Yup-that was me! I got that info from my dad actually back in the 70's,
not long after he left New-Tronics.
Here's the link to the article on RB:
> http://www.repeater-builder.com/antenna/retuning-a-stationmaster.html
Let me know on here if there's any questions! (The netscape addy is no
good anymore, btw.)
On 5/19/2010 11:47 PM, Doug Bade wrote:
> Someone ( WD8CHL JIM???? ) wrote some documentation up about using a
> Co-linear from a higher freq on a lower freq... and angle of radiation
> lowered as I recall but gain did not change... It actually can be
> favorable depending on the site as I recall..
> I think it was Jim anyhow.. forgive me if I offered a wrong author
> :-)...who penned some information on moving commercial colinear to
> amateur and some sleeving was needed bring the feed point back to 50
> ohms... but no other mods were done that I recall...
>
> Doug
> KD8B
>
> WA3GIN wrote:
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>> Hi folks,
>> I'm curious about this question of operating the Station Master 10Mhz
>> off resonant frequency. The antenna seems to be working fine from
>> observed performance but that could just be the 425ft ASL in an area
>> where average elevation is 30ftASL.
>> I've searched the WEB but haven't yet found a reference that would
>> ascertain the performance of the antenna.
>> Should I presume unity gain on 146. from an antenna with 5db gain at
>> 156.Mhz?
>> Thoughts welcome,
>> dave
>> wa3gin
>>
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