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Snapperhead
Posted on Monday, August 12, 2002 - 7:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I have a question for you antenna gooroos....I was told this by someone and I had to ask the pro's on the forum.... I was told that if you take a Antron 99 or a Imax 2000 and replace the top piece with a 102" fiberglass whip and do the same on the Skip kit it would give you close to a 1" wave....To me that sounds like a crock, but I had to find out the truth with the forum members out here..To me 5 102" whips would cost more than the antenna..LOL. If you did something like this could you still adjust SWR's on the base?????
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Tech833
Posted on Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 12:00 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Replacing the A99 top section with a 102 inch whip would make the antenna tune in the 22 MHz. band and it will no longer work on 27 MHz.

Replacing the top section of the Imax 2000 will do nothing since the top section is already a 102 inch fiberglass whip.

Replacing the 6 foot elements on the GPK with 102 inch elements will likely gain nothing.

Either way, changing the top element will not affect the tuning rings function at all.
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Marconi
Posted on Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 1:01 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

SH, your own description of what it sounds like is pretty close to accurate.

Marconi
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Snapperhead
Posted on Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 7:01 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

LOL.......That's what I thought...Thanks guys I knew it sounded too good to be true....73's
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Tech833
Posted on Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 11:15 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Glad to help.
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Copperfan
Posted on Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 2:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

ok what about the Firestik upgrade for the ANT99

this converts to 5/8 unless i misread

check this out

http://www.firestik.com/Catalog/FS99-W.htm
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Karatebutcher
Posted on Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 8:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hello, I run the Shakespear 2 piece Big Stick base antenna, and I have a Francis Amazer antenna from the 70's and I replaced the top portion of my Big Stick with it, I have good SWR and it has always got out there,

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