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Keithinatlanta
Senior Member
Username: Keithinatlanta
Post Number: 1031
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, March 15, 2015 - 8:55 pm: | 
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Does anyone remember the cushcraft brand from back in 70's? I have found via e bay a cushcraft ringo antenna for both cb/ten meter. If you know the brand, and yes they are still around, what is the quality of their product? This is a vertical with a ring at the bottom, and yes it is adjustable. Thanks for input. And yes they are proud of the price too. 
Keith in Atlanta
CEF 150 |
Revpo
Advanced Member
Username: Revpo
Post Number: 746
Registered: 7-2006
| | Posted on Monday, March 16, 2015 - 8:52 am: |
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If I remember right, I had one, they are for fm on 10 meters, they didn't work good on low portion of ten meters, they were not built for this.
CEF795
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REVPO/DOCTOR/CEF 795
Wavin a hand from the cornfields of INDIANA
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Tech833
Moderator
Username: Tech833
Post Number: 2324
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Monday, March 16, 2015 - 2:31 pm: |
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Yes, they are still around, and with only a few changes from the 1970's product.
Quality wise, they aren't built quite as well. An A99 will likely outlast a Ringo and, an A99 will give you a LOT more bandwidth than a Ringo, which tends to be very narrow banded. Since an A99 is about half the price of a Ringo, the Ringo just isn't very popular anymore.
There is still an old Ringo from the 70's laying on the ground alongside my parents' house. As I recall, it was replaced because it did not work nearly as well as the Radio Shack antenna it was meant to replace. After, what I recall to be around a month, the Ringo was taken down and the Radio Shack antenna went back up.
Your radio 'Mythbuster' since 1998
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Keithinatlanta
Senior Member
Username: Keithinatlanta
Post Number: 1033
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Monday, March 16, 2015 - 9:25 pm: |
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Thanks guys. You just saved me about $150.00.
Keith |
Hollowpoint445
Senior Member
Username: Hollowpoint445
Post Number: 1490
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Monday, March 30, 2015 - 2:22 am: |
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Is Bruce still around? As I recall he has a ringo up in the air. |
Milkman21218
Advanced Member
Username: Milkman21218
Post Number: 622
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 10:04 pm: |
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Bruce says that he can't log in anymore.
Izzy
CEF#502
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Admin
Board Administrator
Username: Admin
Post Number: 57
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2015 - 1:18 pm: |
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Izzy,
Tell Bruce to contact me I will help him get connected.
Forummaster
Copper Electronics, Inc. |
Mikefromms
Senior Member
Username: Mikefromms
Post Number: 1147
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 - 6:44 pm: |
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I owned one. It was a fine CB antenna. |
Revpo
Advanced Member
Username: Revpo
Post Number: 768
Registered: 7-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 8:49 am: |
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I owned one just used it on 10 fm, but not on 10 much anymore, band is going South along with the sunspots..
CEF795
73
REVPO/DOCTOR/CEF 795
Wavin a hand from the cornfields of INDIANA
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