RE: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair - big price jump?

2009-06-29 Thread Michael Ryan
Anyone else hear if this is true?  -M

 

From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
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Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:26 PM
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
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Just a note..

Last I heard, Comprod stuff is actually Cushcraft stuff

Ken
--
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Makers of repeater controllers and accessories.
http://www.arcomcontrollers.com/
Authorized Dealers for Kenwood and Telewave and
we offer complete repeater packages!
AH6LE/R - IRLP Node 3000
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Re: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair - big price jump?

2009-06-03 Thread gervais
Comprod are former employes of Sinclair,they start thir own company many years 
ago.
i have been using their antenna,2 dipole,for almost 10 years now,in a salt 
environnement near the st-laurence river and it never fail.
the quality is there and price too,at least in CND prices.
i also have an SRL210A4 Sinclair  on top of a tower at 250 feet for 30 years 
,,it never fail too but she is beginning to show some fatigue now ,,

i would never use fiberglass antenna for repeater,static,grounding,,quality,i 
would prefer find used dipole ,rebuilt it and put it back online then using 
these but this is my personnal choice from my experiences.it is like putting a 
capacitor at 125 feets high and transmit 
73/s all
gervais,ve2ckn



From: Eric Grabowski 
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 1:13 AM
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com 
Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair - big price jump?




  I came across this company that lists dipole arrays for 220 MHz on page 
38 of their online catalog. I have no idea what the prices are, but thought I 
would pass it along since I haven't seen it mentioned before on this list.

  http://www.astronwireless.com/

  Eric KH6CQ

  --- On Tue, 6/2/09, Jeff DePolo j...@broadsci.com wrote:


From: Jeff DePolo j...@broadsci.com
Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair - big price jump?
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 5:20 AM



I haven't bought any of their antennas for ham projects yet. I've 
purchased
one of their VHF dipole arrays for a commercial job, but I wasn't 
on-site
when it was delivered, unpacked, or installed, so I didn't get to 
examine
it. Most of what I've heard has been positive. They share a lot of
similarity with Sinclair's products; I heard (maybe even here) that 
some of
their engineers, or maybe company founders, were ex-Sinclair employees.
They seem to be much more popular in Canada then down here in the 
states.

I have some of Comprod's filtering products and have been happy with 
those.

I've been very happy with Sinclair's dipole arrays, which is what I was
leaning toward buying, but the price is getting a little out of hand. 
The
Decibel dipole arrays were a good value, too bad they quit making them 
for
the UHF ham split. These antennas will all be top-mounted, and I refuse 
to
use fiberglass omnis for such installations, so my choices for dipole 
arrays
are fairly limited. If Telewave made dipole arrays that included the 
mast
and internal harness I'd consider them too, but they don't. TX-RX's 
dipole
arrays (made by RFI) are another option, but I haven't yet found anybody
using them, and I'm not sure I want to be the $2000 guinea pig.

--- Jeff WN3A

 -Original Message-
 From: Repeater-Builder@ yahoogroups. com 
 [mailto:Repeater-Builder@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of John Dewitt
 Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 10:29 AM
 To: Repeater-Builder@ yahoogroups. com
 Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair - big price jump?
 
 
 
 Just wondering what your thoughts are concerning the COMPROD 
 line of antennas. I was at one of their seminars and was very 
 impressed with the construction and workmanship.
 
 
 Thank You.
 John
 Installer/Tech Midstate Communications
 1st Lieut, S.T.V.F.D. 
 KB3DOL
 www.midstatecomm. com http://www.midstate comm.com 
 http://stvfd. homestead. com/ http://stvfd. homestead. com/ 
 www.repeater. net/n2hlt http://www.repeater .net/n2hlt 
 
 
 
 --- On Tue, 6/2/09, Jeff DePolo j...@broadsci. com wrote:
 
 
 
 From: Jeff DePolo j...@broadsci. com
 Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair - big price jump?
 To: Repeater-Builder@ yahoogroups. com
 Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 10:05 AM
 
 
 
 
 I was about to order some Sinclair dipole arrays for 
 upcoming projects
 (SD318 series 8-bay UHF). Last time I ordered one, 
 probably 5 or 6 years
 ago, I thought it was around $1400. This time, all of 
 my usual vendors are
 giving me quotes over $2,000???!? Did Sinclair have a 
 big price jump over
 the last few years?
 
