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KB4QAA
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Rating: 5/5
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Nov 20, 2009 21:34
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You can't beat this stick with a stick
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I've had this antenna for at least 15 years. It has held up great, never needed any attention. It puts out a good signal, and I will regularly swap it for a 1/4wave for comparison.
Anttron is a quiet little company that builds quality antennas, including the magmounts. I've replace other companies antennas and bases on the same car that failed mechanically, while the Anttron keeps going.
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N4AEQ
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Rating: 3/5
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Nov 30, 2008 07:04
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Average 2m antenna
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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Antenna is built to survive any conditions, very well made & works ok. I never could get the swr below 1.5 but its the same through 2m band. It served me many years until I build a colinear which
works alittle better, but the colinear is 15' tall and the 5/8 is only about 5' tip to tip. I now use this as a scanner antenna and works great for that.
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K4JC
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Rating: 5/5
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Sep 7, 2006 10:05
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A fine 2-meter antenna
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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Bought this antenna about a year ago and have used it in several different scenarios...from a portable emergency antenna during Hurricane Wilma to a "temporary" base antenna. It has always performed like a 5/8-wave antenna should. SWR is consistently low (flat in part of the band.) Would most likely make a good scanner antenna, too. Recommended!
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KC9GUZ
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Rating: 3/5
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May 6, 2005 14:31
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an OK antenna
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Time owned: 6 to 12 months
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My finace bought this antenna as our first fixed station antenna. It work just ok for what it is but it needs modifications to get the SWR down below a 1.5. When i first put it up i couldnt get the SWRs below a 1.9-1 across the 2 meter band with only 5 watts input. I had to cut the top element to get the swrs below a 1.5-1 and as of now its still over a 1.5-1 swr. Im not happy with it. The good news is it seems to work ok as i can hit repeaters as far away as 60 miles groundwave. But here soon i think the antenna will be replace with another antenna that has better SWR bandwidth. If you like to tinker on antennas than this one is ok but i expect something to work good out of the box with no mods.
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