Difference between revisions of "Talk:Popular CB Base Antennas of the Day"

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eham review

Summary: Assemble it correctly and it works

Remarks: I’ve read a couple questionable reviews on here and I can only conclude the individual didn’t know how to properly assemble the antenna. I own both the original Hygain version and the modern incarnation offered by MFJ. The modern version is every bit as good as the final production run of the original and perhaps better due to improvements in plastics and manufacturing process. My SWR does not change in heavy rain. For the reviewer with this problem, again, you have either assembled the antenna incorrectly or you have bad feed line, perhaps you did not seal your connectors. No antenna is going to perform well if you have water in your feed line. I primarily use this on 10-meter with good signal reports on our local net as well as remote contacts when band permissions open. In the 30-years I’ve used these antennas I have never been disappointed. No antenna-matching tuner needed. There is no lossy tank coil at the base. This makes it easy to tune the antenna for a wide frequency range from 12 to 10 meter by merely adjusting the length. I’ve never had a problem with matching this antenna to the band I want to use, and I have never had a problem with common mode current on the feed line. Anyone giving this antenna less than a 5 is either trying to do something with it that it is not designed for, or lacks the understanding of antenna systems.

Rating: 5/5

Time owned: more than 12 months

Other Antennas to add to the list

• Starduster - center fed 1/2 wave at 18 foot
• Avanti Sigma 5/8
• I-max 2000
• Maco v5000
• Maco V58
• PDL2
• Shakespear Big Stick
• Antenna Specialists Super Magnum / Antenna Specialists M-117 The Magnum

Avanti Antenna

• astro-beam_av150
• astroplane
• big_gun_2
• dominator-2500
• m344_manual
• mobile_av261t
• moonraker4
• moonraker-6_av146
• pdl-2_av122
• penetrator
• sigma4_av174
• sigma4_copy
• signal-hunter
• spectrum_1600
• super-maxim_21-902
• super-scanner

maybe

Thunderpole II and III, Hy Gain Super Golden Penetrator, Ham International Big Mac 7/8, Vector 4000, SigmaIV, Avanti Astroplane, Super Rangeboost, Super Laser 500, Super Starburst, RS-70 P.S., Mighty Magnum, Trick-Stick, Ringo, Lafayette 3 element beam, Astro Beam, PDL Quad, HyGain AV640

Proton PT99 Antenna PT-99, Solarcon Antron A-99, Solarcon MAX-GPK I-Max 2000, Workman Bandit 2, Solarcon 24

Siro 827 Megarange, Siro Gainmaster, Siro Vector 4000,

5/8 wave antenna lengths

• Avanti Saturn (22' 6")
• Avanti Sigma 5/8 (22')
• Hygain CLR2 (19' 10")
• Hygain Super CLR Penetrator (22' 9 1/2")
• Kris GLR-2 (19' 10")
• Mark Products MK-V (20')
• Mosley Electronics Devant (20' 5")
• New-Tronics PRO-27-JR (19" 10 3/4")
• R. Shack Archer Deluxe Colinear (19' 10")
• Wilson Alpha V 5/8 (21') (and one .64 wavelength)
• Taylor Grand Slammer 6400 (23' 3 1/2")

Sirio

• Sirio 827 Gainmaster
• Sirio Tornado 27

Sirio Tornado 27

aluminium alloy 6063 T-832

5/8 λ ground plane

Max. power:

• 1000 Watts (CW) continuous
• 3000 Watts (CW) short time

Avanti Astroplane

The CTE Top One and the Avanti Astroplane were almost exactly alike. The new Sirio is nothing at all like the Astroplane or Top One. The Sirio is a top loaded 1/4 wave ground plane, nothing more. it has NO gain over a 1/4 wave ground plane.

The Astroplane is sorta an inverted 1/4 wave ground plane with an extended vertical section and actual gain over a standard 1/4 wave ground plane.

Sigma

• Sigma Venom 5/8 wave Silver Rod CB Base Station antenna
• Sigma 2011 Skip Master 5/8 wave CB FIBRE GLASS BASE STATION ANTENNA
• Sigma 2010 Skip Master 1/2 wave 2010 CB FIBRE GLASS BASE STATION ANTENNA