Re: [Repeater-Builder] Bad price from Cook!

Fri, 23 Jan 2004 10:13:43 -0800

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Hey Jeff,
Just to bring you up to date, Andrews bought DB and move the whole plant to Mexico. I just got off the phone with DB to fine out if Cook has a pike of these in a warehouse some where (NOS)or are they new. The reply is that they buy enough to have them made.
I called Cook and they said they can still get them.
So I guess they are buying a pile of them. The two we bought came from there Delaware warehouse but I sent the money order to NJ.
Any way that is all that I found out today.
Good luck and 73!
One thing COOK better give me a big
price break on the next thing I get from them after all this <smile>.
Russ, W3CH
 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 7:04 AM
Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Bad price from Cook!

Decibel quit making the ham-band DB420 (S-420-440-450) as of Jan 1 this year.  From what I was told, the harnesses for that antenna and other low-volume custom jobs were hand-made in Mexico.  Either that plant was closing, or the contract house in Mexico that was making them was closing, whichever the case.
 
The standard DB420B (450-470) works well in the ham band anyway, usually better than 15 dB return loss down to 442 MHz.  The low-split DB420A (406-420) works OK up to about 433 MHz.
 
The broadband Sinclair dipole arrays are excellent antennas, but they are pricey.
 
If anybody is building a 420/430 link hub or the like and needs any low-split dipole arrays, I have a DB411 (brand new) and a DB420 (used, very good condition) for 406-420 (pickup only in Philadelphia area).
                                                                      --- Jeff

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Jeff DePolo WN3A
Broadcast and Communications Consultant

-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Kelsey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 6:52 AM
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Bad price from Cook!

If my memory is correct (and it may not be) I seem to recall that Decibel was going to discontinue selling antennas directly to hams, on ham frequencies, on a small volume basis. However, it seems that someone said that they would do a run of antennas on ham frequencies if someone wanted to order a large quantity.
 
Chuck
WB2EDV
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 5:04 AM
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Bad price from Cook!

I do not know. You mite want to send them e-mail.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] or toll free 877-992-2665
Like I said I do not work for them just passing the MSG.
But I do know that we (Metro-Comm) bought two of them and got them in about 3 weeks or so and they where shipped from Cook Towers in Delaware.  They are marked with our repeater pairs on them and work well.
When I tried to get the DB-420 from Tessco they told me on the phone that they did not sell enough to stock any in the Hams bands. I call DB and they gave me Cooks number.
So that is all I know. I have been happy with all my repeater parts that we have gotten from Cook. We have bought Duplexers, Hard-line (Coax) RFS-455's and yes DB-420's for the Ham bands. It's owned by Hams so they are easy to talk to as well.
 
Very Best of 73,
Russ, W3CH
Trustee, W3PS
Metro-Comm Repeater
Net Work,
Echo-Link node number 119660
(w3ps-r)
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Pugh
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 6:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Bad price from Cook!

Hey Russ, how is she ordering them from DB? I thought that they quit making them for the ham bands. Mike

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