Re: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Antenna Recommendations?

2009-07-16 Thread Cort Buffington
Tony, Obviously this is an area where many of us have very strong opinions. I tried very hard to love fiberglass radomed colinears. I tried very hard, but came back to the exposed dipole as the antenna of choice every time. While others have had great luck with the DB420, I've not had

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Antenna Recommendations?

2009-07-16 Thread Matthew Kaufman
Cort Buffington wrote: With that said, I'm extremely happy with both antenna and company. You can pick up the phone, dial Telewave's number, and in under a minute be talking to their director of the antenna division (John Hilmer), and never have to deal with an auto-attendant on the

[Repeater-Builder] Repeater Antenna Recommendations?

2009-07-15 Thread Tony L.
I'm giving serious consideration to replacing my 17-year old Radio Frequency Systems (Celwave) 1151, 8db Station Master type antenna with a brand new colinear or exposed dipole model. The antenna is being used for a 70 cm repeater. Any recommendations? Should I just buy a new 1151, or are

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Antenna Recommendations?

2009-07-15 Thread TGundo 2003
untouched. :) YMMV Tom W9SRV --- On Wed, 7/15/09, Tony L. railtrailbi...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Tony L. railtrailbi...@yahoo.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Antenna Recommendations? To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 9:41 PM I'm giving serious