Trying out the Imax 2000 static mobile.
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- A bit of a longish video today, but had some cracking contacts from around the world while trying out the Imax 2000 yesterday when I was static mobile, but I had to edit quite a lot out.
Love your show, thanks for sharing. I remember when I had one , but one day water got into just at the metal plate, and got to the plug. So. Lot of work. To get down and so on. Thanks again cheers for what you do great job love it see you soon AkA Night owl from Luton ps love the way at the end the direction went state side great day Al .🇬🇧🍻👍
Thanks for your comment, used to have this one at the homebase, but the 3 storms we had last year snapped it, although a friend had a spare mid section hope to get down that way one day and see who I can copy.
Makes me want an IMAX again! I talked from Los Angeles to England, Denmark, Italy and the South of France using one accompanied with a Kenwood TS 140S
Good antenna, I had one at the homebase for a while, but after 3 big storms, it snapped in the middle section.
I love ❤DX just clean fun . KC9 LRA. Operator Bob sandman 94 .Indiana . Nice video I enjoyed it a lot. Thankyou
Thank you, i love both getting local contacts on the ground wave and on the DX. I try and cover all things to do with CB in the UK so plenty more where that came from. Maybe catch you one day. Cheers 🙂
Kangaroo Charlie niner Lema Romeo Alpha KC9LRA
Great Video and view and a great test of the Imax. Thanks for sharing as always.
Thanks Drew had some great QSOs , but had to edit down a lot . but another great day was had 🙂 best 73
I have that same antenna. I have a mentor who has taught and guided me along my CB way… first thing he pointed out when he saw my set up you want the bottom threads in the tuning section to be above your pole you do not want your pole above or equal because it will change the numbers. I was shocked. That was the first thing he pointed out.
Great antenna and find it works really well, different locations, can play a part in how well it works also. Had one at the homebase for a while 👍🏻
Hi Al just looking back at you up on your beacon , with your IMAX 2000 like you said the other day how much we keep changing stuff and we will get out when the conditions are right, but great to find the one that really works, at home and mobile, 91 division and just watching your face and being so happy that yes it bloody works sometimes, Allan, can't wait to speak with you one day mate, and got £300 to spend on a rig this Monday, love your videos and when you are live it makes me feel better in myself, to see you happy, sorry long story but looking forward to seeing you live next week I think you said, anyway sorry for the doctor's appointment but love your show wish I could do it myself Allan, take care mate Alan from LUTON 💯👍👍👍
Thanks, buddy Im really happy that you enjoy the Live streams and videos, It certainly makes it all worthwhile, seeing the lovely comments I get, that in itself makes me very happy, but sometimes life can give us a big knock back, struggling myself this last week, with bad news and people trying to rip me off.
My live stream should be in about 2 weeks as im off to Stourbridge next Friday to see a Depeche Mode tribute band. Ill keep you all posted in my next video. Thank you so very much for your continued support, comments and likes. A great community with my subs i seem to have built up . Take care and good luck getting a radio. Best 73
@@Al.26TC101 have a great time and when you back I should have a rig to talk about and hopefully speak through, take care Allan, CT48/70 Alan Luton 🍻🇬🇧💯👍
Nice spanner "One Size Fits All" 🙂 great video
If it works LOL Cheers Dave
Looks like a good day on your perch. Some good QSOs there!
Was a great day if bit spontanious. Cheers 🍻
The iMax seems to be working great portable Al!! Maybe a single 8ft aluminium pole would be better for the imax to sit on cos your no wanting to break the spiderbeam pole..73s mate from sunny Scotland.108at176 chris
Thanks bud, yep it was a bit spontaneous yesterday, but I will have to get another pole from somewhere, I will probably use the Imax when it's to windy to get the pole up as it does tend to slip down a lot in the wind no matter what I try .
Cracking job into 91 div. I luved using my imax on the hills.
Well the middle section was part of your imax , think I need to refine it a little. Cheers bud
Great vid mate when i get over to the uk this year we are going to have to go out dxing mate .... it will be a blast🎉🎉🎉
🙂As long as conditions hold had a total blackout on the radio last 24hrs , but yeah bud , would love to make the trip on the radio to 43 div again though, guess it will happen as conditions improve. Cheers bud.
Well done some good contacts. The skip started dropping off now completely dead. Hope we don't have to wait to long to get the lift back. Sids net should be on tomorrow Sunday fm Ch 34. Very windy down here in Hampshire. 73s Al happy days
Cheers bud if im out and about ill give Sids net a go, skip should be back , just think we have been hit by a big solar storm, it will be back. Take care bud and thanks as all ways . Hope to catch you soon.
IMAX top does a very good impression of a 9 ft whip and 3/8ths fitting for a mag mount ( as that's what it is) 1.6 megs band with lol... Nice to try the prop with if the weather is bad for the big pole......
It Seemed to work really well, need another bigger pole to gett it a bit higher. Cheers bud.
Good job keep up the good work.
Cheers 🍻
Nice contacts Al today the bands are very quiet have a great weekend chap 26TG064
Yep turned the radio on this morning and never seen it so quiet, got to admit we have had good for the last 6 months or more , never known a winter like it for propagation. Cheers
very good work Allen... keep it up. 13 RFW 005 80 km south-east of Hamburg. hear you on Band my friend ;D
Cheers bud. I was out today, but conditions were not good.
You could get a thin metal pole (the CB aerial type that slot together) and make it a lot higher, then put your aerial on top. The pole will also act as the other part of a ground plane. Even better, take an earthing rod and bolt it to your plate you drive on, and tap the rod into the ground. Electrical earthing rod. It will almost be like a huge dipole.
