Kevin, Hey fellow trustee. My name is Mark (KB6SRT) and I am the trustee of two repeater systems in the Southern California area. This is just a note to let you know that when we were strapped for money in our early years and we only had the uhf antenna, I used a Dodge-Phelps 8 bay, dual-eared folded dipole array for dual band operation and it worked well until we could get a decent dual band antenna. Though it was a uhf antenna, it resonated on vhf well enough and had decent SWR to allow regular use.
The really nice thing about this dual-eared dipole is that it had folded dipole on BOTH sides of the pole (dual-eared) so the coverage was quite impressive and the input power was up to 250 watts. So any loss in power was made up for with an amp. Just a suggestion that it doesn't HAVE to be a dual band antenna. Try resonating vhf off a uhf antenna. Hope all works out for you and Happy Thanksgiving! -- Mark Christian KB6SRT -- Trustee. - FCARA 146.610 (-) pl 103.5-Echolink Node-44576 445.760 (-) pl 103.5-IRLP Node-3952 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________