 I'm still waiting for a callback from the factory. I 
 may go with Comprod
 instead - about $400 less each.
 
 --- Jeff WN3A
 
 
 
 
 
 
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RE: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair - big price jump?

2009-06-03 Thread N9WYS
Don't you remember?? He promised you CHANGE... 

That is to the RIGHT of the decimal.  ;-p

Mark - N9WYS

-Original Message-
From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com  On Behalf Of Jeff DePolo

 What didn't go way up?

The number of digits to the left of the decimal point in my checking account
balance hasn't gone up.  I'm still waiting for all of that stimulus package
trickle-down money that our new president promised me.

 (snip) 

--- Jeff WN3A



Re: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair - big price jump?

2009-06-02 Thread John Dewitt
Just wondering what your thoughts are concerning the COMPROD line of antennas. 
I was at one of their seminars and was very impressed with the construction and 
workmanship.

Thank You.  John  Installer/Tech Midstate Communications  
1st Lieut, S.T.V.F.D.   KB3DOL  www.midstatecomm.com  
http://stvfd.homestead.com/  www.repeater.net/n2hlt   

--- On Tue, 6/2/09, Jeff DePolo j...@broadsci.com wrote:

From: Jeff DePolo j...@broadsci.com
Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair - big price jump?
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 10:05 AM
















  
  

I was about to order some Sinclair dipole arrays for upcoming projects

(SD318 series 8-bay UHF).  Last time I ordered one, probably 5 or 6 years

ago, I thought it was around $1400.  This time, all of my usual vendors are

giving me quotes over $2,000???!?  Did Sinclair have a big price jump over

the last few years?



I'm still waiting for a callback from the factory.  I may go with Comprod

instead - about $400 less each.



--- Jeff WN3A




 

  




 

















  

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair - big price jump?

2009-06-02 Thread Jeff DePolo

I haven't bought any of their antennas for ham projects yet.  I've purchased
one of their VHF dipole arrays for a commercial job, but I wasn't on-site
when it was delivered, unpacked, or installed, so I didn't get to examine
it.  Most of what I've heard has been positive.  They share a lot of
similarity with Sinclair's products; I heard (maybe even here) that some of
their engineers, or maybe company founders, were ex-Sinclair employees.
They seem to be much more popular in Canada then down here in the states.

I have some of Comprod's filtering products and have been happy with those.

I've been very happy with Sinclair's dipole arrays, which is what I was
leaning toward buying, but the price is getting a little out of hand.  The
Decibel dipole arrays were a good value, too bad they quit making them for
the UHF ham split.  These antennas will all be top-mounted, and I refuse to
use fiberglass omnis for such installations, so my choices for dipole arrays
are fairly limited.  If Telewave made dipole arrays that included the mast
and internal harness I'd consider them too, but they don't.  TX-RX's dipole
arrays (made by RFI) are another option, but I haven't yet found anybody
using them, and I'm not sure I want to be the $2000 guinea pig.

--- Jeff WN3A

 -Original Message-
 From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com 
 [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of John Dewitt
 Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 10:29 AM
 To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair - big price jump?
 
 
 
 Just wondering what your thoughts are concerning the COMPROD 
 line of antennas. I was at one of their seminars and was very 
 impressed with the construction and workmanship.
 
