4 element beam antenna's

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Popcorn501 wrote:True the Jo Gunn figures maybe way off but the beat a Junk Maco beam any day! Better forward gain,better rejection and better built hands down!!(and yes they are way over priced)
Century 21 says "A maco out of the box will do you well. Good all around performance. But if you want it right, you have to get a hold of somebody, that can tune it to your channel, and the EXACT height from the ground.
Joe Gunns got a great gain.... But the back door is not.... With higher gain you lose the back door".

Since Maco is about (or has) closed its doors for good you may want to pass on one at this time. Even recent buyers have complained that the quality of the Maco's has dropped considerably. On the other hand Jo Gunn's are built like a brick *%#@house. It has better bandwidth due to the size of its elements. The back door isn't the greatest but it is noticeable.. The front door though is all you would want it to be. If you get Jo Gunns get them as high as possible cause they bleed for miles... lol

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Man look at them they are built just like a Maco with the cheap clamps that hold the element on to the boom mass!!!!They are junk just like the Maco(so cheaply built)
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compared to the maco beams Jo Gunns are built like M1A1 Abrams and Maco's are like jeeps.

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Its a moot point anyways, maco is out of business. The owner is old and retiring.

I suppose the only useful comparison is between signal-engineering beems and jo-gunn.
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no comparison

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You cant compare beams that are completely different. Quads and yagi's are 2 different worlds. There is other beam manufactures out there, mosley, is sirio maco?, jo gunns, and probably others. What ever happened to makin your own beam... Its not hard.
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Looking for a great antenna consider a Quad over yagi

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http://www.signalengineering.com/
These have gotten some great reviews from those who have them. Dual polarity 4 element quad. They also have other directional antennas

Longer booms are higher gain but Cubical Quads are quieter have more gain and have smaller turning radius in diamond configuration

I just picked this up and it waits to be put in the air. yep a 4 element quad 24 years old

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You'll love the 4 element quad. I know i love mine :D
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Trip Seven Downunder,

Time to put the shack under that monster!!!


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I have a set of Maco shootingstars and it doesn't have a very good backdoor at all and it is put together right. Is there anyway to to increase the backdoor rejection

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smoke blower wrote: April 24th, 2017, 4:43 pm I have a set of Maco shootingstars and it doesn't have a very good backdoor at all and it is put together right. Is there anyway to to increase the backdoor rejection

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Mine does...I can't hear anyone behind me...Now off to the sides I still get a fair signal, and can talk off the sides fairly well, but ain't nothing coming in from the back side...Up 50'
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