I got from a local fishing tackle manufacturer (Brisbane, Qld,
Australia) who in the past also made quite a few tapped whips for
RFDS applications. They are not doing the work any more now that
auto-tune screwdriver antennas have generally taken over for
Australian HF land mobile services. They told me I was the last
customer as I took their last blank.
So I guess the answer is no, not available any more.
--- In YaesuTuner@..., "kb5oze" <mike@d...> wrote:
Peter,
Where did you get that whip at? Is it available in the states?
How much do they cost?
Thanks,
Mike, KB5OZE
--- In YaesuTuner@..., "peterschrader2" <peter@r...>
wrote:
My helically wound whip is about 2.5 metres long. The tuner will
go
down to 1.9 MHz. Natural lowest resonant frequency of the whip
is
2.02 MHz. Check out the pictures in the photos section of this
group.
regards,
Peter
VK4TGV
--- In YaesuTuner@..., "Wiley Clarkson"
<wclarkson@c...>
wrote:
I am going to be purchasing an FT-857d on a special very
shortly.
The
special has discounted prices on both the FC-40 and the ATAS-
120.
Yaesu advertizes the FC-40 being used with a 102" to 108"
whip.
My
mobile situation requires that I use a flexible whip of between
50"
to
60". Has anyone used the FC-40 mobile with this whip length
and
can
you tell me how much the lowest resonate frequency that the FC-
40
would tune to changed?
Also, regarding the ATAS 120, can anyone give me the motorized
coil
length and the whip length? Yaesu does not supply measured
lengths
of
each in their advertisements. The overall length seems to fall
within
my needs but the length of the motorized coil may not meet the
restrictions I am working with.
Wiley WA5OTR
