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Buddy Brannan <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:43:04 -0500
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Smiley Antennas, it's like the 270A. I posted a direct link to it from  
the manufacturer yesterday. Here it is again:

http://www.smileyantenna.com/product_info.php?products_id=55
On Dec 30, 2008, at 11:33 AM, Jennifer wrote:

> Okay thanks and what is the model number and who makes it?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 10:01 AM
> Subject: Re: antenna for thf6a
>
>
>> Well, if you're wearing it on your belt and just listening, collapsed
>> is OK. The sprng in the bottom should absorb a lot of the force from
>> accidentally running into something, unless you *run* into it of
>> course. But this thing's only 22 inches tall. We're not talking about
>> one of those half-wave 2 meter ones that's like three feet long. I'd
>> definitely worry about something like that.
>> On Dec 30, 2008, at 10:56 AM, Jennifer wrote:
>>
>>> Yes that is the one I am asking about.  My concern with that one is
>>> when I
>>> am walking or something if I have it extended  I do not want to
>>> bang  it in
>>> to something and break it.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 9:52 AM
>>> Subject: Re: antenna for thf6a
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Dec 30, 2008, at 10:32 AM, Jennifer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The antenna you are talking about is it the tela skopic  
>>>>> antenna?  If
>>>>> so how
>>>>> good does it work.  Doe s it work good even when you do not hve it
>>>>> extended?
>>>>
>>>> Of course it doesn't work very well when it isn't extended, at  
>>>> least,
>>>> not on 440. Physics still apply here, and if the antenna isn't
>>>> extended, it isn't the correct wavelength and will, therefore, not
>>>> provide a good match to the transmitter.
>>
>> --
>> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
>> Phone: (814) 746-4127 or 888-75-BUDDY
>> Create your own economic stimulus package:
>> http://www.powermall.info

--
Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 746-4127 or 888-75-BUDDY
Create your own economic stimulus package:
http://www.powermall.info

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