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    Quote Originally Posted by NY714 View Post
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    Is there any documentation of the .64 λ being better than a 5/8 λ ? I've read many antenna books and articles in mags and on the web but don't recall any mention of this.Hell I can't think of any mention of .64 λ antennas other than for CB/11M.
    i just built a .64 DIPOLE. Its pretty bad ass for a wire antenna. its all unbalanced/balanced feed and match (and if it can handle power -that helps too). Going to make a second one just for 11m and see if it out performs my modified v5000 5/8 wave which is higher in the air. as for the mobile - the 55 half waves are the shiz for the $$$ - youll be kickin base stations asses. hell you can give a good beatdown with a 2x8 and a set of those.

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    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..

    noizybuilt.com

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    Thanks for the detailed information.




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    Quote Originally Posted by noisemaker View Post
    i just built a .64 DIPOLE. Its pretty bad ass for a wire antenna. its all unbalanced/balanced feed and match (and if it can handle power -that helps too). Going to make a second one just for 11m and see if it out performs my modified v5000 5/8 wave which is higher in the air. as for the mobile - the 55 half waves are the shiz for the $$$ - youll be kickin base stations asses. hell you can give a good beatdown with a 2x8 and a set of those.
    sounds interesting , can you make a thread on it with some pics ? also interested in the matching network and if it's a vertical what did you use for viagra ? .... thanks .

    i played with 5/8 and .64 when i had my my omni using the maco type tuning ring . going from a 22 1/2 ft vertical to one 23 ft didn't show me any detectable difference . i didn't hear or talk to anyone on one that i didn't on the other . but if that extra 6 inches gives someone a warm fuzzy feeling that it may be performing better by all means go for it ..... it won't hurt anything .
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    Damn that's sweet. I would like to hear a gate on that antenna. May have to have one made for myself also

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