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Solarcon I Max Station Vertical Antenna

Solarcon IMAX-2000 24′ Omni-Directional Fiberglass Base Station Antenna – 5000 Watts (1 Each)

Solarcon I Max Station Vertical Antenna Photo

Solarcon I Max Station Vertical Antenna Pic

Solarcon I Max Station Vertical Antenna Pic

Solarcon I Max Station Vertical Antenna Picture

Highest gain fiberglass vertical I’ve ever tested, and good for Ham bands, too!
This is the 2nd Imax 2000 antenna I’ve owned, and like it alot. After regarding 9 years, the fiberglass will deteriorate from the UV rays in sunlight, and then a strong wind will finally fetch it down, but for what they cost and how they perform, I am still satisfied. a friend and I tested this antenna side-by-side on the same evening regarding 30 miles apart. He had an A99 and an Imax 2000. While my antenna remained the same (my Imax), he swapped amid his A99 and the Imax physically (he mounted it on the same pole at the same base height) – yes, because the Imax is taller, this likewise gave it a slight height advantage… I noticed a 3 s-unit betterment on my receive signal from his station when he used the Imax 2000. He likewise noticed the same 3 s-unit betterment on receive at his end (from my station) while he used the Imax. We both found it hard to believe that there was this much divergence over the A99 which is also a fine antenna. I won’t bore you here with technical details, etc. – I won’t argue “how a great deal of db an s-unit is”, etc. – Also, for you humans giving careful consideration to purchasing a ground radial kit for the A99 OR the Imax, my counsel is save your money. It did NOT lower our angle of radiation. On a seperate evening he tested the A99 and the Imax both with and without the radial kits attached (at HIS end, my station remained unchanged…) We both noticed NO perceptible divergence in signal strength at either station, receive or transmit of either antenna whether the radial kit was on the antenna or not. We still noticed the 3 s-unit betterment of the Imax 2000 over the A99, but not one thing else. In fact he noticed a slight climb in SWR on the Imax when the radial kit was installed.