I'll even add another reason. Sometimes the requirements of the situation dictate that a commercial grade antenna won't work.
About 3 years ago I had a situation where some strange ham radio politics AND issues with the site owner put my UHF repeater being forced to share ONE antenna with a 2 meter repeater owned by a club. This meant we would have to install ONE 146/445 MHz antenna. We were also required to use a ONE piece antenna (it could not be two peices that connect together as one). So I used a amateur grade Comet GP-15 to replace the commercial grade Motorola Comm-prod 8 bay UHF folded dipole. ------ Original Message ------ Received: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 02:46:56 PM CST From: Bob Dengler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Why use Ham grade? Like the Hustler G6-440 > > At 2/9/2005 04:13 PM, you wrote: > ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>Hello All, > >>Why would you want to use Ham grade? > > > >1, Because there are those of us that aren't made of money, and don't pay > >others to do our work.... > >2, Because there are folks that have had good results using them. > >3, Because this is a hobby. > > > >Need more? I have a few left.... > > Couldn't have said it better myself; thanks Kevin! > > One thing I'll add is that sometimes repeater antennas aren't mounted on > top of tall towers. I have one that's mounted to a handrail on a > building. If the antenna does suffer damage, it's rather easy to inspect & > replace if necessary. Even I can do that one & I won't climb onto the roof > of my house. I agree that ruggedness & reliability are a bit more > important when considering antennas for 1000+ ft. tower installations. > > Bob NO6B > > > > > > > > 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/