 
 Thank You.
 John
 Installer/Tech Midstate Communications
 1st Lieut, S.T.V.F.D. 
 KB3DOL
 www.midstatecomm.com http://www.midstatecomm.com 
 http://stvfd.homestead.com/ http://stvfd.homestead.com/ 
 www.repeater.net/n2hlt http://www.repeater.net/n2hlt 
  
 
 
 --- On Tue, 6/2/09, Jeff DePolo j...@broadsci.com wrote:
 
 
 
   From: Jeff DePolo j...@broadsci.com
   Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair - big price jump?
   To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
   Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 10:05 AM
   
   
 
   
   I was about to order some Sinclair dipole arrays for 
 upcoming projects
   (SD318 series 8-bay UHF). Last time I ordered one, 
 probably 5 or 6 years
   ago, I thought it was around $1400. This time, all of 
 my usual vendors are
   giving me quotes over $2,000???!? Did Sinclair have a 
 big price jump over
   the last few years?
   
   I'm still waiting for a callback from the factory. I 
 may go with Comprod
   instead - about $400 less each.
   
   --- Jeff WN3A
   
   
 
 
 
 
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Re: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair - big price jump?

2009-06-02 Thread Chuck Kelsey
What didn't go way up?

Chuck
WB2EDV


- Original Message - 
From: Jeff DePolo j...@broadsci.com
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 10:05 AM
Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair - big price jump?



 I was about to order some Sinclair dipole arrays for upcoming projects
 (SD318 series 8-bay UHF).  Last time I ordered one, probably 5 or 6 years
 ago, I thought it was around $1400.  This time, all of my usual vendors 
 are
 giving me quotes over $2,000???!?  Did Sinclair have a big price jump over
 the last few years?
 



Re: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair - big price jump?

2009-06-02 Thread Ken Arck
Just a note..

Last I heard, Comprod stuff is actually Cushcraft stuff

Ken
--
President and CTO - Arcom Communications
Makers of repeater controllers and accessories.
http://www.arcomcontrollers.com/
Authorized Dealers for Kenwood and Telewave and
we offer complete repeater packages!
AH6LE/R - IRLP Node 3000
http://www.irlp.net
We don't just make 'em. We use 'em!



RE: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair - big price jump?

2009-06-02 Thread Jeff DePolo
 What didn't go way up?

The number of digits to the left of the decimal point in my checking account
balance hasn't gone up.  I'm still waiting for all of that stimulus package
trickle-down money that our new president promised me.

Jumping in price by 50% over the course of a few years seems kinda steep me.
I can't believe that either labor nor materials jumped by that much over
that timeframe.  Maybe it's the drop in the value of a US dollar?  I think
US Dollar to Candadian Dollar conversion rate is close to 1:1 now.

--- Jeff WN3A



Re: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair - big price jump?

2009-06-02 Thread James Delancy
Don't know if I would put them that low!  They are (if I remember right) 
a spin-off from TX/RX (just look at their duplexers/combiners etc.).

James


Ken Arck wrote:
 Just a note..

 Last I heard, Comprod stuff is actually Cushcraft stuff

 Ken
 --
 President and CTO - Arcom Communications
 Makers of repeater controllers and accessories.
 http://www.arcomcontrollers.com/
 Authorized Dealers for Kenwood and Telewave and
 we offer complete repeater packages!
 AH6LE/R - IRLP Node 3000
 http://www.irlp.net
 We don't just make 'em. We use 'em!



 



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RE: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair - big price jump?

2009-06-02 Thread Jeff DePolo

I think for a while Cushcraft was using a different name for some of their
commercial products, and the name was something like Com Prod or
Communication Products or something similiar (I think I saw it used in a
Tessco catalog), but I'm quite certain that the current Laird/Cushcraft
products are nothing like the Comprod headquartered in Quebec.

I had a couple of Cushcraft's commercial dipole arrays a while back.  They
were built a lot like Decibel dipole arrays, including the triangle-shaped
molded tees in the harness.  If you looked at them from afar, you would
think they were Decibels until you got up close.  The dipoles had a an
aluminum sleeve (for lack of a better term) on the side of the element
where the center conductor of the coax attached, making the element thicker
along that quarter-wave segment.  I don't know if their current antennas are
made the same way.  In any event, they were nothing like Comprod's antennas.

