Peter,
I would recommend a modern, optimized yagi but if that is out of the
question you might find something older laying around. My first 222
yagi was a CushCraft model A220-11. It was 11 elements on a fairly
short boom (8 feet?). I picked it up with one or two broken elements
for $5 and nursed it back to health using spare parts from a junked
2 meter CushCraft yagi. Later I got a CushCraft 17 element 220
boomer (model 220B) which I extended to nearly twice its original
length. I wouldn't call either an optimum design but I worked a lot
with both of them.
Now I build antennas. I am about to start on a 16 element K1FO for
222 and either 22 oe 25 element for 432.
73,
Paul N1BUG FN55mf
On 09/27/2016 12:19 PM, Peter Laws wrote:
Speaking of 222 ... I've managed to acquire an XV-222 and hope ...
some day ... to actually have it installed at N5UWY. What is a good
antenna for 222? I have an ancient Cushcraft (pre-MFJ) A148-10S for
144 that has served me quite well for several years. Not the best
antenna ever, not even "computer optimized", but adequate for me. Is
there a similar antenna for 222? If I knew company names/model
numbers, I could look out on eBay or locally.
Same actually goes for 1296 since I need an antenna for that as well.
I recently picked up a Diamond A430S15 for 432 and I expect similar
adequacy from it as from the Cushcraft.
Adequacy - that's what I strive for! :-D
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