> You gentlemen have really made me think about the pros / cons of the
> DB314. After talking with my tech partner on this project, I think we
> are going to go with a DB224 and DB408 or DB420 combo for the remote
> antenna. It really is overkill for a remote antenna, but since we
> will be given a Stationmaster with hardline already ran at the top of
The DB224 belongs at the top, not the Stationmaster. Stationmasters get
side-mounted with stiff-arms; fiberglass doesn't go up top. That's the way
I'd be looking at it.
If your remote base antennas don't need that much oomph, such as if they're
primarily being used just to connect to other repeaters on an ad-hoc basis,
I'd be more inclined to go with just a couple of dipoles per band unless
there's really a surplus of tower space.
Ham-band cuts of the DB411, 413, 404, 408, 420, etc. UHF arrays haven't been
available for a number of years.
--- Jeff WN3A
