[Mich VHF UHF Society] Create CLP-5130-1N VHF/UHF Log-Periodic Antennas ?

[rgcox2]

Bart,
How did this antenna work for you at 50 MHz? I did a quick simulation with LPCAD and 4NEC2 and the VSWR rises pretty fast below about 70 MHz. Gain was on the order of 6 to 8 dB over most of the frequencies. This was with Tau=.86 and Sig=.05.
73 Roger W8IO


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<div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Bart Jahnke <bjahnke at gmail.com> </div><div>Date:03/13/2015  12:55 PM  (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: mivus at mivus.org, w8ip at comcast.net </div><div>Subject: Re: [Mich VHF UHF Society] Create CLP-5130-1N VHF/UHF Log-Periodic Antennas ? </div><div>
</div>Hi Jeff,

I can report on my experience - I did the QST review nearly 30 years ago.  I sold mine back then to Stan Horezpa WA1LOU (the FM Columnist for QST - and I think he still has it).

It comes with the SHF section preassembled which is great.  

The coax clips (holding the coax away from the boom) will become brittle after a decade of sun.

My primary use was on 50-432 -- and it was a good compromise antenna for the boom length.

The performance at 903 or 1296 is mediocre (8-9 dbi) -- again it is directional, so that was a plus but a better gain antenna would make sense at the upper frequencies unless you are perhaps just using it for casual local activity or monitoring.

I actually have one that I am not using -- if anyone is interested I'd sell it shipped CONUS for $285.

73 Bart W9JJ / 1  

On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 12:25 PM, W8IP <w8ip at comcast.net> wrote:
Greetings all! Has anyone had any experience with the Create CLP-5130-1N VHF/UHF Log-Periodic Antennas? Looking at this antenna for a jack of all VHF~UHF bands. Best Regards, Jeff W8IP

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