Stay away from the Ringo's for Repeater use! This was a poor choice of antenna! I would highly recomend looking at the Dimmond products. I have had very good luck using them on repeaters. Besides you get more peformance form them than a Hustler g144-6.
73's and good luck! Eric (N7JYS) --- ki5fw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A local amateur radio club needs to do some antenna > work on their > repeater. For many years they have used two Ringo > Ranger ARX2's (not > the ARX2B). The RX antenna is at 220ft and the tx > antenna is at 120ft > on the tallest hill within 100 miles. Both are side > mounted on a > 400ft tower. The system has done a gud job in the > past. I have > recommended replacing the Ringos with Hustler > G6-144b's. I use one on > my VHF repeater in duplex and I am pleased with its > performance. > I know all about db224's and such but this club is > not going the > db224 or commercial route. I also know that U guys > do not recommend > Ringo's in duplex. > The only question I'm asking is how much of a > performance increase > can be expected, if any, in using two G6-144b's over > two ARX2 > Ringo's??? > I may get them to spring a couple hundred bucks for > two new Hustlers. > > Tnx, > Dennis ki5fw > Lauderdale Rptr Group w5LRG > 146.970/R > 444.500/R > Lauderdale County, Mississippi > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ 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: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
