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CUSHCRAFT 2 METER 70 CM BEAM ANTENNA |
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IS A PICTURE OF THE BEAM INSIDE THE HOUSE.
IT MOUNTS TO A BEST PRODUCTS SPRING LOADED FLOOR TO CEILING MOUNT. I SUPPLIED THE ARMSTRONG ROTOR. IT IS SMALL ENOUGH TO TAKE WITH YOU AND SET UP IN AND EMERGENCY. SETS UP EASILY IN YOUR MOTEL ROOM. I CLAMPED IT TO A TREE BRANCH FOR FIELD DAY 2002.
PHOTO BY JIM BAUDO, HP CAMERA
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THIS IS A IS A GREAT LITTLE COMPACT BEAM. I BOUGHT MY FIRST ONE ABOUT 1993 WHEN I WENT TO DENVER, COLORADO TO HELP WITH COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE POPE, AT THE WORLD YOUTH RALLY. IT DID EVER THING I ASKED OF IT. IT WAS ALSO VERY EASY TO ASSEMBLE. |
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ONE DAY A FELLOW HAM AND I WERE DOING SOME SERIOUS SIMPLEX AND AFTER HE SAW HOW WELL IT WORKED IT KIND OF DISAPPEARED AND WOUND UP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA IN ONE OF THE DORMS. |
| DIRECTOR AND REFLECTOR ARE MADE OF SOLID ALUMINUM ROD. DRIVEN ELEMENT DIPOLE IS 2 ADJUSTABLE LENGTH HOLLOW ALUMINUM TUBING WITH WHAT CUSHCRAFT CALLS A REDDI MATCH TUNING STRAPS |
| FACTORY SPECS ARE 144 - 148 AND 430 - 450 SO I HAVE USED IT ON ATV WITH GREAT RESULTS ALSO. |
| IN DECEMBER 200I WAS AT THE 156 MILE MARKER ON I 76 EAST OF DENVER AND DECIDED TO TRY TO WORK THE IRLP DENVER REFLECTOR LOCATED 30 MILES WEST OF DENVER UP ON A MOUNTAIN, I WAS USING MY YAESU VXR1 WITH 500 MILLI WATTS MY FIRST CONTACT REPORTED THAT I WAS FULL QUIETING. ABOUT 160 AIR MILES. |
| I RATE THIS ANTENNA AS A 10 |
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