Yup-that was me! I got that info from my dad actually back in the 70's, not long after he left New-Tronics. Here's the link to the article on RB: > http://www.repeater-builder.com/antenna/retuning-a-stationmaster.html
Let me know on here if there's any questions! (The netscape addy is no good anymore, btw.) On 5/19/2010 11:47 PM, Doug Bade wrote: > Someone ( WD8CHL JIM???? ) wrote some documentation up about using a > Co-linear from a higher freq on a lower freq... and angle of radiation > lowered as I recall but gain did not change... It actually can be > favorable depending on the site as I recall.. > I think it was Jim anyhow.. forgive me if I offered a wrong author > :-)...who penned some information on moving commercial colinear to > amateur and some sleeving was needed bring the feed point back to 50 > ohms... but no other mods were done that I recall... > > Doug > KD8B > > WA3GIN wrote: >> >> Hi folks, >> I'm curious about this question of operating the Station Master 10Mhz >> off resonant frequency. The antenna seems to be working fine from >> observed performance but that could just be the 425ft ASL in an area >> where average elevation is 30ftASL. >> I've searched the WEB but haven't yet found a reference that would >> ascertain the performance of the antenna. >> Should I presume unity gain on 146. from an antenna with 5db gain at >> 156.Mhz? >> Thoughts welcome, >> dave >> wa3gin >> > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: repeater-builder-dig...@yahoogroups.com repeater-builder-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: repeater-builder-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/