Tram 1411 Scanner Antenna Part 2. How has this Ham/Scanner/CB base antenna held up?
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- It's been close to 2 years since I bought this all in one type antenna for in the house. I've got to say it's a really great scanner antenna, a decent 2/440 Ham antenna and a fair CB antenna.
The unit has held up well to high winds, snow, and heavy rain as well as the occasional bird landing on it for a rest. These are thankfully still available and for the price, I'd say they are worth the money I spent by far!
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This antenna has been full of surprises. Last feb during the beginning of the Texas Snowpocalypse, I hurridly threw mine up onto a 10' section of pvc pipe with big zipties to the corner post of my deck. Using an sdr, I was monitoring Skywarn/ARES nets 40 mi away on 2m repeaters. Since then, I have gotten my General ham ticket, and have raised the antenna 5 more feet (10' top rail topped with 5' pvc). I've worked dx stations on 10 meters from Cape Verde Is. to the east as well as France, England, Ireland, many S.American countries, Carribean, 20+ states including HI, and 3 7400 mi qso's in NZ. This was incredible to me as I was doing it on a $60 antenna & a $200 Anytone AT5555N 10m radio putting out a mere 40 watts!. My NanoVNA shows this antenna to be resonant on a surprising number of bands. Heck... Its even good on 6m. Now Im running 100w thru it on 10m with a Yaesu ft-991a and 50w on 2m/440. This thing outperforms my homemade 10m ground wave vertical and homemade 10m horizontal wire dipole. It has survived nearly a year of Texas weather extremes. Seriously considering buying a spare to keep unassembled in my go-kit.
73's
KI5QQS Austin,Tx
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So many channels promise follow-ups, but when you do you always deliver. One of the reasons I subscribe to your channel. Many thanks.
I too have one of these and after a few years it just wasn't up to snuff. I disassembled it and found quit a bit of internal corrosion and lots of water running out of the insides. It was wet. I think the culprit is where the vertical element meets the coil housing. The hole is drilled through the form and is a possible path for water ingress. After cleaning mine up I used silicone RTV on all of the seams between the housing parts and I ran a bead around the vertical whip/coil housing joint. Otherwise a nice antenna. Hope this helps anyone with a similar issue.
Thanks for sharing that tip, I had water intrusion with an different antenna and it was frustrating that it stopped working
I just bit the Bullet and ordered a Maco 58 last night for the house. My homemade antenna made from a mobile has been due to be retired
Those are great antennas!
I got this when I got my Technician back in 2019 (General for a few years now) and have it mounted on the roof with two sections of mast going up. I used it for working 2 meters, 70CM, and GMRS (also licensed there) running a handheld as a base until I got better radios. I've also used it on 10 meters and it's still within usable SWR for 11 meters. I spend some nights dialing around the bands and SWLing with my ICOM 706MKII and it gets pretty good reception. I've even used adapters and plugged it into a County Comm GP5. It's held up well here on the border in SW Texas. Definitely has been worth the money. Now if I can get moving and string up some other antennas to divide the work and to get me talking on the lower HF bands.
I agree, these are really worth the money.
I have the Tram 1411 it’s a great scanner antenna I have mine 20ft up. I live in the foothills of Northern California and pick 60 miles out. Never have tried CB on it yet I have a 102” whip on my roof works quite well.
One of my friends has that same antenna , he uses a tuner on a few of the ham bands, some is ok without a tuner , etc but he’s had his up for 15 years and said for the money it’s a bargain
I always enjoy your radio related videos
Glad you like them!
I dreamed of having the pro-2021 as a kid. to the point I bought one when i was 30 just to play around with. So nice to see someone also still making it relevant :) Also great review on the antenna, will prob get one myself but still checking them out
Glad to hear it. You will like that antenna.
