RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Ты где?

2006-05-20 Thread Paul Finch
At least that's what I was thinking!!!   Paul   -Original Message-From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of KuggieSent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 6:53 PMTo: Repeater-BuilderSubject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Ты где? Привет! Давно от теб

[Repeater-Builder] Re: colinears as repeater antennas

2006-05-20 Thread Dave VanHorn
I'm not a big fan of the fiberglass toothpick either. Put a 5 degree downtilt into radio mobile, and see what it does to your pattern over flat land. Now look at your toothpick, which is usually leaning a few degrees one way or the other due to wind. :-P I'd really like to change my antenna

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: colinears as repeater antennas

2006-05-20 Thread Ian Wells
I was talking to a person yesterday about foaming tyres and it seems after the foam expands it becomes hard so I would think it would a1 for making a colinear more resistant to winds so the joints carnt move .I do not however know if the problem is static buildup between the sections then f

[Repeater-Builder] Dayton Hamfest

2006-05-20 Thread Don
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[Repeater-Builder] Re: colinears as repeater antennas

2006-05-20 Thread Dave VanHorn
I'm not a big fan of the fiberglass toothpick either. Put a 5 degree downtilt into radio mobile, and see what it does to your pattern over flat land. Now look at your toothpick, which is usually leaning a few degrees one way or the other due to wind. :-P I'd really like to change my antenna

Re: [Repeater-Builder] my we are a bunch of trouble makers here at Dayton

2006-05-20 Thread Kris Kirby
On Fri, 19 May 2006, Nate Duehr wrote: > Very cool. And strange. It's weird to count the number of cars in > the hotel parking lot that DON'T have ham plates and lots of antennas > on them -- on one hand. That's oh-so-backward? "... Just another freak in the freak kingdom." --