I ve been watching , this discussion on antennii for repeaters ,and i want to throw my 2 cents in , the feb hamfest in the area my room mate and i picked up a workman uvs-300 for $55 , its the same antenna as the diamond XMa-510 , 11.3 db on 440 and 8.5 db on 144 , and so far we have thrown up to 50 watts uhf into it and have worked 440 machines about 100 miles away , and i live a the base of a mount , block 3 3/4 sides of line of sight , thisis a hell of an antenna !!! , 2 meter was even more impressive , it can hear a 30 watt repeater 26 miles away through solid rock !!!, my feed line is 50 ' of cheap rg 58 , , now heres the impressive part , we have a GE progress line uhf repeater , and it had a bad TX strip , it puts out about 3/4 to 1 watt into a phelps dodge duplexer , and well that eats power , and still feeding the antenna with the same rg 58 , the out put after the cans is milliwatts ,and feed milliwatts through rg 58 , i know stupid , that repeater with that uvs 300 antenna , has a 9 mile talk range to mobles in the hills and base radios at almost 12 miles , on Milliwatts!!!!!!!! , i recomend this dual band base antenna to anyone , i know it hanst had a popular review , but i still bout one and it has out done any antenna i have built or purchased hands down , so if your looking for range on a low power setup , thisis ur way to go!!!
Workman UVS -300 200 Watt Capicity 239 mount , not an N unfortunately 17.6 ft tall 3 piece fibre glass adjustable ground plain sleeve available from The Ham Shop syracuse NY 315-466-2604 i hope this will help in anyones ideas for repeater or base antennii Russ N3TIH ----- Original Message ----- From: "skipp025" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 12:32 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Ringos, Diamond, Comet & Hustler Antennas > We are using Ringo Antennas for both Commercial and > Amateur Applications right now, they work just > fine for us. > > Have you ever measured the bandwidth of the Comet or > Diamond Antennas? > > Most (of at least the Multiband) Antennas are quite narrow > in bandwidth and don't make the entire 440-450 Amateur > band with usable reflected power values. They are also not > nearly as hardy in construction. > > The Hustler Dual Band antenna I measured a month ago > would not be commercially usable for a repeater site. > > Like the Comet/Diamond Multiband the bandwidth was > to small and non adjustable. The mono band Hustlers > are quite nice, I've just installed a new pair to > replace a high preformance commercial antenna array > and they actually out preform the original Decibel > commercial antenna system. > > The Hustler mono band Antennas are quite hardy, I don't > have a problem installing them at commercial repeater > sites. I no longer install most of the Comet and > Diamond antennas, the high winds blow and shake them > into failure mode within a few years. A large bird > flew into one 1296 Comet I had up and broke it off > at the base (never did find the bird...) If you live > where the wind doesn't blow hard, they will probably > hold up well for some years. > > The proof is in the overall preformance. Ringos remain > good preformers for some of my commercial and Amateur > applications. > > cheers > skipp > www.radiowrench.com > > > Eric Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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) > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > 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/
