I have heard that Diamond's gain ratings were a bit inflated, so maybe I'll just stick with what I have until I can afford a Super Station Master!
I would like to look at that mod, could you send along a link to it? Thanks. --- In repeater-buil...@yahoogroudps.com, wd8chl <wd8...@...> wrote: > > gebhardstephen wrote: > > Thanks Gerald, that sounds like the one, except for the one I have > > does not have ground radials, and I don't see any place to install > > them either. I was contemplating changing the antenna to something > > like a Diamond F718A, it has better gain, almost double over the one > > I am using now, plus it is designed for the frequency I am on, I > > wonder if the small investment would yield better coverage. > > Look again-the Diamond antennas are rated for dBi, not dBd. In theory, > more than a 2dB difference, in practice for these at least, more like > 3-5 dB. > I'd stick wit the 6082. Worst case, do my foil mod on the R-B > website-it's been done to that style UHF antenna succesfully. > > > --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, "Gerald Pelnar" <wd0fyf@> > > wrote: > >> I have one of those in the garage. TDE-6082A It's about 7 feet long > >> (I didn't measure it) and has radials on it. Label says 460- 470. I > >> used it temporarily on a 443.275 machine here at the house for > >> testing. SWR wasn't bad and worked just fine. > >> > >> Gerald Pelnar WD0FYF McPherson, Ks >