Oh yeah I need a bigger van bud. Hope one day I can get my self a camper van, although I prob wouldnt get off the hill.
@@Al.26TC101 Camper van, just get yourself a big van mate.
@@BoB4jjjjs Camper van would be more comfortable and the other half might actually come out with me a bit more lol
@@Al.26TC101 or a telescopic....fits in my Micra lol....
Hi Allan its Nick from down under Sydney Australia just a question for you Allan what do you think of the i Max 2000 antenna i have one i think it is a great antenna i use it for 10 and 11 meters 73 from 43 Whiskey Radio 044
i do think they are a good antenna, Only problem i have had is mine snaped in the middle after 3 bad storms in a row , but that was proberly because of the way mine was mounted, apart from that i think its a great antenna that does what it is built for.
Brilliant Al!
Thanks bud , Glad i got out 🙂
Hi Allan, you have gave me a great idea to try an Imax 2000 i am not using just in the same way. I am surprised it works so good at that height or propagation was very good that day or both. I thought that for optimal performance with the lowest radiation angle for DX the Imax should be around 1 wavelength high. Looks i am wrong. Until now my favorite mobile antenna is a 1/4 wave stainless steel whip over a special mount (not a magnetic mount) on top of my SUV. I will mount the Imax the same as you and compare both to see any difference in performance. 73 DE 2AT111
Hi , well the Imax was just redundant and thought I would at least try it mobile, a bit more stable in the wind , maybe? Good luck and would like to see your findings. I always gain about 3 S points on TX and RX when I change from my sirio 4000 to using the SSD5/8+ on the pole , but it is quite higher on the pole, good luck.
Allan, just for replicating your setup, how high from the ground you had the Imax 2000? Thanks! 2AT111
@@Alfa011 I think it would of been about 6ft id have to just give that a measurement. Next time I'm out ill look at that.
Thanks!
is that pole a special fiberglass pole ? I ha a fishing pole Id love tp use could get me about 20ft or more in a heart beat. My antenna is stuck in among my Castlewellan gold trees, Maybe Ill bite the bullet tomorrow weather permitting and do something.
Yep the pole is fibre glass , its called a spider beam, but not cheap, I'm sure you would be able to use a fishing pole , but just with a wire antenna , I wouldn't extend to far with the imax 2000 on it , but I do use a wire antenna also.
I like the dx70, mine is now 27 years old but still going strong
Great radio and always get fantastic reports on the audio. Cheers
@@Al.26TC101 yes Al I have 3 of them now because I heard it was difficult to get hold of replacement output transisters when I had one of them repaired that I bought second hand that was not working.
@@chrisg7veo495 Cool , its the mounting plate I'm finding very difficult to get hold of, I would like an original one.
nice.. i just got issued 2CB01 (wish i could find the old wolves charlie-delta club i was in) - now i guess i need a radio that's open enough to use with the antron99.... but i dont know where to start frequency wise etc
27555 USB is the international calling channel, 27385 LSB is where you will find a lot of stateside , but it can get messy there are many more and maybe I should do a video on it soon on the different channels where you may here different countries, cheers
@@Al.26TC101 yea that would be good... it's pretty much dead here right now so will try when i have time
@@WX4CB been hit by some solar activity 11meters has really dropped off big time, dont worry it will be back. Im normally on 27415 lsb about 1pm UK time but I do put community posts out when mobile.
@@Al.26TC101 ok cool.. yea i found the old 897 i bought over from brum when my dad died had been opened up sooo.... :D
I think you could do yourself a favor, and change your call to something much shorter !
As seen here, people had a really hard time pulling that out of the Soup !
And is that DX 70 100 watts output, or 10 ?
Thanks and good Dx.!
Cheers, The alinco does 100w. Doubt I'll change my call sign as it is what everyone knows me as. I dont normally have a problem with others coming back to my call, but cheers for the comment.👍🏻
Great video! I want to do the same thing with a spare Antron 99 I have. Hope to make contact with you one of these days. 2DX420 73"
I'm sure we will bud, I do put out on my community posts when I'm out on the radio, although you never know probably would hear you at the homebase depending where you are stateside. Good luck with the mobile.
@@Al.26TC101 I am in central Florida, a small town called Sebring, world famous for the 12 hours of Sebring international endurance race... I will be listening! cheers and 73"
Nice video Al. We're a bit of a dying breed so good to see you keeping radio alive. Dom 26CT4217 Haverhill Suffolk
Its quite busy in the Midlands although not many on in Coventry anymore. Its a fantastic hobby and ticks all my boxes thats for sure. Cheers.
Thanks Allen
No worries bud. Cheers 🙂
Almost at 900 subs.... live stream
Almost there , I will deffiantly once I get there, New PC needed though , plus a few other things.
Hi Al I've been given the call sign UK 101 and thought of you lol
LOL cool. There's a reason I use 101 something to do with my favourite band 😉
@@Al.26TC101 Do you mind me using it, I don't have too I'm happy with HA 01
@@jasonwoods4811 No problem plenty others that use 101, even spoke to a Canadian station a few weeks a go using 9TC101. Although not a member of the TCs in the UK.
@@Al.26TC101 Wow didn't realise that cb clubs around the world use the same names, I learned something new 😃
Talking skip says nothing about a antennas performance
Does it not surely, if your antenna is not the best then surely a difference is made from a 1/4 wave to a 1/2 wave and 5/8th wave surely there is a difference in how they work and their capabilities? I enjoy the experimentation on these things and yes i guess if conditions are good then a wet bit of string would work well.
proof is in the pudding pal.lemonade
Brilliant DXing 26TC101🗺
Cheers, I always enjoy a good bit of DX