Yes, I like my folded dipole over many antennas also, but to have the proper amount of electrical down tilt that I required, I would not see getting created on the 224.
The sd213 is agood antenna but while I use a tx combiner with average of 300w cont the sd213 is only rated at I think 150w. where my ant450d6 is good for my rooftop installation cause I would not personally place this antenna at 300- or 800' on the tower , do to past exp and design of the ant. These are all good antennas if placed into the right environment and application, also in the right budget Not making this a large thread, it was just a choice I had made in the pick of antennas and having 11 ham repeaters and 4 sites of 16 channels per site of astro 7x system. Just say I been down that road many times From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of TGundo 2003 Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 5:38 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Seeking recommendations for 2 Meter repeater antenna >either way im no longer a user of the DB224 or folded dipole systems. Why would you no longer use folded dipole design antennas just because of one manufacturer having a quality control problem? Other manufactuers make folded dipole design antennas if you no longer wish to use DB. I'll take my folded dipole any day over a fiberglass antenna when my site is paid a visit from Mr. Lightning Strike, not to mention no performance changes due to down tilt. YMMV. Tom W9SRV
