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Old man need advice...
- Thread starter Litefoot3401
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In the last 35-ish years of being in 10/11 meter I've never had anything that beat a 102" whip. Including an A99 up 50 feet. I hear stations on the 102 that the A99 was completely deaf to.
I did however recently order a Sirio GPS 27 1/2 wave all aluminum 18'.8" base antenna. Had great reviews. Will arrive this week. I'll report back once it's installed.
I still use a K40 with the big-ass mag base that barely stays stuck to the new truck bodies. Thank god the antenna in itself doesn't have much windage.
First impressions. Nice build quality. Cheap ($78). Light (5lbs). Easy to set up. Noise floor sits around 1-3 S-units. SWR is 1.2 across all 40. No issue shooting skip or talking locally. This morning i was yakking away on 28 AM all across the country. So far so good.
To the left is my GMRS repeater antenna at 50 feet, the Sirio to the right is at 40 feet.
How close are the trees? My house is in the middle of a grove of trees and my antenna has survived for many years.
Within a foot or 2. You can see where I cleared some away. I need to get back on the roof with my pole saw to clear the higher branches yet.
I too need to do the same thing. I really want to down this tree and put my tower up but I have a few other irons in the fire at this time.
Not sure what you mean exactly, but for reference I see no noticable difference in TX or RX between the Sirio base antenna vs the little wil or the 102 mag mount slapped on my garage roof. Noise floor is similar, swr is similar, etc. I still talk to my Canadian friends (455 and 225) regularly. It doesn't seem to matter what antenna I use. They hear me like a local and I hear them like a local. The good news is it didn't degrade performance like my A99 did.
Likely FCC proof as well.
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