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73, Rich Rich Poczkalski WB2DSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] In GOD we trust, all others we run NCIC ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Two rules for success in life: 1) Don't tell people everything you know. 2) ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ----- Original Message ----- From: "skipp025" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 11:24 AM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Hustler G6-440 Re: Hustler G6-440 Hi Jeff, I have used them with great service, but I will throw in an advisory to check the antenna bandwidth (sweep the antenna). Some of the fiberglass gain antennas try to cover the entire amateur band, where the return loss or reflected power (swr) goes out of usable range near the band edges. If you have a repeater or need to operate near 440 or 449.975, you should check the antenna for proper operation. Hustler also makes a pretty nice dual band fiberglass antenna, which I won't use for repeater service because it won't make the entire 10MHz repeater band... in fact it won't make 8Mhz bandwidth with usable SWR (reflected power - return loss). It's probably very nice for casual base station operation or a repeater frequency within its fixed ~7 - 8MHz bandwith. I really like the 2 meter and 220 antennas, but they can suffer from water damage pretty fast if you don't pay attention to sealing them up and keeping the drainage port open. If you've got a single repeater, which fits into the G6-440 bandwidth... it should work out fine. Another thought is the elevation of your repeater site. The beamwidth of the Hustler Fiberglass Antennas seems to be higher in the horizontal plane than most commercical and many popular metal (adjustable) antennas. Great at lower elevation repeater sites, not so great on a 4,000 foot mountain. Some day I'll tell the true/funny (but not so funny to me) story of why Hustler doesn't make the original metal dualband antenna anymore. cheers, skipp skipp025 at yahoo.com > "Jeff Corkren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone have experience using the Hustler G6-440 UHF antenna for repeater use ? The antenna will be mounted at the 500 ft level on a broadcast tower and must be capable of withstanding this sometimes violent environment. An upper antenna support cannot be used due to the distance from the tower to the edge of the platform where the antenna will be mounted. Thanks for your reply. > > Jeff Corkren/W5PPB > Raymond, Mississippi 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/
