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Post by **GRUMPY** on Jan 19, 2013 10:31:35 GMT -5
Any of you guys ever use one of these antennas? I'm not in to mobile antennas, but it's hard for me to believe that they work!
www.stargun.cc/
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Post by gator7 on Jan 19, 2013 10:48:55 GMT -5
I have not had the pleasure, But I would think it's great for a power shoot out. But that would be about all. Can't see running down the road with it.
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Post by homerbb on Jan 19, 2013 11:44:05 GMT -5
Helped a friend who once bought one of them install his. It was a nightmare to tune. In fact, I told him that we could probably tune it easier without the boom thing. We tried it and it worked. I then explained to him how antennas work, and that the thing was not a beam for 11 meters. The only potential value of that boom/element part might be to act as a Cap Hat, but not a beam. My thoughts.
By the way, he became so embarrassed by it that he went with the Predator 10k instead.
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Post by Sandbagger on Jan 19, 2013 12:42:08 GMT -5
Any of you guys ever use one of these antennas? I'm not in to mobile antennas, but it's hard for me to believe that they work!
www.stargun.cc/ They are like the Jo-Gunn of mobile antennas, lot's of hype and gimmicks, and not much in the way of real performance gains. Those "mini-beam" attachments may look good, but they are not resonant on 11 meters, so they will have no real positive effect on gain, nor will it give a directional pattern. Maybe if the operator was running UHF frequencies, it might do something........
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Post by **GRUMPY** on Jan 19, 2013 13:51:33 GMT -5
I guess I will never understand some things!
What would make a mobile antenna worth up to $975.00, that a simple 102" steel whip costing $16.00 will do?
I'm really starting to believe people have more money than brains!
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Post by Sandbagger on Jan 19, 2013 16:24:55 GMT -5
I guess I will never understand some things!
What would make a mobile antenna worth up to $975.00, that a simple 102" steel whip costing $16.00 will do?
I'm really starting to believe people have more money than brains! Profiting off of the ignorance of others is the most despicable form of business.
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Post by Night Ranger on Jan 19, 2013 19:40:15 GMT -5
I guess I will never understand some things!
What would make a mobile antenna worth up to $975.00, that a simple 102" steel whip costing $16.00 will do?
I'm really starting to believe people have more money than brains! Profiting off of the ignorance of others is the most despicable form of business. Just like the "rejection kit" that will actually degrade the performance of the beam it is installed on. Night Ranger
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Post by "Doc"Hammer on Jan 19, 2013 21:25:45 GMT -5
Lets see, for $975.00, I could buy a 8 element Gizmotchy to go along with my 4 pill and using my Johnson 223 and out talk that bozo with the mobile Stargun to anywhere and still have $450.00 left over to go on a vacation with! ;D
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Post by Night Ranger on Jan 19, 2013 21:33:16 GMT -5
Lets see, for $975.00, I could buy a 8 element Gizmotchy to go along with my 4 pill and using my Johnson 223 and out talk that bozo with the mobile Stargun to anywhere and still have $450.00 left over to go on a vacation with! ;D I suspect you could save alot of money and just buy a Wilson 500, and still get over the bozo with the Stargun nonsense antenna. P.S. The sporadic E skip is rolling hot from the Northeast tonight. I'm listening on 13. Night Ranger
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Post by Sandbagger on Jan 19, 2013 23:16:31 GMT -5
Lets see, for $975.00, I could buy a 8 element Gizmotchy to go along with my 4 pill and using my Johnson 223 and out talk that bozo with the mobile Stargun to anywhere and still have $450.00 left over to go on a vacation with! ;D I suspect you could save alot of money and just buy a Wilson 500, and still get over the bozo with the Stargun nonsense antenna. P.S. The sporadic E skip is rolling hot from the Northeast tonight. I'm listening on 13. Night Ranger So am I and the channel is DEAD. None of the locals are on. Hopefully the Chester county jackass hasn't scattered them to other channels or off the band......
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Post by **GRUMPY** on Jan 19, 2013 23:35:03 GMT -5
I suspect you could save alot of money and just buy a Wilson 500, and still get over the bozo with the Stargun nonsense antenna. P.S. The sporadic E skip is rolling hot from the Northeast tonight. I'm listening on 13. Night Ranger So am I and the channel is DEAD. None of the locals are on. Hopefully the Chester county jackass hasn't scattered them to other channels or off the band...... Is the Wus Boy at it again down there?
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Post by Night Ranger on Jan 20, 2013 9:03:22 GMT -5
I suspect you could save alot of money and just buy a Wilson 500, and still get over the bozo with the Stargun nonsense antenna. P.S. The sporadic E skip is rolling hot from the Northeast tonight. I'm listening on 13. Night Ranger I have not listened on 21 since you guys relocated to 13 (smart move). Is he still locking down the channel with stupid noise toys? Night Ranger So am I and the channel is DEAD. None of the locals are on. Hopefully the Chester county jackass hasn't scattered them to other channels or off the band......
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Post by Sandbagger on Jan 20, 2013 10:16:48 GMT -5
So am I and the channel is DEAD. None of the locals are on. Hopefully the Chester county jackass hasn't scattered them to other channels or off the band...... Is the Wus Boy at it again down there?Yea, he's bored. Gene moved to Florida, and we all left 21 for 13 so he has no one to fight with, so now he's made up some story about someone from 13 dumping carriers on 21 as an excuse for him to drop down to 13 to repay the favor. But it's simply an excuse, he just wants to fight with someone. He leads a miserable life and he can't stand to see other people having a good time, so he's spreading his misery around. We're pretty much ignoring him. He isn't strong enough to get over the locals, only the more distant stations.
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Post by **GRUMPY** on Jan 20, 2013 12:05:13 GMT -5
Is the Wus Boy at it again down there? Yea, he's bored. Gene moved to Florida, and we all left 21 for 13 so he has no one to fight with, so now he's made up some story about someone from 13 dumping carriers on 21 as an excuse for him to drop down to 13 to repay the favor. But it's simply an excuse, he just wants to fight with someone. He leads a miserable life and he can't stand to see other people having a good time, so he's spreading his misery around. We're pretty much ignoring him. He isn't strong enough to get over the locals, only the more distant stations. I've been listening to him for the past few months! He goes from 21 to 13 and start trouble, I hear it all. I can't hear you guys, just him! A couple of weeks ago he was talking some skip to Crack Shot and was saying the same thing to him over and over again. Crack Shot keyed up over him and said "this guy has to be drunk" and just ignored him after that. Me, Lightning Rod and 202 use to have a blast with him when I still lived in Parkesburg. He use to tell us "don't make me get out these gunns".... little did he know that 202 lived 2 blocks away from me using a Laser 500 pushing a few thousand watts. Hell he couldn't even get between me and Lightning Rod who lived in Coatesville. The guy is a sad case for sure!
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Post by cbrown on Jan 21, 2013 10:44:03 GMT -5
Any of you guys ever use one of these antennas? I'm not in to mobile antennas, but it's hard for me to believe that they work!
Apparently because your brain actually works, while that antenna doesn't. Might make a nice 2M beam, but on 11?
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