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http://www.repeater-builder.com/rbtip/staticbusterorder.html On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 1:14 PM, ccour79992<[email protected]> wrote: > We too have used both a fiberglass StationMaster and DB224 dipole type on a > VHF system and have had success with both. However..... When we moved to a > new site, we had the opportunity to be the lightning rod (on top) of the > tower and decided to go for it since we have plenty of spare parts if we got > hit and it would solve all those "shadow" coverage problems. We felt the > dipole/DB224 would hold up better against strikes. So far, so good. But we > experience considerable static desense on leading edges of storms (right when > we need the repeater for Skywarn). We'll probably never know for certain if > the fiberglass antenna would have the same phenomenon. It's annoying and > we've done what we can to eliminate it with little success. And we wonder if > the 224 will last without a top mount support where the fiberglass may have > had the advantage with less wind loading effect. > > I've searched the archives here but there is not much on weather related > static desense, if anyone has solutions, let me know. > > Chris > KC4CMR > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
