Astro Beam question

Post by **Outta_Kontrol** » September 16th, 2008, 8:46 pm

I was wondering how much power could be run with an old Tandy beam antenna . I would like to pickup a good linear but I don't want to fry the antenna . Any help appreciated .

Post by **Outta_Kontrol** » September 16th, 2008, 8:47 pm

And what the heck is with this spell check , can we turn it off so we can post what we want to say ?

Post by **PONY EXPRESS** » September 16th, 2008, 9:04 pm

Up on top of page click on PROFILE and you can turn spell check off

Post by **Outta_Kontrol** » September 16th, 2008, 9:10 pm

Thanx Pony

Post by **Outta_Kontrol** » September 16th, 2008, 9:11 pm

I was wondering how much power could be run with an old Tandy Astro beam antenna . I would like to pickup a good linear but I don't want to fry the antenna . Any help appreciated

linx · Post by **linx** » September 17th, 2008, 4:05 am

Never heard of a Tandy Astro Beam. Is it the same thing as an Avanti Astro Beam? - http://www.cbtricks.com/ant_m ... _av150.pdf

By the way, welcome to the forum!

231 · Post by **231** » September 17th, 2008, 7:45 am

Tandy only made the standard 3 element yagi if I recall. With the simple straight forward gamma match you should be able to run a couple kw's without too much problem (assuming it's in good shape). Should be about the same wattage with the Avanti Astro beam (IIRC).

Welcome to the forum.

Post by **998** » September 17th, 2008, 11:51 am

Is that the same as a ASTRO PLANE or STAR DUSTER

Post by **Outta_Kontrol** » September 18th, 2008, 3:10 pm

The antenna is a Tandy 3 element Astro Beam .Made during the late 70's early 80's to the best of my knowledge

231 · Post by **231** » September 18th, 2008, 8:06 pm

Outta_Kontrol wrote:The antenna is a Tandy 3 element Astro Beam .Made during the late 70's early 80's to the best of my knowledge

Yea, I think they called that the Archer 3 element. Just a straight forward 3 element yagi. Here is the true Astro-beam.

Post by **998** » September 18th, 2008, 9:08 pm

231 wrote:
Outta_Kontrol wrote:The antenna is a Tandy 3 element Astro Beam .Made during the late 70's early 80's to the best of my knowledge
Yea, I think they called that the Archer 3 element. Just a straight forward 3 element yagi. Here is the true Astro-beam.

Thats almost like the old astro plane except id has a element section and the astro plane went up with a X on the top

Post by **Outta_Kontrol** » September 18th, 2008, 11:45 pm

The Tandy Astro Beam looks just like the pic 231 posted but it's not an Avanti t's a Tandy

linx · Post by **linx** » September 19th, 2008, 4:09 am

Outta_Kontrol wrote:The Tandy Astro Beam looks just like the pic 231 posted but it's not an Avanti t's a Tandy

If it "looks" the same, then perhaps the instruction manual will be the same. Enjoy,

http://www.cbtricks.com/ant_m ... _av150.pdf