@@keystonecountryboy I know what you mean. Muddbucket UDX483 is a Friend of mine, and he has a You Tube Channel where he has a Frankenstein antenna, made out of different years and makes etc, and talks all over the world on SSB. If you check him out , please let him know I said hello.
The astro plane is a decent antenna just not built rel good ..but the v 5/8 is 5/8 wave but I don't care for the matching network... horizontal ring... I like.verticle linear matching ..like the spt500 ..no coil no loading coil just vertical matching but the damn v 5/8 will work
The spt500 I have had...the one I bought was new in 2014...the tubing was a lil weak, the maco definitely has thicker walled tubing. And from what I've heard the new versions of the spt500 w the flat wire instead of the older matching network is worse. I'll stick w maco had a v5000 I let go years ago, I have an astroplane it dose not do as good down in this hole I live in as the maco dose.
Good to see someone creating things. I found your channel, and hit the thumbs up, and am following. 21 South Carolina Old Radio Night
Thanks, never really saw many people rebuilding old antennas on UA-cam too much, in this day and age it's a throw away world
@@keystonecountryboy I know what you mean. Muddbucket UDX483 is a Friend of mine, and he has a You Tube Channel where he has a Frankenstein antenna, made out of different years and makes etc, and talks all over the world on SSB. If you check him out , please let him know I said hello.
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The astro plane is a decent antenna just not built rel good ..but the v 5/8 is 5/8 wave but I don't care for the matching network... horizontal ring... I like.verticle linear matching ..like the spt500 ..no coil no loading coil just vertical matching but the damn v 5/8 will work
The spt500 I have had...the one I bought was new in 2014...the tubing was a lil weak, the maco definitely has thicker walled tubing. And from what I've heard the new versions of the spt500 w the flat wire instead of the older matching network is worse. I'll stick w maco had a v5000 I let go years ago, I have an astroplane it dose not do as good down in this hole I live in as the maco dose.
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