That's interesting Skipp. I'm searching. I did find a couple references to PIM/IMD problems and one about poor signal with this type antenna.
The latter caught my eye as I've been sitting here half thinking coverage with this single dipole I tossed up there *seems* to be as good as with the whole array. I can't be sure since I haven't been "out there" to really see for myself what it is doing. At this point it's just a funny feeling I keep getting. Might be nothing to it... I'd have to go drive around for half a day to be sure. I will keep digging for old posts on the subject... Paul N1BUG skipp025 wrote: > There are known problems with this series of antennas... see > my previous posts bad-mouthing Sinclair regarding this same > situation. > > I was only told that Sinclair has reworked the model and the > update reportedly fixed the problem. I never received a return > phone call or Email regarding my same type of problem with a > lot of similar type/model Sinclair antennas I purchased. > > So I bad mouth that antenna model/series all I can and > give Sinclair grief about their customer service and engineering > at the IWCE Convention. So far they haven't cared to resolve > my, nor 3 known similar customer/owner problems. > > When you start to stack more than one of that series/type > folded dipoles into an array... they start to glitch themselves > up pretty bad with IMD/PIM Issues. > > You will find the same type/series of antenna under a few > different labels/model numbers. But it/they are still a very > bad design. > > Search back through the group archives for more details regarding > my previous posts. It's not a happy story... > > cheers, > skipp
