Quote Originally Posted by CBRN38 View Post
back in the day the dave guys used the half wave bounce back set up with 1 director. they did well, but they are not "the" half wave that got people on the banning spree. At that time a 1/2 wave was stronger then the current 5 antenna systems. It wasnt untill a different set of half waves showed up in texas and cut off the guy who ran 3 32 pills tied together. with a single 32 pill on a battery stack. The next event everyone went into banning mode. The guy with the 3-32's beat the ROG set ups many times.
With the 5 antennas we run now, I cut my half wave clean off at 40 miles. so have others at shorter distances.
The true benefit of a 1/2 wave is for skip talking.

the dave style 1/2 wave can be purchased at fat boy www.chargercharger.com Its the same basic design without the glass caps. The other style is made by 55. Its more efficient also.

The reason the rear isnt grounded is its not a 1/4 wave. any 1/2 wave director or reflector is isolated. length basically determines is function. ( this is a simple description )

And 1/2 waves are 12-15 db over 2 coils, which are 4-5 db over 1 antenna.

fabtoys 1/2 waves are 1500 i think, 55's are 950 shipped.

Why buy a 1/2 wave. The most common response I hear is " im not paying 900 for an antenna " freaking morons!!!
" I can buy a 12 pill for that" Bigger moron!!!!!!
If you are the type of guy who sits and talks skip the half wave is for you. reason is 12 db gain is doubling your power 4 times. So lets say you are doing 1000 peak. Double that 4 times. ( depending on who you talk to or what chart you follow ) that could be 4000 peak ( chart ) or 16000 peak by doubling each increase total of 4 time.
Lets just go with the 4000 peak.. 1000 peak is a 5 pill, so to get 4000 peak thats a good running 16 pill.

16 pill 1400
2 alts and a bracket 1500 ( thats cheap )
batteries and power cable. 500
external regulator 100
having the room in your mobile ????????

Morons please stand up.... thats at least 3500 to get 4000 peak. Imagine if you needed 16000
Especially if you cant get a bigger alt worth a damm, have the room for multiple alts or cant take up the room in your family mobile 950 shipped is really looking a lot more friendly now doesn't it.

DO they really work. yes! I have a set, use them for skip ( and some keydowns ) and switching from coils to half waves has yielded many more contacts, complete cut offs when the coils were mixing, etc
couldnt have said it better..