The Telewave catalog does a poor job of describing the antenna; take a look on the write up on page 5 of this PDF: http://www.talleycom.com/PDF/%20TSQ2_09.pdf
The picture there shows that it is indeed a folded dipole. Unfortunately the antenna is too heavy for my application- 7 pounds for 6dB and 11 pounds for 9dB. The pricing looks to be about $100/dB. Doug K4AC From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Kelsey Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 7:21 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Lightning Rod (Bolt)? I didn't see any mention of it being a folded dipole. The picture certainly doesn't look like it is. No mention that it is even DC-grounded. Chuck WB2EDV ----- Original Message ----- From: "larynl2" <lar...@hotmail.com <mailto:larynl%40hotmail.com> > To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 11:43 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Lightning Rod (Bolt)? > >> I agree about the survivability of folded dipole arrays, but they don't >> seem >> to be an option at 900 MHz- at least I don't see them in commercial >> catalogs >> and have never encountered an 800 or 900 MHz. > > > Telewave makes them... > > http://www.telewave.com/pdf/TWDS-7019.pdf > > Laryn K8TVZ
