Steve:

Yes, absolutely;  I have heard you on 40 and 20, and you have quite a nice 
signal when the band conditions are reasonably good.

I have two questions here:

1.  Do you use the Cobra with your amplifier?;

and

2.  How high up is it?

Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: Cobra antennas


> Tom,
>
> My Ultralite Senior has been up with no center support since the spring of
> 2004, and survived quite well until it broke last year.  The instructions
> recommend that you install the antenna with a center support, but I 
> haven't
> figured out a practical way to do that here so I just don't worry about 
> it.
> You've heard me on 40 and 20, so you know what kind of a signal I have. 
> My
> only complaint with this antenna is that I don't think it performs well
> above 20 meters, but that's probably the fault of the installation.  I
> haven't tried it on 160 because it's a bit hard to tune; again, it might
> work better if I could raise the center.  Nevertheless, the antenna is 
> quite
> well made, and has held up through several New England winters.
>
> Steve
>