We had the same problems here with G7's...got rid of them because or the problems with loose rivets and they just don't hold up in the wind. G6 on the other had work great. The only diffrence between the 2 is that the G7 has 2 loading coils as to where the G6 has one, and is a stronger built antenna...
73 Mike - N7ZEF ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: "Kevin Custer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 7:32 AM Subject: RE: Re: [Repeater-Builder] G6 144b coil I was interested in James reply because I had similar experiences with newer Hustler antennas. My club repeater, a friends repeater and my 220 repeater all used Hustler G6 and G7 antennas for years with good success. A couple of years ago, we decided to replace the two Hustler antennas at my friends site when he put the new tower up. The 220 antenna worked Ok, but the 2 meter G7 has been nothing but trouble. A friend in Westerly RI bought a G7 for his 2 meter repeater and also had trouble. Desense seems to be the common problem. Maybe there is something different between the old G6/G7 antennas and the new ones? It's just curious that 3 cases of a similar problem occured. I was careful not to ask James any leading questions about his experiences and he came up with the same conclusion. I really liked the G6 and G7 as a good economical antenna solution, but now I'm having some serious doubts. Nothing scientific to go on, just and bad feling due to experience. 73, Joe, k1ike ---- Kevin Custer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Subject: > RE: Re: [Repeater-Builder] G6 144b coil > From: > "Kevin K. Custer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: > Fri, 3 Mar 2006 08:06:50 -0500 > > To: > [email protected] > > > I disagree... > > Like any other cheap solution, with the proper care (replace ground > plane radials with solid rod, heat shrink the joints and top) the > Hustler G series will work fine in Full Duplex Applications. I have > some that have been up for over 10 years and are still doing fine.... > > Kevin Custer > > > > ------- Original Message ------- > *From :* James[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent :* 3/3/2006 7:03:29 AM > *To :* [email protected] > *Cc :* > *Subject :* RE: Re: [Repeater-Builder] G6 144b coil > > Joe, > > I always found that the G6, and G7 had high desense when used in a > FDX application. Also, the overall thin aluminum design of these things > keeps me from putting them on a tower where I can't easily get to them. > Lastly, the radials on my G7 never seemed to stay in one spot (the ends > of them crushed down over time under the mounting plate). The cheapest > thing I have used on my 2 meter repeater stuff now is a Diamond that was > silver soldered at every joint. > > James 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/
