If you go cheap on an antenna you'll be sorry. Especially on a commercial
tower site.You can still buy a Decibel Products, or a Newtronics (hustler)
that can be bracketed at both the top and bottom thus it will survive way
over 120mph. Just my two cents...gill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Virden Clark Beckman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 9:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Ringos, Diamond, Comet & Hustler Antennas
> 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
> >
>
> --
> 73...Clark Beckman N8PZD
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