Comments on: DX engineering HotRodz Capacity Hat: sacrifice looks, mpg and a $$$ for a few dB http://www.n0hr.com/hamradio_blog/2007/03/20/dx-engineering-hotrodz-capacity-hat-sacrifice-looks-mpg-and-a-for-a-few-db/ Ham radio towers, software, coax, DXing, contesting, and life in general Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:35:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: pat http://www.n0hr.com/hamradio_blog/2007/03/20/dx-engineering-hotrodz-capacity-hat-sacrifice-looks-mpg-and-a-for-a-few-db/#comment-1877 pat Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:53:04 +0000 http://www.n0hr.com/hamradio_blog/?p=98#comment-1877 Hi Vinny Thanks for the comment. I was considering the HS angle hinge but decided against it. Several reasons: 1) My garage isn't very deep. If I pointed it back, it would interfere with the garage door and if it pointed any other way it would look weird. 2) The website didn't mention whether the screw in the middle was stainless - but based on the problems I had with the others, I didn't want another thing corroding. 3) I wanted to give the DX Engineering Hot Rodz a try and that seemed to solve most of my problems. 73 Pat Hi Vinny

Thanks for the comment.

I was considering the HS angle hinge but decided against it. Several reasons:
1) My garage isn’t very deep. If I pointed it back, it would interfere with the garage door and if it pointed any other way it would look weird.
2) The website didn’t mention whether the screw in the middle was stainless - but based on the problems I had with the others, I didn’t want another thing corroding.
3) I wanted to give the DX Engineering Hot Rodz a try and that seemed to solve most of my problems.

73 Pat

]]> By: Vinny http://www.n0hr.com/hamradio_blog/2007/03/20/dx-engineering-hotrodz-capacity-hat-sacrifice-looks-mpg-and-a-for-a-few-db/#comment-1876 Vinny Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:41:30 +0000 http://www.n0hr.com/hamradio_blog/?p=98#comment-1876 I have the same antenna. Just buy the whip angle hinge for $15 from HS and angle your antenna which will reduce its hieght without effecting anything else. I have been doing this successfully with no difference in perfromance over the whip pointing straight up. I also have the smaller spurs and am adding a 5' whip and I still will be able to enter not only my garage at home but the garage at work that has very low stand pipes. The angle hinge is the answer. I have the same antenna. Just buy the whip angle hinge for $15 from HS and angle your antenna which will reduce its hieght without effecting anything else. I have been doing this successfully with no difference in perfromance over the whip pointing straight up.

I also have the smaller spurs and am adding a 5′ whip and I still will be able to enter not only my garage at home but the garage at work that has very low stand pipes. The angle hinge is the answer.

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