Help!  The magic smoke came out!
--Lou, K2LKK

At 09:34 PM 5/23/2005 -0400, you wrote:
>lol, I did try 45 watts in to a setup like that, that antenna is no more,
>actually I still have that part but the loading coil actually melted,  oops,
>didn't know the radio was in high power and I did the same as you.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 8:56 PM
>Subject: Re: 2 Meter Telescoping Antennas
>
>
>Hi to all.
>
>I agree with Anthony on all except the last point.  I think some of the
>best HT antennas I have ever had have been aftermarket antennas.  I am
>especially fond of the extended duckie antennas that approximate a quarter
>wave on 2 meters and a 5/8 wave on 70 cm.  These seem to outperform the
>stock duckies that come with the radio, yet are still short enough that
>they don't cream the connectors on my radios.   As for a half wave on 2
>meters, why not just stick a crowbar in the top of your radio?  It will be
>just about as good for the connector.  I did, however, find one good use
>for the AEA Hot Rod, and I am actually still using it.  I bought from AES a
>magnetic mount that was made by RF Products that had a few feet of RG58
>terminated with a male BNC connector, with a female BNC connector on top of
>the magnetic mount.  I found that sticking the magnetic mount in the middle
>of an old pizza pan and sticking it up in my attic made a quick and dirty
>emergency antenna that delivered excellent performance.  You wouldn't want
>to run one of the 45 watt radios into it as it would burn out the loading
>network, but a 25 watt radio works fine on it.  I discovered this during a
>severe thunderstorm when I wanted to get word back to the SKYWARN net in
>our area, but didn't want to risk using an outside antenna.  It took me
>about two minutes to slap it together, and I was into the repeater which
>was about 40 miles away with just an Icom IC2AT!  For those who don't know,
>that's a 1.5 watt HT.
>
>73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
>Louis Kim Kline
>A.R.S. K2LKK
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Louis Kim Kline
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