Hello Jim,
Actually, I took my first super station master apart just last week
or so. I removed guts of the antenna, and replaced them with a 70CM
Diamond F718A vertical (11.5db). The entire Diamond antenna slid
right up into the shell of the super station master with room to
spare (about 3 feet shy of the tip). This will allow me to utilize
the Diamond F718 antenna at a mountain top repeater site without
having to worry about it's wet noodle characteristics in the wind.
Also, this will will allow the antenna to blend in at a commercial
hill top site.
So, in answer to your question below Jim, I have no answer, since in
my case I am not re-using the original guts.
Paul Metzger
K6EH
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On Apr 28, 2007, at 20:48, Jim Cicirello wrote:
Hi Paul,
I have been following this post as I have a stationmaster to
disassemble. Did you take a large torch to the top metal point
while the guts were pulled away from the tip? When you go to
reassemble, is there anything that needs to be heated again on the
top?
Thanks Jim
From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Repeater-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Metzger
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 9:59 PM
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Stationmaster Disassembly
I had to take a large propane torch to the the of mine just last
week in order to get it apart.
Paul Metzger
K6EH
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On Apr 27, 2007, at 12:54, Steve Hutzley wrote:
Folks,
We took down the 220 MHz "Phelps Dodge Model 200" Stationmaster off
our tower to see if it can be rescued. There is no gel-coat left on
it at all.
I got the three screws around the perimiter of the mounting tube
(aluminum) out, I found a stainless set screw in the copper tip. I
also found three 7/16" hex head bolts around the perimiter of the
RF connector. It appears that there is some sort of rubber bladder
inside the mounting tube as well.
Any clues, tips, ideas or suggestions so we can see what the
internals look like before we go to the trouble of re-gelling it?
Thanks
Steve
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