Kebab
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Equipment Used : SS9900, Yaesu FT-900
 |  Subject: Tank whip for homebase  Wed Jul 17, 2019 12:48 pm | |
| As title really. Will a ¼ wave tank whip make a decent homebase antenna and are there any dos or don'ts with it? | |
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Allshep
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| | Subject: Re: Tank whip for homebase Wed Jul 17, 2019 2:25 pm | |
| Give it a good ground plane i used 102 inch wire eather side fashioned like a V | |
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Kebab
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| | Subject: Re: Tank whip for homebase Wed Jul 17, 2019 3:46 pm | |
| Cheers. I wasn't sure about a groundplane but a couple of wires shouldn't be difficult. Would any old wire do? Like speaker cable? | |
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BigTone
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QTH or Location : Lincoln and Finningley
Equipment Used : CRT 9900, Yaesu FT817, Kenwood TS570, Icom 910
Age : 65
| | Subject: Re: Tank whip for homebase Fri Jul 19, 2019 8:38 pm | |
| Think of it like this.
A mobile whip is only half of an aerial, the car is the other half.
So using a mobile whip as a base aerial, you NEED the other half as in groundplane radials | |
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Kebab
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| | Subject: Re: Tank whip for homebase Fri Jul 19, 2019 8:56 pm | |
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G7JDH
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| | Subject: Re: Tank whip for homebase Thu Aug 08, 2019 9:25 pm | |
| I used one years ago ontop of a thunderpole 2 homebase antenna , it worked better than the thunderpoles original coil , I'd highly recommend using one especially with a good ground plane | |
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Vendee85
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Join date : 2019-07-03
QTH or Location : Yeovil
Equipment Used : Yeasu FT891 MFJ Atu/Swr K40 Tankwhip x2 Mob whips 80/40/20
Age : 76
| | Subject: Re: Tank whip for homebase Thu Aug 08, 2019 10:24 pm | |
| Hi. Kebab. I use a Tankwhip with 3" extension for 26.285 H/B with
my 11m Inverted V underneath as g/plane. It will also tune down
to 20m with my MFJ Atu. The Tankwhips are underrated! Also use
2 for mobile use 1 for Mids/Hi's. 1 for low/S.lows. 73's Mike SW. | |
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