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Richard Fiorello <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:36:37 -0500
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Hi;
I like that, very appropriate.  Its a shame it took me two antennas to get 
the message.  The sad thing is the tuned fairly easily and worked reasonably 
well.  If you can't keep it up however, what's the point.
Richard
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lou Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 7:05 PM
Subject: Re: mosley verticals


Hey, we don't call them Crushcraft for nothing.
--Lou K2LKK



At 10:30 PM 6/24/2007 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Richard,
>
>Years ago I had a Mosley SWL vertical and found the beefiness of the
>aluminum better than the Cushcraft R5 or Butternut HF 6V I've had since.
>
>Don't know if Mosley uses  the same aircraft grade tubing in the verticals
>as they use in their yagis, but if so, it would be  pretty strong.  To me,
>the Cushcraft aluminum seems lawn chair grade and the Butternut  somewhat
>better.
>
>I looked at the Mosley site, and noticed that some of the verticals are
>referred to as 1/4 wave with optional radials, but the others aren't called
>1/4 wave.  Perhaps these are considered to be  1/2 wave like the 
>Cushcraft's
>and  they can get buy with no real radial system?  Just like the 
>Cushcraft's
>use those little decoupling  stubs at the antenna base.
>
>73, Steve  KW3A
>
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Richard Fiorello" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 4:09 PM
>Subject: mosley verticals
>
>
> > Hi group;
> > Just wondered if anyone had any experience with mosley verticals?  A
> > picture
> > is always a thousand words but it didn't sound like there was a
> > counterpoise
> > but the also said that radials didn't make any significant difference. 
> > I
> > never did find anything on their site that gave me band width info.
> > Richard
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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Louis Kim Kline
A.R.S. K2LKK
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