HF Radio and antennas
Submitted: Friday, May 25, 2001 at 00:00
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A.Stephens
Back a few years when you saw 4WDs out and about with HF radios the most common antenna was the manual tune type ( ie: an antenna with about 9 different sockets on it that allowed you to change the frequency ) but now days you mostly see the auto tune type. My question is, do you change frequencies a lot ( enough to NEED the auto tuner ) or do you only stay on 1 or 2 that mean that you would not really need the auto tuner.
Reply By: david - Friday, May 25, 2001 at 00:00
Friday, May 25, 2001 at 00:00
In regards to your followup questions I havent actually heard of anyone busting the Barrett base in the way you describe and Im very happy with
mine after having used it for a few years continual use in the outback and over bad corrugations etc. Maybe the busts you hear of are due to poor installation? My antenna was mounted on the bullbar but the lower half was actually below the height of the top of the bull bar on a custom bracket to give it some protection. I was advised this mounting method by the guys at PCA in
Sydney who sold us the unit.About Radphone Pricing - youll find ExplorOz Team answered this in detail in an earlier HF question on this
forum.
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