Yes, db-224E is what you want. It is spec'd to cover 138-150mhz. Be careful that they don't send you a db-224AE. The "E" after the "A" means it is a 150-160mhz range elliptical patter antenna. Also, try and specify a "N" male connector on your db-224E. The last one we ordered came with a PL-259 on the harness.. As far as trying to make the antenna somewhat directional, that would be a topic better addressed by others with more experience in that realm. 73
----- Original Message ----- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thu Sep 02 20:26:17 2010 Subject: [Repeater-Builder] A DB224E antenna... Greetings. I'm the trustee of our local club's 2m repeater. It's NE of the big town of Joplin, MO. (147.210) What I want to find out, I'm going to ask our club to buy a new 224e antenna (assuming that this is the correct version needed for T147.210 R147.810), and arrange the elements on the north edge of the tower we're on so that 3 elements point to the SW, to favor our town so that HTs can work it, and one element to the ENE to point some energy to Springfield for working severe weather. Altho I'm thinking about trying to link the repeater with either EchoLink or some other repeater to Springfield and just point all 4 elements to the SW. :-) But it's on the north leg (that leg points to the north), so if pointing them to the SW gets the highest gain, that sounds great to me. :-) The point is that there's a DB224 there now, not sure if it's an E version or not, but I think it has some issues right now, so I'd rather just get a new one up and bring the old one down and go thru it at our leisure, plus reorienting it so that we can actually USE it. :-) Anyways, I wanted to know if anyone had one here that was in either new- in-box or barely used condition, how much $$ they go for nowadays, and how hard is it to reorient the elements if it was originally designed / set for omni (3, 6, 9, 12 o'clock). Thanks! Ray, KB0STN Trustee, W0IN
