Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mgweed.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!mgweed!rjr From: rjr@mgweed.UUCP (Bob Roehrig) Newsgroups: net.ham-radio Subject: UHF Ringo bad news! Message-ID: <10019@mgweed.UUCP> Date: Mon, 18-Jun-84 13:02:53 EDT Article-I.D.: mgweed.10019 Posted: Mon Jun 18 13:02:53 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jun-84 07:15:21 EDT Organization: AT&T Consumer Products - Montgomery Illinois Lines: 14 I would strongly recommend NOT using the UHF Ringo Ranger!!!!! I have one up at home, fed with 1/2 inch hard-line and it fails to work under certain conditions of moisture. The SWR is ridiculously high especially in fog. I intend to replace it as soon as I determine what I want to replace it with. How about building a collinear using coax sections ( that's what Andrew and Phelps-Dodge do)? Use pvc to house the antenna. Bob K9EUI (WA9AAC/R)