glue to try to fix it but to no avail. There's probably no way to put it back in original condition short of replacing the coil and that's not practical.
The antenna has a UHF connector and is/was 43" long. The lower coil is 10 1/2" from the base and the coil is 4" long. The upper coil is 25 3/4" from the base and 11 1/2" from the lower coil. The upper coil size doesn't matter because it's gotta go. The longest the salvage antenna could be is 25 3/4".
Is this antenna salvageable to make it usable for either 2m or .70m or both or should I go ahead and toss it?