Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur

2007-02-20 Thread Jim B.
Gary Schafer wrote: Measured on their range-they used to be based in Cleveland, and my father was one of the designers. (anybody here remember the PRO-27JR 27Mhz antenna? Or the original 4BTV?) -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL With all due respect to your father Jim, I think that 4 db of gain is

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur

2007-02-20 Thread Jim B.
Jeff DePolo wrote: There are a lot of unknown variables here, including, but not limited to the size of the ground plane the antennas were mounted on, their heights above the ground plane, the method of coupling to the ground plane (direct, mag mount, etc.), matching networks' efficiencies,

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur

2007-02-20 Thread Jeff DePolo
Oh, and 'mag mounts' didn't really exist much then...you either mounted the antenna in a hole, or you didn't have an antenna. Ah, the gold old days, when men armed with a drill and Greenlee punch thought nothing of putting holes in their roofs, fearing not the Wrath of Wife.

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur

2007-02-20 Thread Jim B.
Jeff DePolo wrote: Oh, and 'mag mounts' didn't really exist much then...you either mounted the antenna in a hole, or you didn't have an antenna. Ah, the gold old days, when men armed with a drill and Greenlee punch thought nothing of putting holes in their roofs, fearing not the Wrath of

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur

2007-02-20 Thread Ken Arck
At 07:29 AM 2/20/2007, you wrote: Ah, the gold old days, when men armed with a drill and Greenlee punch thought nothing of putting holes in their roofs, fearing not the Wrath of Wife. ---When I bought my new Mustang last year, within 24 hours of bringing it home, I installed a genuine NMO

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur

2007-02-20 Thread Paul Finch
! Paul -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Arck Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 9:42 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur At 07:29

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur

2007-02-20 Thread Eric Lemmon
. 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Arck Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 7:42 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur

2007-02-20 Thread no6b
At 2/20/2007 18:08, you wrote: Ken, I, too, used a Greenlee hole punch before I discovered the Ripley HSK-19 Antenna Hole Saw. The description in the catalog states: Ripley hole saw for installing permanent mount antennas. Makes 3/4 hole and limits depth to 1/8... It is sold by Tessco as

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur

2007-02-19 Thread Jim B.
ocwarren2000 wrote: I've been watching this topic and cannot recommend the half wave dipole bay antennas as not really efficient gain wise for what one gets for the effort.. The Station Master series has been mentioned, which has good omnidirectional gain, in the order of some

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur

2007-02-19 Thread Jim B.
Laryn Lohman wrote: --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Barry C' [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I presume its some sort of stacked arrangment , in chich case it will make that gain at resonance , Yes, the ASPB602 is four stacked dipoles, just like the DB224. My point again is that

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur

2007-02-19 Thread Gary Schafer
-Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Repeater- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim B. Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 12:42 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur

2007-02-19 Thread Jim B.
Right-slightly OT, for a mobile antenna, you will find that you can squeak out a bit more gain by using a .64-wavelength whip instead of a pure 5/8-wave (.625) In the late 60's/early 70's, the NewTronics BBL series VHF gain antennas were rated at an honest 4dB gain-and did it. The A/S VHF

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur

2007-02-19 Thread Gary Schafer
-Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Repeater- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim B. Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 4:32 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur

2007-02-19 Thread Jeff DePolo
Measured on their range-they used to be based in Cleveland, and my father was one of the designers. (anybody here remember the PRO-27JR 27Mhz antenna? Or the original 4BTV?) -- Jim Barbour WD8CHL With all due respect to your father Jim, I think that 4 db of gain is wishful

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur

2007-02-17 Thread Gary Schafer
-Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Repeater- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barry C' Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 11:04 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur

2007-02-17 Thread Gary Schafer
-Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Repeater- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barry C' Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 10:59 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur

2007-02-16 Thread Gary Schafer
Well lets look at the riddle , swinging a radiator acree 20 or 30 megs of bandwidth it will tune and still radiate but will it have appreciable gain away from certain design points? I think not . Laryn K8TVZ where did I mention resonance ? resonance of course being point normally

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur

2007-02-16 Thread Paul Finch
: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur I've been watching this topic and cannot recommend the half wave dipole bay antennas as not really efficient gain wise for what one gets for the effort.. The Station Master series has been mentioned, which has good

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur

2007-02-16 Thread Barry C'
From: Gary Schafer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:40:47 -0500 Well lets look at the riddle , swinging

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur

2007-02-16 Thread Barry C'
From: Laryn Lohman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:33:49 - --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Barry C' [EMAIL

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur

2007-02-16 Thread Joe Montierth
--- Barry C' [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, the ASPB602 is four stacked dipoles, just like the DB224. My point again is that resonance is NOT a requirement for an effective and efficient antenna. The wider frequency coverage for this antenna is likely because the dipoles are

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur

2007-02-16 Thread Gary Schafer
-Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Repeater- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barry C' Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 6:15 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur

2007-02-16 Thread Rod Lane
@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur --- In Repeater-Builder@ mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com yahoogroups.com, skipp025 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you are going to use this Antenna to work on and test radio's need a split

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur

2007-02-16 Thread mch
-- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Maxwell D Pratt Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 11:13 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur

2007-02-16 Thread Barry C'
From: Gary Schafer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:31:17 -0500 -Original Message- From: Repeater

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur

2007-02-16 Thread Barry C'
From: Laryn Lohman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 03:45:51 - it's also not a stacked so bear little relevence

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur

2007-02-16 Thread no6b
At 2/15/2007 19:10, you wrote: --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Barry C' [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would have to suggest any copper that has a huge bandwidth will have gain on only one tuned area , Well, actually no. Resonance is not a requirement for an effective antenna with

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur

2007-02-16 Thread no6b
At 2/16/2007 18:26, you wrote: I have a rubber duck that outperforms three different MFR's discones. If I understand it correctly, the discone is nothing more than a ground plane-imaged 3D bowtie, IOW a very simple design. What could go wrong? Bob NO6B

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur

2007-02-15 Thread Chuck Kimball
, really, that bad? _ From: skipp025 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 3:36 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur Sinclair makes what you're looking for... but you won't

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur

2007-02-15 Thread Barry C'
-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 03:10:59 - --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Barry C' [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would have to suggest any copper that has a huge bandwidth will have gain

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur

2007-02-15 Thread Joe Montierth
--- Barry C' [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Laryn Lohman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antennas that work both in commercial and amateur Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:04:02 -