[Repeater-Builder] Re: Vertical squalo as 6m repeater antenna?

2010-06-10 Thread cruizzer77
This DDRR antenna is also new to me but space-wise it is even smaller than the squalo so definitely worth considering, especially because I wouldn't want to try the squalo if the majority says it won't perform as expected. Would you use just one of them even though it's on the side of the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Vertical squalo as 6m repeater antenna?

2010-06-10 Thread Joe
I prefer the ground plane for my 6 meter repeater. Look at these two links: http://www.repeater-builder.com/db/pdfs/db-201.pdf and http://www.repeater-builder.com/db/pdfs/db-201.pdf They are rather simple antennas, very durable and last a long time. I have one at 30+ feet now for several years

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Vertical squalo as 6m repeater antenna?

2010-06-09 Thread cruizzer77
Hi Joe We have access to 3 platforms of that tower and the total height of all our antennas on all platforms must not exceed 5 meters. As far as I could find out if 2 or 4 coupled antennas would be mounted on the same level around the tower they would probably count as one system with the

[Repeater-Builder] Re: Vertical squalo as 6m repeater antenna?

2010-06-09 Thread skipp025
cruizzer77 atlant...@... wrote: Some time ago in another post I already asked for compact 6m repeater antenna ideas as we're limited in antenna height in the place we want to install our upcoming 6m club repeater. Obviously this was no easy to solve problem. Sure it is... you just have