Secret Squirrel
68 posts
Sep 04, 2008
10:18 PM
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Has anyone had any real experience using the Double Bazooka type dipole. I was planing on adding a second antenna at my farm. Any external antenna ever on the farm house itself has taken a lighning hit over the years. My wife is just too paranoid about lightning. We just has two grand to the appliances because of a lighning strike to a local utility pole. Insurance covered the damage. I can get an antenna at apx 30 feet if I put it in the attic. I was thinking, a Double Bazooka- Inverted V. Thank you,
Secret Squirrel
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starjammer
62 posts
Sep 04, 2008
11:40 PM
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Here is something that you may find informative. http://cbradiomagazine.com/Feb%202007/No%20room%20for%20your%20base%20antenna%20-%20Try%20a%20dipole.htm http://www.hamuniverse.com/bazooka.html
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Secret Squirrel
71 posts
Sep 05, 2008
12:29 AM
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Thanks starjammer, I am going to try the double bazooka. Like I said it will be up apx 30 feet in my attic. The farm house was orginally built in 1892. There is not electrical wiring in the attic, so the RF signal will only have wood and shingles to pass through. Thanks, Secret Squirrel
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agitator
224 posts
Sep 05, 2008
4:39 AM
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Secret Squirell, I run a double bazooka w/ 50' coax . Mine works very well considering the "hole" I operate in . the SWR is 1.2 : 1 and the ground noise is extremely low and I'm very pleased with it . I am running a STEALTH 29 with it & regularly talk 30 miles from the ditch !! One day I will probably set up a pole with a "tall " stick but, that little wire Bazooka is NO SLOUCH , receives very well . I'm using the Stealth because it interferes less with the kids' PC's . That shows how great SPARK & crew's mods are to this RADIO !!
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foosball
6 posts
Sep 05, 2008
7:50 PM
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I run one of these because i can't install anything since i live in an apartment. i first installed it in inside the apartment ZERO TVI! not even a flicker on the TV or home theater! i got creative and put it outside in(stealth mode) an inverted V setup and it made a big difference for both Tx, Rx and even skip when conditions are good. it's old school technology (MIT designed) that is hard to beat if you struggle with TVI or not being able to run a monster antenna. 1.1:1 out of the box.
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