This application is for low level repeater use. It will not be going on a hill. The location will be a on a valley floor. Is there an easy way to test the antenna for the uptilt angle, as if it's serious, it won't be useful even for a for a repeater in this application.
Steve WA6ZFT On Monday 09 August 2004 20:27, Laryn Lohman wrote: > --- In [email protected], James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I had a DB404 (I think that was the number, two dipoles each side of > the stick, 5 or 6 ft long?). This was made for 450-470 and the SWR > was good at 441 (repeater output), however, I believe there was > possibly a ton of uptilt as the coverage off the hill was horrible > (even a diamond worked better > > > > James, actually this style (DB404) of antenna will not up/downtilt as > frequency changes. Diamond style (series fed) do. > > Laryn K8TVZ > > > > > > > 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/
