Yep, same here. Worked great until the lightning strike. That was the last fiberglass antenna for me and haven't had a problem since using folded dipole designs. I do know of folded dipole arrays that have taken direct hits and suffered no damage but know of no fiberglass antennas that have survived.
Chuck WB2EDV ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Dumdie" <w9...@sbcglobal.net> To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 7:18 AM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re:Sinclair SRL320 (SC320-SF4SNM) Collinear omni antenna, 10 dBd gain, > Hi, > > I had a SRL-320 10 DB UHF antenna till a year and a half ago and > lightning > hit it and I had splinters and brass tubes in my yard. It worked great as > it was cut for the ham band. Check the pigtail for cracks in the jacket of > the coax and if bad replace it.. > > It was a good antenna till Mr. Lightning came to town. > > Paul R. Dumdie Jr. "73" > W9DWP/R IRLP-NODE-4455 > 443.025/2A 145.270/1B/1Z/NAC-293 > ARC-Radio-8 KCARES KCAPS > HERD546 EX WB9QWZ > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
