Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!houxm!houxz!vax135!floyd!cmcl2!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!MCNULTY%UCI-20A@UCI-750a From: MCNULTY%UCI-20A%UCI-750a@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.ham-radio Subject: RINGO stack and handhelds Message-ID: <947@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Sun, 17-Jun-84 15:00:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.947 Posted: Sun Jun 17 15:00:00 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jun-84 09:49:10 EDT Lines: 39 From: "Dale M. McNulty"What kind of performance do you expect to get out of this stack? >From personal experience I can tell you that a Hustler G6 or G7 outperforms the single RINGO hands down. I can't quantify the difference, but I can tell you that side by side tests have sent a number of people away shaking their heads. Of course, these are both end-fed units and I suggest you try center-fed if you really want to see a difference. I regularly use a center-fed which is only seven feet high because the end-fed units are ten to seventeen feet long. My apartment manager objects to seventeen foot 'decorations'. I find the performance almost identical. If I put the center-fed up as high as the Hustler, the center-fed is noticeably better and occupies less space. Austin has a center-fed which is composed of two arms which can be swung up, down, and sideways. This has some potential for switching between vertical and horizontal polarization (maybe even both simultaneously). I ordered one this week. Someone asked about handhelds. I can't find time to read and respond as often as I would like so here are my belated comments. I own a Yaesu 208R. I really like it. It is tough as nails. I was talking to someone yesterday who drove off down the freeway with his 208 on top of his car. 208's don't come with mag mounts so it slid off at about 50mph. It bounced a great distance. The case is badly torn up. Even the battery case was ground down by all the sliding. Well, the 208 "took a licking, and kept on ticking". When I talked to him he was pushing buttons with an eraser but he still sounded great. The shops tell me it is the most reliable unit they (don't) see. I suggest the NC-8 Power Supply and Charger. For two years I operated base with this rig and I'm still using the same battery. I just did buy a 708R to see what the 450 band is like. Anybody have any comments about 450? Dale McNulty N6HUU P.O. Box 2926 Newport Beach, CA 92663