W3ML wrote: > Hi again, > > We are looking to replace that used antenna after getting 100 feet of new > Andrews 1/2" donated to our club. > > Now I realize that the DB type antenna is the best, but we do not have 800 > bucks to buy one. > > So, my question is should we just get a new G7-144 to replace the used G7 or > is there another type of vertical that we could get that would be good. > > Being in North Indiana, our winters can be quite brutal, so we would probably > want something durable. > Given that last statement, I suspect that it won't take long for the price of multiple G7-144s (not to mention the costs/time of repeatedly going to the site and climbing the tower to replace them) to equal $800.
I use Telewave, with their generous amateur radio discount, at all my sites and I've gone over a decade at some with no replacement required (even the antenna that went through a winter tower collapse is still going). Matthew Kaufman