--- Jeff WN3A


 -Original Message-
 From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com 
 [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ken Arck
 Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:26 PM
 To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair - big price jump?
 
 
 
 Just a note..
 
 Last I heard, Comprod stuff is actually Cushcraft stuff
 
 Ken
 --
 President and CTO - Arcom Communications
 Makers of repeater controllers and accessories.
 http://www.arcomcontrollers.com/ http://www.arcomcontrollers.com/ 
 Authorized Dealers for Kenwood and Telewave and
 we offer complete repeater packages!
 AH6LE/R - IRLP Node 3000
 http://www.irlp.net http://www.irlp.net 
 We don't just make 'em. We use 'em!
 
 
 
 
 
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RE: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair - big price jump?

2009-06-02 Thread Jeff DePolo

Some of Comprod's cavity filter products look a lot like TX-RX, but not all.
They make a line of duplexers and filters that are square cavities, more
like EMR's.  TX-RX does make some square cavities; I have some square TX-RX
cavities that are high-power models for 900 MHz paging.  

I have a couple of Comprod UHF duplexers - they don't look anything like
TX-RX.  Go here and look at the page that has model #66-40-44 on it.  The
Comprod duplexer I have are built like this, but the exterior of the ones I
have aren't gold alodine, they're painted with grey epoxy paint, about the
same shade Wacom used to use before they switched to black a few years
before the company went 10-7:  

http://www.comprodcom.com/en/filters/duplexers/pdf/duplexer.pdf

Comprod's dipole arrays look lot like Sinclair's. 

Go figure.

--- Jeff WN3A



 -Original Message-
 From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com 
 [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of James Delancy
 Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:40 PM
 To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair - big price jump?
 
 
 
 Don't know if I would put them that low! They are (if I 
 remember right) 
 a spin-off from TX/RX (just look at their duplexers/combiners etc.).
 
 James
 
 Ken Arck wrote:
  Just a note..
 
  Last I heard, Comprod stuff is actually Cushcraft stuff
 
  Ken
  --
  President and CTO - Arcom Communications
  Makers of repeater controllers and accessories.
  http://www.arcomcontrollers.com/ http://www.arcomcontrollers.com/ 
  Authorized Dealers for Kenwood and Telewave and
  we offer complete repeater packages!
  AH6LE/R - IRLP Node 3000
  http://www.irlp.net http://www.irlp.net 
  We don't just make 'em. We use 'em!
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
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RE: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair - big price jump?

2009-06-02 Thread Ken Arck

As I said, last I heard :-)

That being said, I am not knocking Cushcraft - I've used their 
antennas in everything from repeater service to EME use and never had 
an real complaints (I especially liked their 4 dipole arrays for 
repeater service).


Ken


At 09:42 AM 6/2/2009, Jeff DePolo wrote:




I think for a while Cushcraft was using a different name for some of their
commercial products, and the name was something like Com Prod or
Communication Products or something similiar (I think I saw it used in a
Tessco catalog), but I'm quite certain that the current Laird/Cushcraft
products are nothing like the Comprod headquartered in Quebec.

I had a couple of Cushcraft's commercial dipole arrays a while back. They
were built a lot like Decibel dipole arrays, including the triangle-shaped
molded tees in the harness. If you looked at them from afar, you would
think they were Decibels until you got up close. The dipoles had a an
aluminum sleeve (for lack of a better term) on the side of the element
where the center conductor of the coax attached, making the element thicker
along that quarter-wave segment. I don't know if their current antennas are
made the same way. In any event, they were nothing like Comprod's antennas.

--- Jeff WN3A

 -Original Message-
 From: 
mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.comRepeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com

 [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ken Arck
 Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:26 PM
 To: 
mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.comRepeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com

 Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair - big price jump?



 Just a note..

