What a nice surprise to see that the UK made Les Wallen “Super Modulator II” is still for sale via the companies eBay store. This was an antenna that worked well for me and provided many a long distance contact. Price is nice too so maybe a birthday investment?
£34.95 is the price of the antenna and that’s not too bad in these times. Even copied by “Fred’s in there sheds” as the advert goes and here is the information that you need:
Specifications:
Type: Omni-directional centre-loaded monopole*
Design polarisation: Vertical
Frequency range: 26-30MHz
Over-all height: 1,71m
V.S.W.R: < 1.1:1 achievable *
Base thread: 3/8” x 24tpi (UNF)
Radiator: Highest grade 17.7ph stainless steel parallel rod.
Power: > 800w
Design impedance: 50 ohms.
32 years old antenna. Anybody bought one? Still working like always?
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I had one of these many years ago. They certainly look impressive but I didn’t actually find it to work any better than the original base load. That just goes to show how good the original was/is I suppose.