Repeater BuilderWe are currently using a G7-220 on our repeater. We did have problems with the first one we put in the air. The current one is also supported near the top with a standoff to help stabilize it. We too have been in search of a better antenna for this band. The DB224-JJ is difficult at best to find used. They and most other commercial manufacturers no longer supply them. The ones that do are priced at well over $1000. If anyone has a good one to sell please let me know. Maybe if we could get a order of several at one time we could convince them to do a production run for us as long as the price is reasonable.
Tim N4CKV repeater ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 9:38 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Digest Number 6746[1 Attachment] Repeater Builder Re: Looking for 220 Repeater Antenna Posted by: "James Adkins" [email protected] kb0nhx Mon Jun 1, 2009 9:27 am (PDT) If you can find an Andrew DB224-JJ for the 220 ham band, that'd be ideal on the used market. Our club is using another discontinued Andrew product, a DB-573-EE. It's a 3 dB fiberglass omni. It's spec'd for 217-222 MHz, but we use it for 222.680 receive and 224.280 for TX and it sweeps and works fine. See www.nixahams.net and click on the "repeaters" link on the left for more info. 73, James Adkins, KB0NHX
