Gonna look into that boomerang. I have the A99 I gotta put up and a Hustler BTV6 also all sitting in radio room waiting on installation. Sweet set up. 🎙️🎙️🎙️
@fulltruckereffect Thanks 😊 I almost bought a Hustler BTV6. Looks like a good antenna. By the way the A99 is a better antenna than the boomerang. I use the boomerang for my garage radio. Thanks for watching. 73’s
Just installed the A-99 and I'm experiencing bleed over into my home radios when I crank up the Stryker to almost full wattage, and forget about it when I use the 4 Pill Fatboy....I've got that Boomerang 27a that I'm throwing up at the corner of the house as well, like you did, and I'm looking for a similar experience as well. I've got a Sirio SD Dipole too still in the box but I'll admit I'm alittle disappointed about the A99 Bleedover....Maybe a low-pass filter?......73's from West Palm Beach, FL.
@joses109 so the boomerang is a great antenna but the 4 pill might be too much for it, but cant hurt to try lol. I do want to get a SD dipole one day to test out, they look like a good antenna. As for the A99, don't use a low pass filter, try to ground the antenna and the radio and also make sure the antenna is above your roof line, that should help. Use an 8ft ground rod and some good wire and I bet your bleedover improves. Thanks for watching and commenting 73's
@ArturSentsov It works well without radials, but if the antenna was in the middle of the yard with radials it might be the best wide band antenna you can find. I have no complaints, this is a great antenna.
I don’t have a ham license, I just listen on the ham bands. I bought the antenna to mess around with but hoping in the near future I get my Ham so I can talk. As for reception this antenna has been great. The only thing I can compare to are the cb antennas I’ve used and the 2990 definitely picks up the ham bands better than any other antenna I’ve used. As for 160m, I’m rarely down that low but have yet to hear anything. So as of right now I can’t say much about 160 meters.
I had the boomerang for the last year but a few days ago it bend ( now it’s a real boomerang), i officially can’t have an antenna that is more than 5m above the roofline, hence i picked the boomerang with a pole making it reach the 5 meter limit, now i am in the market for a halve wave antenna and thought about the a99 or the tram, but it is kinda difficult to ground my antenna and i do not want antenna rfi bleeding back in my shack. Does the tram have the same bleeding as the a99? ( I’ve read the the a99 bleeds alot) and I’d rather use an aluminum antenna but the newer ones tend to break often due to thin aluminum used. Do you have any suggestions or input on my story?
@AppieBing Yeah, the boomerang is definitely a weak antenna, too bad it bent on you. I have had the Tram 1498 up for 5 years now and have not noticed any rf issues. In my opinion it's a great antenna. No complaints. I had the A99 up for a week before I took it down and went with a Maco V5000. I didn't notice any bleed over with the A99, but I didn't have it long enough to really test it 100%. I would say both the Tram 1498 and A99 are very similar, I think both would be a good choice but the Maco V5000 is the best antenna I have owned. My next antenna will be a Colossal 10K but for now I am all in on the Maco V5000.
