Can you advise on the wind shear load and if the manufacturer will rate
it at 120 MPH so it could be used on a commercial site within 5 miles of
navigable water? Do you use an swr meter on your equipment to analyze
reflected power, how broad is the bandwidth and what stability is the
impedance at those freqs.
Admin wrote:
>
> 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
>
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73...Clark Beckman N8PZD
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