You are correct; it's either a Diamond or Comet. I think it's a vomit. I took some binoculars out and gazed at the top; the cap is still attached. The "wispiness" of the stick is the reason I "lassoed" the top. It really is a thin walled radome. For what it's worth, it is connected to a UHF repeater in my office at the base of the tower and has *phenomenal* coverage WITHOUT preamplification. The 9913 coax(NOS) I used wouldn't generate those tones would it?
Friendly Regards, Mike Gilchrist Disruptive Technologist Advanced Wireless Express P.O. Box 255 Toledo, IA 52342 239.770.6203 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of AJ Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 10:51 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Pan flutes on the tower Comet, Diamond and a number of off shore companies (Workman/Opek/Tram/Browning/Jetstream) all make a variant of this antenna - the most common failure we've had is wind on top mounts snapping them in half... If you looked at the inside prior to it being sealed up, it's nothing more than a very thin wall fiberglass tube with some brass rod hovering in the middle, supsended by nothing more than packing peanuts :) Another item - couldn't quite tell from the picture - the top metal cap on the antenna has been known to blow off (held on with a dab of wood glue, no wonder)... This might also cause some issues... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
