On 4/30/07, Merritt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > it was likely a lighter duty antenna... refer to the image below... > > http://sffma.net/images/147000/jan2006/DSC02920.JPG > > it may not even be sinclair.. if it isnt, who made it?
Yeah, don't think that's Sinclair... but maybe something older... those "wings" on the attach point don't look like anything I've ever seen from Sinclair. If I can find a photo of the newer Sinclair ... hmm, let's see... <http://web.mac.com/wy0x/iWeb/Site/Squaw%20Mountain%20Trip%20-%20Fall%202006_files/DSCN0601.jpg> That's a crappy photo of way too much "stuff", but if you go straight up the right hand tower leg in the tower closest to the camera, the antenna at the very top, and the one on the side-arm way up there pointed to the "right" in this photo both the HD UHF 4-bay Sinclair types. On that same "right hand side" leg in this photo, side-mounted, is a 4-bay VHF Sinclair HD model, also. The bottom two bays of the VHF are kinda lost in the photo's clutter. You can spot the Sinclairs (and some DB's) because they use the longer 1/2 wave spacing arms to get them away from their masts... for a slightly different (usually more omni) pattern. It makes the VHF's look like they're sticking out there a long way from their masts. The tower photo was taken more for it's "artistic" qualities than for documentation, so -- it's not the greatest shot of any specific antenna... For fun, this shot is from the "left" side of that same tower leg... if you zoom it a lot, or look REAL hard you can see the buildings of Downtown Denver in the right-center between the trees. <http://web.mac.com/wy0x/iWeb/Site/Squaw%20Mountain%20Trip%20-%20Fall%202006_files/DSCN0602.jpg> (God I love big mountains! Who needs voted receivers! GRIN!) Here's a pretty good shot of the SRL-114, their "cheap" non-HD type older VHF array. I don't like these as much -- our club has one as a "spare" VHF antenna in case of major damage where we need to get something back on the air "quick"... <http://web.mac.com/wy0x/iWeb/Site/CRA%20Work%20Day_files/DSCN0554.jpg> This particular one was lying on my back porch there in the photos last summer for some much-needed maintenance and cleanup. It appears to still work "fine", I just don't really think it'd survive at most of our mountain-top locations for long. And here's a couple of shots of a "newer style" Sinclair VHF 4-bay from behind (its the VHF 4-bay on the first position inboard on the right side near the tower). It's the non HD version, with an external harness (another thing I don't like much in rugged environments a long way from home).. <http://web.mac.com/wy0x/iWeb/Site/Cheyenne%20Mountain%20Summer%202006_files/DSCN0581.jpg> <http://web.mac.com/wy0x/iWeb/Site/Cheyenne%20Mountain%20Summer%202006_files/DSCN0584.jpg> And then, just for fun again... the shot of Colorado Springs from that site... http://web.mac.com/wy0x/iWeb/Site/Cheyenne%20Mountain%20Summer%202006_files/DSCN0600.jpg Nate WY0X
