Comprod's main plant is located in Boucherville QC on the Montreal south shore. Like Sinclair, they appear to have a american branch plant to supply the "Made in America" demand that was opened in 2005. It is located near Buffalo in Orchard Park, NY.
Burt VE2BMQ Gran Clark wrote: > 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 >> >> 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 >> >> --- In [email protected] >> <mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com>, Gran Clark <k6...@...> wrote: >> > >> > 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 >> > >> > >> > > >
