John:
you must have had an old old version or something because the trams are not
even close to anything made by ringo.
They are actually nearly identical to the diamond dual band verticals.
I have side by side compared them with a few diamonds on the ground and the
only differences are in the various differences in hard ware design and
probably some amount of durability issues.
I would however feel comfortable putting the tram on the top of a tower and
forgetting about it...a ringo, i would not.
The tram, since its probably made with les expensive parts, does need to be
reenforced at certain points such as at the joint of the sections, but what
antenna doesn't? even the most expensive top of the line vertical, i would
put tape and or watter sealer in the joints when putting it on the top of a
tower.
The current trams are fiber glass tubes with stainless elements inside and
large coils which are stream lined inside the fiberglass tube.
They have a very good pattern, with no apparent lobes or nuls as do some
supposedly omny directional antennas.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 5:57 AM
Subject: Re: looking for a base antenna.
> the Tram antennas are made like the ringo ranger, the one I have anyway,
has
> a coil in a plastic case, but the antenna is actually pretty thick
aluminum.
> I usually much prefer diamond antennas, but I got the tram because it was
> cheap. Due to some stuff I'm doing over here, like upgrading my echolink
> link, I'm going to have take a ham duel bander and use that in place of
the
> TRAM with a duplexer and retune it a little but I can do that easy enough.
> Anyway, the Tram antenna is really a nice one. I'll keep it for down the
> road.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 12:45 AM
> Subject: Re: looking for a base antenna.
>
>
> > Are these antennas you described fiberglass or the typical plastic with
> > coax inside? I had a ringo ranger dual band, and it was aluminum. I
> > generally like diamond and commit.
> > 73s
> > Butch Bussen
> > wa0vjr
> >
>
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