Re: [Repeater-Builder] What is it?

[Jack Davis]

This looks like one of the old Bogner 8 bay UHF antennas, I would guess it weighs somewhere in the 750 to 1250 pound range.  I believe that Cablewave picked up the Bogner line and later merged with RFS.  With your picture you may be able to get a spec sheet from them.  You could try Bill Mieola at RFS and see if he can help you out.  If weight is an issue, you may have to take an acetylene torch up the tower and hack it into pieces that can be disposed of.  Have you tried to run your repeater into this antenna?  You may be surprised!   Jack K6YC ----- Original Message ----- From: Joe To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 5:23 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] What is it? I would join, then post a question to the Tower-Pro group here on YahooGroups.  They should be able to give you an idea of weight.  Any of the commercial TV-FM antennas that I have seen can get pretty heavy. 73, Joe, K1ike At 10:58 PM 9/12/2004, you wrote: We are getting some strange receiver noises (intermittent pops/cracks/static) as well as sudden losses of sensitivity on our 2 meter machine.  This is what the top of our tower looks like: http://www.qsl.net/ke4mob/antenna1.jpg http://www.qsl.net/ke4mob/antenna2.jpg The thin white vertical is our Hustler G7.  The other antenna is what I'm asking about.  I know it's probably a late 70's era UHF TV broadcast antenna...our site was used by the county gov't for a TV translator site before it was abandoned.  It needs to come off, but how much does this thing weigh?  I don't want to tie a ginpole to it, loosen all eight bolts and find out it weighs 300 pounds....especially if gravity suddenly takes over!!! All outgoing email scanned with Norton AntiVirus2004. Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/   To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]   Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.