My antenna would be a stand alone.no upper support. One of the reasons I more or less wanted a rugged enclosed radome unit. I have used the 4 bay exposed dipole type antenna by Cushcraft some years ago ( not longer in production for 220) and the worked great. But down here in hurricane alley not sure I'd trust it. Have you seen the models by LAIRD? - Mike
From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tim and Janet Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 11:19 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re:Looking for 220 Repeater Antenna We are currently using a G7-220 on our repeater. We did have problems with the first one we put in the air. The current one is also supported near the top with a standoff to help stabilize it. We too have been in search of a better antenna for this band. The DB224-JJ is difficult at best to find used. They and most other commercial manufacturers no longer supply them. The ones that do are priced at well over $1000. If anyone has a good one to sell please let me know. Maybe if we could get a order of several at one time we could convince them to do a production run for us as long as the price is reasonable. Tim N4CKV repeater ----- Original Message ----- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 9:38 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Digest Number 6746[1 Attachment] <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder;_ylc=X3oDMTJjbXUwbWdlBF9TAzk 3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzEwNDE2OARncnBzcElkAzE3MDUwNjMxMDgEc2VjA2hkcgRzbGsDaHBoBHN 0aW1lAzEyNDM5MTAzMjQ-> Repeater Builder Re: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/message/91793;_ylc=X3oDMTJxZ Gg3OGo0BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzEwNDE2OARncnBzcElkAzE3MDUwNjMxMDgEbXNnSWQDO TE3OTMEc2VjA2Rtc2cEc2xrA3Ztc2cEc3RpbWUDMTI0MzkxMDMyNA--> Looking for 220 Repeater Antenna Posted by: "James Adkins" adkins.ja...@gmail.com <mailto:adkins.ja...@gmail.com?subject=%20re%3a%20looking%20for%20220%20repe ater%20Antenna> kb0nhx <http://profiles.yahoo.com/kb0nhx> Mon Jun 1, 2009 9:27 am (PDT) If you can find an Andrew DB224-JJ for the 220 ham band, that'd be ideal on the used market. Our club is using another discontinued Andrew product, a DB-573-EE. It's a 3 dB fiberglass omni. It's spec'd for 217-222 MHz, but we use it for 222.680 receive and 224.280 for TX and it sweeps and works fine. See www.nixahams.net and click on the "repeaters" link on the left for more info. 73, James Adkins, KB0NHX Error! Filename not specified. __________ NOD32 4121 (20090601) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com
