GM Eric - mni tks for the info. Now I'll chase, via Google, Base Commander ASP-680. If I can dig up an illustrated catalog online it would help a lot. Guess I need to borrow some kind of antenna analyzer to figure the opn freq. I do have a 2m mobile rig here so guess I could feed that into it, via a SWR bridge, and try some 2m freqs to see what the SWR is. That would at least tell me (somewhat) if its ham or not - if not, then it becomes a long surf-casting fishing rod - hi Tks again 73 Walt (N4GL)
--- On Thu, 10/15/09, Eric Grabowski <[email protected]> wrote: From: Eric Grabowski <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Need help To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009, 7:42 PM The only Antenna Specialists antenna I could find that meets your description is a Base Commander Model ASP-680 series. There were 8 models covering from 146 to 174 MHz. The ASPA-680 covered from 146 to 149.5 MHz. This is a collinear antenna that has 3 dbd gain and was rated at 350 watts maximum. It does not have radials. Mounting clamps were not supplied with the antenna but were available as optional items. Hope this helps. As others have mentioned, a photo would really help confirm if this is a Base Commander or not. 73 Eric KH6CQ --- On Thu, 10/15/09, sjotrollet <sjotrol...@yahoo. com> wrote: From: sjotrollet <sjotrol...@yahoo. com> Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Need help To: Repeater-Builder@ yahoogroups. com Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009, 9:46 AM Am assisting in an estate (I'm an oldie that works CW on 160m so this is stuff is strange to me). Anyway, there is an antenna in the mess that we cannot identify. The SK was DEEP into VHF & UHF (ran 2 repeaters just for him and XYL) so feel it is in that range. Heres the poop: (at least all we know): Total length: 11'6" LOA, of which 9' 6" is about 1/2"-5/8"OD fiberglass and 2' is a metal sleeve (where I would think a clamp to a mast would go. Its fed at the bottom by coax Only ID info on it is that is made by Antenna Specialists Co (can't find anything online on them) There is a possibility that in the lower area there might be a metal collar with 3 horizontal radials (ground plane)(such a gadget has turned up but we don't know where it belongs). Any help you guys can render will be greatly appreciated (especially any URL links to a picture catalog, freq's it covers, power rating, etc 73 Walt (N4GL)
