> > When I replace my DB224 I am going to a SuperStation Master
> fiber glass pole. It is obvious the exposed dipoles have a
> survival problem in this salt air.
>
> Have you looked at the heavy-duty Sinclair folded-dipoles? They seem
> better built than the DB's.
>
> 10 years is starting to push it with just about any antenna
> we've used,
> though -- some make it longer, but the elements are mean to
> everything.
I have a 440 machine running a DB420 that is on the ocean (I mean, right on
it, like the base of the tower is less than 100 feet from water). So far
the antenna has held up (about 5 years). Can't say as much for the repeater
iself though. It's a 200 watt Mastr II, and the salt air environment has
taken its toll on all of the metalwork, connectors, etc. Keeping it on the
air has been a headache. I've used fiberglass antennas as well as such
sites, and copper isn't all that thrilled with salt air either.
I wonder how gold anodized (alodined?) aluminum dipole arrays would survive,
such as those TX-RX sells.
--- Jeff
