Don't overlook Comprod. Very similar antennas, and I think they're cheaper. We are on low-band, and they are re-designing the phasing harnesses and feeders so that we can run high power (aka 2kw) instead of their normal 300w rating.
I was very impressed with them. When we called Sinclair and asked for such a beast, they just blew us off. Comprod got an engineer on the phone with us and the new low-band, high-power bays and phasing harnesses are in the works for 2 and 4 bay arrays. On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Nate Duehr <n...@natetech.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:05 -0400, "Jeff DePolo" > <j...@broadsci.com<jd0%40broadsci.com>> > wrote: > > giving me quotes over $2,000???!? Did Sinclair have a big price jump > > over > > the last few years? > > Yeah Jeff, I think they when commodities prices (metal) went higher, and > the Canadian dollar started falling. > > This was one of the reasons we decided to "experiment" with 2-bay > antennas at our "not as important" sites... amongst other things, like > them being a heck of a lot easier to deal with on the tower... etc. > > Also watch out for something we ran into... find out if your distributor > has them IN-STOCK. We had to wait for the factory to make them, ship > them to the distributor, then the distributor shipped them here, > complete with running them over with a fork-lift, going through the > insurance claim (their insurance, not ours), and waiting for two more to > be made... > > That was last fall... > > -- > Nate Duehr, WY0X > n...@natetech.com <nate%40natetech.com> > > > -- James Adkins, KB0NHX Vice-President -- Nixa Amateur Radio Club, Inc. (KC0LUN) www.nixahams.net The Nixa Amateur Radio Club - "There is no charge for awesomeness!" (Well, only $1.00 per month)
