Mighty Magnum III antenna

Post by **g0slq** » 10 Jun 2008, 11:34

Nostalgia alert!

This was my favourite antenna from yesteryear. Eventually it just fell to pieces after many years. Can anyone remember who made them? - I had a feeling it was Avanti and this was a less famous relative of the Sigma IV?

Anyone shed any light?

jazzsinger · Post by **jazzsinger** » 10 Jun 2008, 14:09

they were made by antenna specialists,the company who bought over avanti.mm3 was my favourite antenna too.was a classic.

Post by **Phoenix** » 10 Jun 2008, 16:57

Anyone got a photo of one or better still a manual (drawing)

Post by **g0slq** » 11 Jun 2008, 16:59

jazzsinger wrote:they were made by antenna specialists,the company who bought over avanti.mm3 was my favourite antenna too.was a classic.

Cheers George - with hindsight, I wish we'd brought it down each year and cleaned it etc. - it lasted years on a hilltop location - it would virtually be a horeshoe shape in gales, but always returned. SWR went high when wet, but never missed a beat. Actually with hindsight I just wished I'd bought several

I wish there was some way of knowing if those antennas were really better than modern day equivalents, or is it the old "things were better in my day" syndrome?

I tried googling and was amazed by how little there was about this antenna

jazzsinger · Post by **jazzsinger** » 12 Jun 2008, 02:29

i couldn't find anything on google myself,they were great antennas,water ingress was a slight problem,in fact the red plastic coil cover on mine split after water got in,and it froze here in hypothermiaville and expanded,but it still worked a treat,it was my biggest radio regret selling it.but after an ugly bird tried to chat me up one night on ukfm and i went on a 10-6 only to return 15 years later it had to go as did every other piece of radio equipment i had,lol.fear overtook common sense that night knowing how many earwigs there was in those days,at 19 years old street cred is everything.

Post by **g0slq** » 12 Jun 2008, 12:07

Lol - you never sleep? - Nightowl should be your handle...unless of course you're a big Neil Diamond fan.

Yes my red plastic coil cover faded to pink, then white, then cracked then disappeared.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 27 Jun 2008, 20:05

here you go

jazzsinger · Post by **jazzsinger** » 27 Jun 2008, 20:23

thats the one,classic antenna,cheers skiptalker.do you have a url for that?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 27 Jun 2008, 20:44

no url just pulled the pic off the net a while back and popped it in my photobucket account for nostalgia.

jazzsinger · Post by **jazzsinger** » 27 Jun 2008, 23:54

cheers anyway mate,ive hunted online for it several times but couldn't find it,wasn't that long ago i binned the original manual,lol.brings back some memories,from what i remember mine had curved anti static hat and not diamond shaped as shown in the pic.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 28 Jun 2008, 00:15

$36.95, man you could'nt buy a decent mobile antenna for that these days,let alone a quality base antenna like that, i do wish some of the old designs would come back.

Post by **wa10** » 28 Jun 2008, 00:17

george the first ones had the diamonds like mine, later ones had the two circle hat, brings back thoughts of happy times for me too

jazzsinger · Post by **jazzsinger** » 28 Jun 2008, 17:48

yep the box showed diamonds but inside it was circular.never affected performance in any way,ideal antenna for gay cb'er as steve says they turn pink,although with the cold up here mine used to turn f@cking BLUE and shiver.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 28 Jun 2008, 20:04

Copy was sold and made in Hungary, and still is I believe. They call it the wonder penetrator 5/8

Post by **UGLY_BOB** » 29 Jun 2008, 01:46

simonthewizard wrote: They call it the wonder penetrator 5/8

That's a deeply dubious name !

Did you come across it whilst browsing for porn Simon?

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