Gee wonder if I can get him to do that on my DB-304, that would be nice. A one of those days projects. Hamfest days. But I have seen one of these done about the same way, and has had no problems with it since it went into service. Should have been a machinest.
Mathew -----Original Message----- From: Mike Morris WA6ILQ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 6:17 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: DB224 "Loop" Lengths for 145.110 Mhz? At 03:46 AM 1/24/05, you wrote: >Mike's suggestion is the best method and the one I would choose. I would >suspect that this would be the method used by a ham that has no problem >drilling a hole in his car to mount a mobile antenna. On the other hand, I'd >be willing to bet that the "extend the element with a bolt" crowd is the >same group that uses a mag mount mobile antenna. > >Just an observation. You may disagree. > >Chuck >WB2EDV Thanks for the vote of confidence, Chuck. To elaborate slightly and to correct what I wrote..... > I've also seen a DB224 that was modified by a ham. He cut > the elements just inside the curve and spliced in tubing I should have said "in the middle of the straight section above the curve". The modified antenna had the larger diameter tubing bridging the gap in the element, and you obviously can't do that if you've hacksawed the element in the straight section right above the curve. > He used > hacksaw cuts tubing and stainless steel hose clamps to verify > the lengths. I meant to type "He used a hacksaw to make the cuts in the tubing and stainless steel hose clamps to verify the lengths." It was a Sawzall with the finest-tooth hacksaw blade he could find. Mike WA6ILQ Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
