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> From: Michael Ryan <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 22 November, 2012 11:06:14 PM NST
> To: Michael Ryan <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Worst Case
> 
> Hi All: 
> 
> Let me extend a happy thanks giving to all in the United States. 
> As my antenna research continues,  If permitted, I might as well get a Hustler 4BTV, mount it on my tripod, keeping it high enough that the base of the antenna will clear the railing, how bad would it really be with out putting out a field of radials? 
> I think it might play better than some of the portables I'm considering. The Hy-gains I'm looking at are 18 feet tall while the 4BTV is 21.5. The cost is vary similar as well, 220CAN plus a 13% sales tax and about 50 or 60 for shipping for the 4BTV and Hy-gains. The properly outfitted portables I'm looking at will equal the 4BTV by the time it goes on the air. Sure I won't be able to take it down each time but maybe the Land Lord won't have a problem with it as long as its not in his way and nothing clamped to wooden railings or holes drilled in bedroom walls and such. 
> I'd mount it on my home brewed tripod and bungy cord the pod to the side of the railing inside the stairwell, with the feet resting on the concrete floor.  
> I think the idea here is to get the best compromised antenna. I like the Outreach and tripod setup but would be talking almost 500 bucks Canadian by the time I got it.  I like the Hustler Mobile resonators option but again equaling the 4BTV by the time I got it. 
> Then there's the manual band change, swapping of resonators and narrow bandwidth.  The motorized screwdrivers aren't cheap either and as for the Hy-gains, there's the manual band change, facilitated by an alligator clipped wire, moving from tap to tap.
> Super Antenna, doesn't look like there's a contact info on the site and Vern's email address on QRZ is a dead end. So there we go. Waiting on a response from MFJ regarding the Hygains, after all that's who owns and produces the product. If don't get an answer, they might be out as well. 
> I don't like to deal with a company I can't communicate with unless it costs me 20 bucks a phone call. 
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> 73: 
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> Michael DE VO1AX 
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