Doug, Not to take anything from the SCALA antennas, because they can make some pretty impressive antennas, but as indicated, the ultra heavy duty antennas are very spendy. They also make normal antennas that are not designed for extreme conditions.
Having said that for 440 MHz I really like these Telewave antennas. Telewave does give a very nice HAM Discount also and these are UPS shippable. These are rugged antennas and will survive some pretty extreme conditions. We do make a simple ice bridge above the loops to help break up a major piece of falling ice to avoid a direct hit on the loops. http://www.telewave.com/pdf/TWDS-7033.pdf Best bang for the buck is the two loop ANT 450D3. I have one of these on our 420 linking hub repeater on a site that is typically snowed in about 6 months each year and it actually will out talk the 444 repeater on a DB Products 8 loop antenna. Another Nice thing is that these are very broad band 406-512 MHZ and you can adjust the loops to provide the best coverage pattern for your site. Joe - WA7JAW --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, "batwing411" <batwing...@...> wrote: > > Thanks for all the recommendations. > > Fired an email off to Scala, curious to see what they come back with. > > I read thru a few Scala datasheets... curious that they do not give wind > loading with radial ice... and... just my .02 here... from the pictures in > their catalog... those antennas sure don't look very durable to me... > > > keep the recommendations coming - specific models would be quite helpful > (especially at 440MHz) > > > doug >