Great looking setup you can a preamp for your antenna
Merry Christmas happy New yr
Same to you
I got a vhf uhf tram 1481 I believe a 17ft monster! Looks great eric
I just talked skip a few days ago on mine on The CB Superbowl Ch 6 27.025 with a Cobra 148 gtl and a RM Italy KL 300.. My Tram 1411 is mounted sitting on just a 10 foot 1 inch black gas pipe from home depot ran the coax thru the bottom of the pipe to a pole ground mount I was deadkeying 40 watts swinging 150ish talking all up and down the East Coast.... That's 420 In Denver with that wave
I also have this same exact antenna. It has big ears on 2M/70cm, and lets me hit all the local ham repeaters. It works just ok on local CB, can't really skip with it. It kind of sucks for 10M. Overall, it's a great receiver, but a so-so to crappy transmitter due to the zero-gain design.
I've had my Discone up on the corner of the house for over 15 years now!
I have one , and have yet to put it together , your follow- up is very helpful , guess it’s time to slap that thing together
Brilliant!!! It has been a great help to see this tutorial, friend. Thank you very much. 73
Glad it helped!
I lurve this type of antenna and always wanted one since i was a kid. I shud make efforts to find one here in AU but the budget is getting stretched too much with other expenses.
Very nice setup
I have a question mate, that kind of scanner can receive the signal of the 22 channels walkies talkies? Thank you!
I think any analog scanner can be programmed to get FRS and GMRS channels with no issues.
Hi Eric, I just recently picked up my new Tram 1091 BNC scanner antenna and unfortunately it’s performed worse than the cheaper 10 dollar Bingfu antenna off Amazon I had outdoors in its place. Maybe I need to ground it with a grounding rod? If you know I’d love to hear back! Thanks!
That is odd. I can tell you that this one is grounded for sure.
@@FarpointFarms Alright thank you, I think I’ll try the grounding method and see if my reception improves, I really hope it’s not something wrong with the antenna itself. The antenna is paired with my RadioShack Pro 197
I just got my ham license, and CB people are more fun so far.
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Hi! Great content on your channel! One question, what pipe did you use to place the antenna, I have the same antenna and it didn't come with any pipe and I don't know what to use! Excuse my English, I'm using the google translator.
Thank you very much!
Ayyye. Just got mine. Didn’t see you had a video
Going to put it up on the other side of the yard of the v5000 and see what this rtl sdr can pick up with it
What size or type of coax do you suggest to use on my Bearcat bcd996p2 scanner? Thanks for your assistance, James
I've got the 1410. Wish I could get the cb top antenna to add onto it to try out.
What do you recommend for my first base station antenna? I really only need one for 11 meter. Ch 1-40 talking to my local trucker buddies. Just looking for opinions thats all. Thanks in advance!
Good video❗️ Eric I just picked up two CB’s at the thrift store but neither have the power cord so I am looking for the power cord for a COBRA 🐍 NIGHTWATCH and a UNIDEN GRANT TXL do you have any idea where I can buy these power cords❓ Thanks 73 KV5P
Hello! I think something is a bit strange with those 1.8 swr, in my case it works 1.1-1 1.3 all CB channels.
Oh man I just left you a message on your newest video. I was saying how I got the tram 1499 213 50' coax cable. I basically got it because I did not want to have to go and ground it outside cuz I'm on the second floor. Do you have a any other suggestions I bought uniden 930 bearcat SSB basically for skip. Now according to this video you're saying these antennas are any good for skip ? What antenna would you suggest I get? Like I said my situation is I am on the second floor I have a third floor addict I was planning on putting the antenna. I already bought 50 ft of the 213 cable so what antenna should I get pair up with my uniden bearcat SSB 930 thank you You are obviously an expert and I am definitely not I am a newbie lol and if I'm going to switch out my antennas I should do it now while I still can return. Thank you very much please help me I appreciate it great videos thanks again
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What size or type of coax do you suggest to use on my Bearcat bcd996p2 scanner? Thanks for your assistance, James