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David W Wood

Ham call - G3YXX
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Licensed - 1969
 

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Miller
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 1:26 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Cobra antennas

You can support the center, it's probably a good idea but it's such a light 
antenna, my friend with 2 of them has one just hanging by the ends and with 
New England winters it's been that way for about 7 years now.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 7:03 AM
Subject: Re: Cobra antennas


> John:
>
> How do you support it at the center, or is that not required?
>
> Just thinking about my situation here, and ease or difficulty of
> installation.
>
> Tom Behler; KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 11:04 PM
> Subject: Re: Cobra antennas
>
>
>> The cobra ultralite has 2 or 3 versions, I've used the Sr. which is 140
>> feet
>> long and loved it, I really wish I had room for it here but I don't. The
>> Jr.
>> is the same thing but shorter, I forget by how much and doesn't cover 
>> 160,
>> it covers through 80 and I'd imagine works great. I do know a couple
>> people
>> running them and they like them, it's a little pricier than some but if I
>> had the money I'd probably try the shorter one here based on how much I
>> liked the big one. It's fed with ladder line and you really can't shorten
>> the ladder line by much, a little won't hurt but you have to make figure
>> 8's
>> if the ladder line is too long. I think it's 70 feet of ladder line which
>> would be another issue where I am now but I ran that in almost to the
>> radio
>> where I used to live and that's so far the best antenna I've ever used. I
>> can't see why the shorter one wouldn't be just as good for what it does. 
>> I
>> had one, a friend of mine who turned me on to them actually has 2 up, one
>> pointing north and south, one going east to west, a friend who helped me
>> put
>> mine up went out and bought one because he liked it and he's very happy
>> with
>> it, and I know of several others running them. So far I've only heard of
>> one
>> breaking and that was installer's error, they are well made and really
>> perform, I even did an A/B test with my old G5RV and it blew the G5RV 
>> away
>> noticeably. I can't say enough good things about it.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 9:22 PM
>> Subject: Cobra antennas
>>
>>
>>> Hi, all.
>>>
>>> Please forgive me, since I know this antenna  has been discussed on the
>>> list
>>> before in various forms.  But, I am needing some basic info from the
>>> perspective of someone who has actually used one.
>>>
>>> Here's the deal:
>>>
>>> As some of you know, for reasons I can't quite understand, I have been
>>> having trouble getting my W8AMZ 80-meter half sloper to work well on 80
>>> meters.  The SWR's for most of the band are at least 3 or 4 to 1, except
>>> for
>>> about 100  KHZ between 3.850 and 3.950,  where they are below 2.1 to 1.
>>> Based on the better luck I'm having with the 160-meter sloper made by 
>>> the
>>> same company, I'm convinced that there is either something wrong with 
>>> the
>>> antenna, or something in my installation that is throwing things off.
>>> Tom
>>> (W8AMZ) himself has actually volunteered to come to my home QTH sometime
>>> to
>>> try to assess things.  He is about an hour and a half from me, so it's a
>>> trip that will have to be planned by him when he has the free time.
>>>
>>> Since I'm not sure when that trip will occur, I'm thinking about other
>>> alternative antennas that might be easily put up  and relatively
>>> inexpensive.  I don't have a lot of room to put up another antenna, but 
>>> I
>>> probably could handle  an antenna that was approximately 100 feet in
>>> length.
>>> Again, my main band of concern is 80 meters.
>>>
>>> I believe that some folks on here have used an antenna called the Cobra,
>>> or
>>> Cobra Lite.  If you have used this antenna, could you please describe it
>>> to
>>> me, tell me how you put it up, state any special installation
>>> considerations
>>> I might need to take into account, and tell me whether it worked well on
>>> 80
>>> meters?
>>>
>>> I am not sure of the price of that type of antenna, but I'm sure I could
>>> get
>>> that info from the Cobra web site via a google search.
>>>
>>> I simply don't want to spend money on yet another antenna, unless I have
>>> some assurance from someone who has actually used it, that the antenna
>>> might
>>> be a good alternative for me.
>>>
>>> Thanks, and 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>> 

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