Sinclair makes excellent dipoles. We switched to them several years ago and never looked back.
http://www.sinctech.com/ Mike K6MJU > > > OK. > > One of the repeaters I help maintain (145.170 located in > Connellsville, PA on the mountain) recently lost an antenna in the > wind storms that hit us around the beginning of December. > > Antenna we had on the tower was a Celwave PD340-3 (If you have never > seen a 4 bay folded dipole with the top 3/4 of the antenna flapping > in the wind, trust me you don't want to. . . Saw the darn thing in > the middle of the wind storm blowing straight out side ways from the > tower holding on by the harness. . . ) > > Past experience with trying to find a "new" replacement shows that > Celwave doesn't make this model anymore. (Last summer replacing the > antenna on 147.045 for W3PIE) > > Along the lines of the 4 Bay folded dipole arrays what does anyone > recommend? (Familiar with the DB224E antenna) Anyone making these > with an internal harness instead of an external harness? (Weather in > SW PA is not user friendly especially when putting the antennas on > the top of a mountain) > > If this has been covered in the list prior I apologize, have not had > time to look in the archives so if covered prior give me a rough idea > of when so I can look. > > Otherwise, reply on the list or direct to [EMAIL PROTECTED] would > be appreciated. > > Thanks > Tony, KA3VOR > > > > > > > > > > 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/