 Last I heard, Comprod stuff is actually Cushcraft stuff

 Ken
 --
 President and CTO - Arcom Communications
 Makers of repeater controllers and accessories.
 
http://www.arcomcontrollers.com/http://www.arcomcontrollers.com/ 
http://www.arcomcontrollers.com/

 Authorized Dealers for Kenwood and Telewave and
 we offer complete repeater packages!
 AH6LE/R - IRLP Node 3000
 http://www.irlp.nethttp://www.irlp.net http://www.irlp.net
 We don't just make 'em. We use 'em!





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Makers of repeater controllers and accessories.
http://www.arcomcontrollers.com/
Authorized Dealers for Kenwood and Telewave and
we offer complete repeater packages!
AH6LE/R - IRLP Node 3000
http://www.irlp.net
We don't just make 'em. We use 'em!


RE: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair - big price jump?

2009-06-02 Thread Thomas Oliver
About 1 year ago price of metals about doubled, some trippled like lead now
they are almost back where they were so it will take some time before the
raw material cost factor catches up to the lower price of the raw metals if
it ever will.

Then there was the fuel surcharge for trucking the raw materials and the
finished product.


tom


 [Original Message]
 From: Jeff DePolo j...@broadsci.com
 To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
 Date: 6/2/2009 12:36:06 PM
 Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair - big price jump?

  What didn't go way up?

 The number of digits to the left of the decimal point in my checking
account
 balance hasn't gone up.  I'm still waiting for all of that stimulus
package
 trickle-down money that our new president promised me.

 Jumping in price by 50% over the course of a few years seems kinda steep
me.
 I can't believe that either labor nor materials jumped by that much over
 that timeframe.  Maybe it's the drop in the value of a US dollar?  I think
 US Dollar to Candadian Dollar conversion rate is close to 1:1 now.

   --- Jeff WN3A



 



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Re: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair - big price jump?

2009-06-02 Thread Nate Duehr
On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:05 -0400, Jeff DePolo j...@broadsci.com wrote:
 giving me quotes over $2,000???!?  Did Sinclair have a big price jump
 over
 the last few years?


Yeah Jeff, I think they when commodities prices (metal) went higher, and
the Canadian dollar started falling.  

This was one of the reasons we decided to experiment with 2-bay
antennas at our not as important sites... amongst other things, like
them being a heck of a lot easier to deal with on the tower... etc.

Also watch out for something we ran into... find out if your distributor
has them IN-STOCK.  We had to wait for the factory to make them, ship
them to the distributor, then the distributor shipped them here,
complete with running them over with a fork-lift, going through the
insurance claim (their insurance, not ours), and waiting for two more to
be made... 

That was last fall...

--
  Nate Duehr, WY0X
  n...@natetech.com



Re: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair - big price jump?

2009-06-02 Thread James Adkins
Don't overlook Comprod.  Very similar antennas, and I think they're
cheaper.  We are on low-band, and they are re-designing the phasing
harnesses and feeders so that we can run high power (aka 2kw) instead of
their normal 300w rating.

I was very impressed with them.  When we called Sinclair and asked for such
a beast, they just blew us off.  Comprod got an engineer on the phone with
us and the new low-band, high-power bays and phasing harnesses are in the
works for 2 and 4 bay arrays.

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Nate Duehr n...@natetech.com wrote:



 On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:05 -0400, Jeff DePolo 
 j...@broadsci.comjd0%40broadsci.com
 wrote:
  giving me quotes over $2,000???!? Did Sinclair have a big price jump
  over
  the last few years?

 Yeah Jeff, I think they when commodities prices (metal) went higher, and
 the Canadian dollar started falling.

 This was one of the reasons we decided to experiment with 2-bay
 antennas at our not as important sites... amongst other things, like
 them being a heck of a lot easier to deal with on the tower... etc.

 Also watch out for something we ran into... find out if your distributor
 has them IN-STOCK. We had to wait for the factory to make them, ship
 them to the distributor, then the distributor shipped them here,
 complete with running them over with a fork-lift, going through the
 insurance claim (their insurance, not ours), and waiting for two more to
 be made...

 That was last fall...

