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Cm3885
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 1:40 am: | 
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hello.
I have a astroplane clone that i have up in the side yard.. Funny thing is the bottom of the hoop isnt even 3' off the gound and last night i was giving a guy 12 miles away a 5 swinging to a 7!! I about flipped. All i have is this antenna stuck on a 10' pole jammed in the ground and about 25' of coax from the radio to the antenna with the antenna close to the house.. LOL! I wonder what i will give him at a height of 30'? The antenna works great with a swr of about 1.2 across all 40 plus. I did beef the antenna up replacing the cheap parts with heavier parts from an old avanti astroplane. Next thing i will do is replace all the plastic parts with parts from that same antenna beefing it up some... |
mikefromms
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 7:14 am: |
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I had the same experience. The AP is designed to give good H-patterns at a low height. I honestly can't say how much better it will perform at 30 feet. I do know that mine appeared to work better closer to the ground. I never really had it much over 25 feet. Weird indeed.
mikefromms |
Cm3885
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 1:25 pm: |
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I ddint think id get out at all but i did..
The guy i was talking to told me that i was giving him a solid 5 swinging to a 7 pretty much all audio.. Now if i put that antenna up 30' i wonder what it would do???????? |
mikefromms
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 7:00 pm: |
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Give it a try and ground it good. The AP will outperform any groundplane when the tip of either antenna is less than 30'.
mikefromms |
Tech833
| | Posted on Friday, December 12, 2003 - 11:12 pm: |
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Didn't I say that? Truthfully, your AP will not work much better at 30 feet than at 3. UNLESS you need the elevation to clear obstacles like other houses, etc. Then it will help. |
mikefromms
| | Posted on Saturday, December 13, 2003 - 12:43 pm: |
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Oh, I am repeating what Tech 833 told me awhile back. I'm simply sharing what I read in the article here on this site picking an antenna. Good article.
mikefromms |
