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Charliebrown
Advanced Member
Username: Charliebrown
Post Number: 777
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 01, 2021 - 12:58 am: | 
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I just ordered a GIZMOTCHY 3 ELEMENT BEAM ANTENNA and I had been wondering if any on this forum would like to share their TIPS, TRICKS AND EXPERIENCE'S with this antenna??? Any help or advice would be very helpful. I have experience with the Maco 103c beam antenna and I have a MFJ ANTENNA / COAX ANALYZER to tune it correctly. So what is your experience with the assembly and performance of this antenna compaired with the MACO 103c beam.. |
Bobbyt
New member
Username: Bobbyt
Post Number: 1
Registered: 3-2021
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 01, 2021 - 2:12 pm: |
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i had one years back, very cheaply made, went for the big dollar and bought a JO-Gunn. |
Charliebrown
Advanced Member
Username: Charliebrown
Post Number: 778
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, December 02, 2021 - 7:27 pm: |
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Thanks for the reply There is not much reviews on here just 1 |
Charliebrown
Advanced Member
Username: Charliebrown
Post Number: 780
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, December 04, 2021 - 7:05 pm: |
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What was the length of both your gamma matches for 11 meter. |
Watt
Member
Username: Watt
Post Number: 89
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, December 04, 2021 - 9:18 pm: |
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They work great with good rejection and forward gain. Little tricky to get the SWR set because the gammas affect each other and very cheaply made. I ended up reiforcing the base of each element with 1/2 inch ID. tubbing about 6 inches long to prevent them from rebreaking.
DX is the next best thing to being there.
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Watt
Member
Username: Watt
Post Number: 90
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, December 04, 2021 - 9:21 pm: |
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I currntly run stacked Maco 103 beams and they are built way better than the gizmo. Just reinforce the element bases and you should be fine.
DX is the next best thing to being there.
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Watt
Member
Username: Watt
Post Number: 91
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, December 04, 2021 - 9:21 pm: |
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I currntly run stacked Maco 103 beams and they are built way better than the gizmo. Just reinforce the element bases and you should be fine.
DX is the next best thing to being there.
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Charliebrown
Advanced Member
Username: Charliebrown
Post Number: 781
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, December 05, 2021 - 9:33 pm: |
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Bobby, do you remember the length of both gamma match for 11 meter. |
Watt
Member
Username: Watt
Post Number: 92
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Friday, December 10, 2021 - 10:22 pm: |
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Charlie you can see the lengths of the gammas by going to the Gizmotchy home page and looking up the assembly instructions. They work great but as i said before, they are cheaply made but with a few personal mods you will be fine.73
DX is the next best thing to being there.
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Charliebrown
Advanced Member
Username: Charliebrown
Post Number: 782
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, December 12, 2021 - 6:27 pm: |
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Thank you for the info. I did go by the instruction's on the gamma match but it was off on those settings. I finally got it tuned Have a Merry Christmas to ALL |
Watt
Member
Username: Watt
Post Number: 93
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 15, 2021 - 12:21 pm: |
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Hows the Gizmo working for you?
DX is the next best thing to being there.
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Charliebrown
Advanced Member
Username: Charliebrown
Post Number: 784
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, December 19, 2021 - 7:32 pm: |
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It is bad cold weather here where I live. I will have to wait till late spring or early summer to put it up. I am installing a 40 foot tower on the top of the mountain behind my home. I will install it when I get that done as well. I did put it together here and adjusted the SWR then marked everything so I could put it back together again later. Thank you for asking GOD BLESS AND MERRY CHRISTMAS |
Watt
Member
Username: Watt
Post Number: 94
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 21, 2021 - 10:34 pm: |
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Merry Christmas to you too. Looking forward to hearing how your set up went. 73
DX is the next best thing to being there.
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Dale
Senior Member
Username: Dale
Post Number: 2419
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Friday, December 31, 2021 - 10:14 pm: |
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never had one ..its a design thats been around probaly as long as cb been around ,,hope it works out ok keep us posted
dale/a.k.a.hotrod
cef426
cvc#64
454 [dx numbers]
38lsb
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Charliebrown
Advanced Member
Username: Charliebrown
Post Number: 786
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, January 02, 2022 - 11:26 am: |
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Thank you Dale, I can hardly wait for late spring to come with sunny sky's and warm weather so I can get the tower installed and the beam up so I can see how well it does. I will be not using the Imax 2000 . I guess I will be working the rotor to death. lol |
Doctor_boozo
Junior Member
Username: Doctor_boozo
Post Number: 29
Registered: 2-2021
| | Posted on Thursday, January 13, 2022 - 4:23 pm: |
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WOW CHARLIE BROWN, a 40 foot tower on a mountain. What a place for a 2 meter beam for DX, hope all works out great, and GOD BLESS for the NEW YEAR.
CEF 795 |
Charliebrown
Advanced Member
Username: Charliebrown
Post Number: 789
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 - 12:05 am: |
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I am in the process of having my son weld me a short pipe that I can use on the back of my truck that goes in place of the trailer ball and slide it into my receiver hitch . We have some extreme high mountain's where I live that when you are on the top of the mountain all you see for miles is mountain top's. That way when I go there I can mount any beam for any band and communicate with the world. Especially when we have great condition's. I know you can buy the hitch mounts already made but I have plenty of material to make it so why waste it or the money. The beam I had mentioned on this post I will use mostly for 10 and 11 meter with my MFJ tuner. My radio shack is to far from the antenna on top of the mountain to use a 2 meter or 70cm beam there because there would be to much line loss for those frequencies However for the 10 and 11 meter the line I use has even lower loss on those frequencies . P.S. My beam when all is finished is 750 foot from my radio shack. The line I use is 3/4 inch diameter 75 ohm tv line that the tv company use to use for their main line on the power company poles. That was given free to me from the company. |
