Lee
Thanks for your input! I did call them and it looks like a good
shot. Their amateur price was in the ball park. It sounds like a
small company in New York.
Gran
At 09:57 PM 3/29/2009, you wrote:
Sinclair makes decent antennas, but if you really want something to
survive in a harsh environment, check out Comprod Communications.
<http://www.comprodcom.com/en/antennas/base/pdf/480-70.pdf>http://www.comprodcom.com/en/antennas/base/pdf/480-70.pdf
They make antennas that survive nearly anything. Out here on the
West Coast we routinely get lots of hard rime ice on coastal
mountaintop sites, combined with 100mph+ sustained winds.
Sinclair antennas get elements snapped off all the time (inherent
design flaws, even on their HD antennas). The Comprod antennas keep on going.
Regardless, stay away from Bluewave... they may look like a good
antenna (and physically they are strong), but some of their models
have water ingress problems which lead to antenna failure.
Lee
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Gran Clark <k6...@...> wrote:
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> Chuck
>
> I will call Sinclair. They don't list a welded antenna. On the
> beam I have the elements are mounted on the outside of the boom
> which I would think would be hard to make a good weld if I went that way.
>
> Gran
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