I also found one of the old Cushcraft 220WB antennas at a hamfest this
past April. It was in pretty good shape and was $50. That was
probably too much but I figured I would not likely find another anytime
soon so I bought it! Then I bought a 220 module for my Yaesu
FT-736R so I have only been on 222 for a few months. My house is
surrounded by trees and the antenna is only up about 12ft right
now. During the VHF contest I was able to work a station a little
over 150 miles away. I have worked a station a little over 50 miles
on a couple of occasions and he has given me +10-20 reports. I hear
quite a few stations down in the noise so I'm sure if I could get the
antenna up higher I would be able to do some good. I obviously
can't compare it with anything else but, as the saying goes, "it
works for me."
73
Kevin
W5TTY
>
>
> 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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