At 05:59 AM 11/28/06, you wrote: >Hello all, > >I know I'm asking a loaded question. > >Our club just lost our UHF antenna. The last straw was a wind storm. >The make of the antenna that was up there is unknown. > >A stationmaster would be nice, but we cant afford it. >A Decibel Products DB series - I hear are maintenance nightmares.
Where did you hear that, and what did you hear? I've heard a lot of folks talk about putting up a DB224 or a DB408 and ignoring it for 15-20 years. >We are looking at A hustler HS9-43050 - > >Any comments on the hustler antennas. Or other suggestions? How are you at building things? Go to <http://www.repeater-builder.com/antenna/ant-sys-index.html> and scroll down to "Omni-Directional Gain Vertical Collinear Construction Project". Read it and the three articles after it. And look at "A detailed drawing of the DB-404" antennas and the similar one on the DB-420... if you change your attitude towards dipole arrays there is enough info here to build one. You may find that the harness is harder to do than the dipoles however. And before you leave the page, read the article titled "Help!! I have a crackling noise in my repeater" (2nd down under "Antennas") >73 >Steve >N1TEC Mike WA6ILQ