 --
 Nate Duehr, WY0X
 n...@natetech.com nate%40natetech.com

 




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www.nixahams.net

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RE: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair - big price jump?

2009-06-02 Thread no6b
At 6/2/2009 09:35, you wrote:
  What didn't go way up?

The number of digits to the left of the decimal point in my checking account
balance hasn't gone up.  I'm still waiting for all of that stimulus package
trickle-down money that our new president promised me.

Jumping in price by 50% over the course of a few years seems kinda steep me.
I can't believe that either labor nor materials jumped by that much over
that timeframe.

Heck, even the cheap ham antennas aren't so cheap anymore: current AES 
price for a Comet GP9 is $220.  I think that's about double what it was 
when it first became available.

   Maybe it's the drop in the value of a US dollar?  I think
US Dollar to Candadian Dollar conversion rate is close to 1:1 now.

The main reason why I stopped using West Crystal.  They didn't raise their 
prices, but they got too expensive.

Bob NO6B



RE: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair - big price jump?

2009-06-02 Thread Eric Grabowski
I came across this company that lists dipole arrays for 220 MHz on page 38 of 
their online catalog. I have no idea what the prices are, but thought I would 
pass it along since I haven't seen it mentioned before on this list.

http://www.astronwireless.com/

Eric KH6CQ

--- On Tue, 6/2/09, Jeff DePolo j...@broadsci.com wrote:

From: Jeff DePolo j...@broadsci.com
Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair - big price jump?
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 5:20 AM
















  
  

I haven't bought any of their antennas for ham projects yet.  I've purchased

one of their VHF dipole arrays for a commercial job, but I wasn't on-site

when it was delivered, unpacked, or installed, so I didn't get to examine

it.  Most of what I've heard has been positive.  They share a lot of

similarity with Sinclair's products; I heard (maybe even here) that some of

their engineers, or maybe company founders, were ex-Sinclair employees.

They seem to be much more popular in Canada then down here in the states.



I have some of Comprod's filtering products and have been happy with those.



I've been very happy with Sinclair's dipole arrays, which is what I was

leaning toward buying, but the price is getting a little out of hand.  The

Decibel dipole arrays were a good value, too bad they quit making them for

the UHF ham split.  These antennas will all be top-mounted, and I refuse to

use fiberglass omnis for such installations, so my choices for dipole arrays

are fairly limited.  If Telewave made dipole arrays that included the mast

and internal harness I'd consider them too, but they don't.  TX-RX's dipole

arrays (made by RFI) are another option, but I haven't yet found anybody

using them, and I'm not sure I want to be the $2000 guinea pig.



--- Jeff WN3A



 -Original Message-

 From: Repeater-Builder@ yahoogroups. com 

 [mailto:Repeater-Builder@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of John Dewitt

 Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 10:29 AM

 To: Repeater-Builder@ yahoogroups. com

 Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair - big price jump?

 

 

 

 Just wondering what your thoughts are concerning the COMPROD 

 line of antennas. I was at one of their seminars and was very 

 impressed with the construction and workmanship.

 

 

 Thank You.

 John

 Installer/Tech Midstate Communications

 1st Lieut, S.T.V.F.D. 

 KB3DOL

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 --- On Tue, 6/2/09, Jeff DePolo j...@broadsci. com wrote:

 

 

 

   From: Jeff DePolo j...@broadsci. com

   Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Sinclair - big price jump?

   To: Repeater-Builder@ yahoogroups. com

   Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 10:05 AM

   

   

 

   

   I was about to order some Sinclair dipole arrays for 

 upcoming projects

   (SD318 series 8-bay UHF). Last time I ordered one, 

 probably 5 or 6 years

   ago, I thought it was around $1400. This time, all of 

 my usual vendors are

   giving me quotes over $2,000???!? Did Sinclair have a 

 big price jump over

   the last few years?

   

   I'm still waiting for a callback from the factory. I 

 may go with Comprod

   instead - about $400 less each.

   

   --- Jeff WN3A

   

   

 

 

 

 

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