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Duck246
Member
Username: Duck246
Post Number: 50
Registered: 8-2004
| | Posted on Friday, August 05, 2005 - 8:49 pm: | 
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Has a review been done on this antenna? |
Airplane1
Advanced Member
Username: Airplane1
Post Number: 532
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, August 07, 2005 - 6:48 pm: |
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I emailed mr coily and he told me he has no extra antenna to send 833 at the moment.I hpoe he has one to send soon. |
Tech808
Moderator
Username: Tech808
Post Number: 6571
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, August 07, 2005 - 7:13 pm: |
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Airplane1,
Paul / Tech833 and Mr Coily have been talking quit a lot back and forth on the Antenna.
When Tech833 has more information he will get it posted for the Copper Forum Members. 
Lon
Tech808
CEF808
N9OSN
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Kid_vicious
Senior Member
Username: Kid_vicious
Post Number: 1028
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, January 15, 2006 - 9:06 pm: |
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lon, has a review of this antenna been done?
just wanted to bring this back to the top to see if anything has happened.
thanks,
matt |
Patzerozero
Senior Member
Username: Patzerozero
Post Number: 2267
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, January 15, 2006 - 9:38 pm: |
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the enforcer is no more, kid. dan combined the design of the enforcer & excalibur, & rather then marketing a $250 & a $500 antenna, he now sells only a $489 antenna.
not neccessarily a good decision from my standpoint-any thoughts of acquiring one have now been nixed  |
Kid_vicious
Senior Member
Username: Kid_vicious
Post Number: 1034
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, January 15, 2006 - 11:14 pm: |
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i want to build one!
im going to start a thread for tech833 and hopefully he can answer some questions i have about how to feed it. (well, i know he CAN answer them; i just hope he has the time!)
$489.00 HA!
matt |
Tech833
Moderator
Username: Tech833
Post Number: 1154
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Monday, January 16, 2006 - 12:32 pm: |
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I offered to BUY an antenna from Mr. Coily to review, but he was so backlogged, it would be impossible.
My Coily's antenna appear well built from what I can see in pictures, but like you, I am anxious to see one in person before making any public comments about them.
I have been emailing Mr. Coily with design suggestions on a 1/2 wave antenna that would not require any ground planes and be very stealth. This would be a direct competitor for the A99. We'll see what the future holds... |
Alsworld
Advanced Member
Username: Alsworld
Post Number: 968
Registered: 1-2002
| | Posted on Monday, January 16, 2006 - 10:17 pm: |
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I saw up close the Enforcer antenna this past August in Portland Oregon. That one was also already sold, but there for all to see.
I am not an antenna Engineer like Tech 833, but from the casual observation, it was built extremely well. That's all I will say being it's easy for me to drool over the latest and greatest, and I doubt I could address it with subjectivity or near the correct experience level to be more than just another internet opinion. It was sharp looking for sure.
Dan the builder was a real nice guy and has a lot of passion for building the best antenna he can.
How will it stack up against Jay in the Mojave, Maco, IMAX....? Someday maybe we will have the opportunity to read from Tech 833. I will just say that in person, it was impressive to look at and you could tell he puts a lot of effort into making these well built and performance oriented.
Alsworld |
Kid_vicious
Senior Member
Username: Kid_vicious
Post Number: 1039
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 12:23 am: |
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i wonder if there would be a market for selling just the antenna base. you buy and add your own aluminum radiator and groundplane elements.
seems to me this could be done for quite a profit considering the competition, and the cheap shipping would be a real bonus!
ideas? opinions? flames?
matt |
Tech833
Moderator
Username: Tech833
Post Number: 1158
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 9:14 am: |
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The aluminum tubing is the least expensive part of the whole thing. The base and mount fabrication and the R&D are what you are mostly paying for. |
Kid_vicious
Senior Member
Username: Kid_vicious
Post Number: 1043
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 5:19 pm: |
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thats what i figured.
i guess if someone was willing to pay for that kind of antenna; they would want ALL the pieces.
but couldnt a copy of the mr. coily design be fabricated for not too much $?
i have some friends that run a metal shop, and they can tig ANYTHING.
they do a lot of aluminum work, and i thought that if i could have them fabricate the bases for me, i could buy the tubing in bulk and make them.
just riffing here...
matt |
Marconi
Advanced Member
Username: Marconi
Post Number: 531
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 5:43 pm: |
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No news is often the best news. I heard somebody say that once and it probably applies here in this topic. |
Redraven
New member
Username: Redraven
Post Number: 7
Registered: 3-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 6:47 pm: |
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My Friend has the enforcer with the welded radial supports. It is an extremely well built antenna. $450.00 in my opinion is way too expensive for what you get. Some radio shops are taking orders for them at $ 550.00 shipping included. I ordered the Interceptor 10k. never heard of any being broken and cheaper too. |
