At 04:21 PM 4/14/2007, you wrote:
>It just so happens that the Cushcraft 4-pole is a problem antenna >when it comes to duplexing because of >the phasing harness. I have one at the house & can only use it for >TX or RX only - no duplexing possible without lots of desense. <----I've had good experiences with the Cushcraft 4-pole arrays both on UHF & VHF. I ran UHF ones for years and they worked fine. As a matter of fact, I'm currently using a MaxRad (if I'm not mistaken, MaxRad is Cushcraft) 4-pole on a 2 mtr machine with ZERO issues and certainly no desense (75 watts fed to the antenna). Guess one's mileage may vary :-) Ken ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ President and CTO - Arcom Communications Makers of the world famous RC210 Repeater Controller and accessories. http://www.arcomcontrollers.com/ Coming soon - the most advanced repeater controller EVER. Authorized Dealers for Kenwood and Telewave and we offer complete repeater packages! AH6LE/R - IRLP Node 3000 http://www.irlp.net

