Hi John, It's on the campus of Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, Georgia, about fifteen minutes north of Atlanta on I-75.
Jeff --- In [email protected], "Maire-Radios" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We have used a DB-420 450 to 470 on our ham repeater for years with no problem. > > Where are you guy's at? > > John > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jeff > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 11:30 PM > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Lightning Damage, new UHF antenna needed > > > Hi all, > > Well, it finally happened. We got hit by lightning. And it blew the > antenna in half on the 444.325 machine here at the college. > > It wasn't a great antenna to begin with, obviously. We'd like to go > back with something much better if possible. We're thinking maybe a > multibay folded dipole antenna of some sort with an omni pattern like > the DB 404, but if there's a better choice we'd love to hear it. > > There don't seem to be a lot of choices in antennas tuned for Amateur > Repeaters. Most of the ones we're seeing are Part 90 antennas > (450-470 MHz). I don't know how much trouble it would be to retune > one or in the case of phased folded dipoles if it's even possible. > > What is the consensus Best UHF Repeater Antenna, considering all the > above (omnidirectional, probably no more than 100 watts)? > > Thanks in advance, > > Jeff/KD4RBG >
