Re: [Repeater-Builder] Bad price from Cook!
I do not know. You mite want to send them e-mail. [EMAIL PROTECTED] or toll free 877-992-2665 Like I said I do not work for them just passing the MSG. But I do know that we (Metro-Comm) bought two of them and got them inabout 3 weeksor so and they where shipped from Cook Towers in Delaware. They are marked with our repeater pairs on them and work well. When I tried to get the DB-420 from Tessco they told me on the phone that they did not sell enough to stock any in the Hams bands. I call DB and they gave me Cooks number. So that is all I know. I have been happy with all my repeater parts that we have gotten from Cook. We have bought Duplexers, Hard-line (Coax) RFS-455's and yes DB-420's for the Ham bands. It's owned by Hams so they are easy to talk to as well. Very Best of 73, Russ, W3CH Trustee, W3PS Metro-Comm Repeater Net Work, Echo-Link node number 119660 (w3ps-r) - Original Message - From: Mike Pugh To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 6:25 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Bad price from Cook! Hey Russ, how is she ordering them from DB? I thought that they quit making them for the ham bands. MikeRuss Stafford wrote: Hello All, I just got a call from Kathy Cook, AB2LF of Cook towers. She ask that I let every one know about an incorrect price they had given out to a few Hams on the list. Well here goes. The DB-420 list price is $925.00 and the Ham price is $814.00 cut to your Ham pair in the 443.??? range or any where between 406 and 512 MHz. I do not work for Cook nor do I get paid by them this is just an FYI for every one on the list. Very best of 73 Russ, W3CHTrustee, W3PSMetro-Comm, INCRepeater Network. Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Bad price from Cook!
If my memory is correct (and it may not be) I seem to recall that Decibel was going to discontinue selling antennas directly to hams, on ham frequencies, on a small volume basis. However, it seems that someone said that they would do a run of antennas on ham frequencies if someone wanted to order a large quantity. Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - From: Russ Stafford To: Mike Pugh Cc: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 5:04 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Bad price from Cook! I do not know. You mite want to send them e-mail. [EMAIL PROTECTED] or toll free 877-992-2665 Like I said I do not work for them just passing the MSG. But I do know that we (Metro-Comm) bought two of them and got them inabout 3 weeksor so and they where shipped from Cook Towers in Delaware. They are marked with our repeater pairs on them and work well. When I tried to get the DB-420 from Tessco they told me on the phone that they did not sell enough to stock any in the Hams bands. I call DB and they gave me Cooks number. So that is all I know. I have been happy with all my repeater parts that we have gotten from Cook. We have bought Duplexers, Hard-line (Coax) RFS-455's and yes DB-420's for the Ham bands. It's owned by Hams so they are easy to talk to as well. Very Best of 73, Russ, W3CH Trustee, W3PS Metro-Comm Repeater Net Work, Echo-Link node number 119660 (w3ps-r) - Original Message - From: Mike Pugh To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 6:25 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Bad price from Cook! Hey Russ, how is she ordering them from DB? I thought that they quit making them for the ham bands. MikeRuss Stafford wrote: Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
RE: [Repeater-Builder] Bad price from Cook!
Title: Message Decibel quit making the ham-band DB420 (S-420-440-450) as of Jan 1 this year. From what I was told, the harnesses for that antenna and other low-volume custom jobs were hand-made in Mexico. Either that plant was closing, or the contract house in Mexico that was making them was closing, whichever the case. The standard DB420B (450-470) works well in the ham band anyway, usually better than 15 dB return loss down to 442 MHz. The low-split DB420A (406-420) works OK up to about 433 MHz. The broadband Sinclair dipole arrays are excellent antennas, but they are pricey. If anybody is building a 420/430 link hub or the like and needs any low-split dipole arrays, I have a DB411 (brand new) and a DB420 (used, very good condition) for 406-420 (pickup only in Philadelphia area). --- Jeff -Jeff DePolo WN3ABroadcast and Communications Consultant -Original Message-From: Chuck Kelsey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 6:52 AMTo: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.comSubject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Bad price from Cook! If my memory is correct (and it may not be) I seem to recall that Decibel was going to discontinue selling antennas directly to hams, on ham frequencies, on a small volume basis. However, it seems that someone said that they would do a run of antennas on ham frequencies if someone wanted to order a large quantity. Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - From: Russ Stafford To: Mike Pugh Cc: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 5:04 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Bad price from Cook! I do not know. You mite want to send them e-mail. [EMAIL PROTECTED] or toll free 877-992-2665 Like I said I do not work for them just passing the MSG. But I do know that we (Metro-Comm) bought two of them and got them inabout 3 weeksor so and they where shipped from Cook Towers in Delaware. They are marked with our repeater pairs on them and work well. When I tried to get the DB-420 from Tessco they told me on the phone that they did not sell enough to stock any in the Hams bands. I call DB and they gave me Cooks number. So that is all I know. I have been happy with all my repeater parts that we have gotten from Cook. We have bought Duplexers, Hard-line (Coax) RFS-455's and yes DB-420's for the Ham bands. It's owned by Hams so they are easy to talk to as well. Very Best of 73, Russ, W3CH Trustee, W3PS Metro-Comm Repeater Net Work, Echo-Link node number 119660 (w3ps-r) - Original Message - From: Mike Pugh To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 6:25 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Bad price from Cook! Hey Russ, how is she ordering them from DB? I thought that they quit making them for the ham bands. MikeRuss Stafford wrote: Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Bad price from Cook!
That's ok as I still like Sinclair ... at least so far. Neil McKie - WA6KLA Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Bad price from Cook!
Title: Message Hey Jeff, Just to bring you up to date, Andrews bought DB and move the whole plant to Mexico. I just got off the phone with DB to fine out if Cook has a pike of these in a warehouse some where (NOS)or are they new. The reply is that they buy enough to have them made. I called Cook and they said they can still get them. So I guess they are buying a pile of them. The two we bought came from there Delaware warehouse but I sent the money order to NJ. Any way that is all that I found out today. Good luck and 73! One thing COOK better give me a big price break on the next thing I get from them after all this smile. Russ, W3CH - Original Message - From: Jeff DePolo WN3A To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 7:04 AM Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Bad price from Cook! Decibel quit making the ham-band DB420 (S-420-440-450) as of Jan 1 this year. From what I was told, the harnesses for that antenna and other low-volume custom jobs were hand-made in Mexico. Either that plant was closing, or the contract house in Mexico that was making them was closing, whichever the case. The standard DB420B (450-470) works well in the ham band anyway, usually better than 15 dB return loss down to 442 MHz. The low-split DB420A (406-420) works OK up to about 433 MHz. The broadband Sinclair dipole arrays are excellent antennas, but they are pricey. If anybody is building a 420/430 link hub or the like and needs any low-split dipole arrays, I have a DB411 (brand new) and a DB420 (used, very good condition) for 406-420 (pickup only in Philadelphia area). --- Jeff -Jeff DePolo WN3ABroadcast and Communications Consultant -Original Message-From: Chuck Kelsey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 6:52 AMTo: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.comSubject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Bad price from Cook! If my memory is correct (and it may not be) I seem to recall that Decibel was going to discontinue selling antennas directly to hams, on ham frequencies, on a small volume basis. However, it seems that someone said that they would do a run of antennas on ham frequencies if someone wanted to order a large quantity. Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - From: Russ Stafford To: Mike Pugh Cc: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 5:04 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Bad price from Cook! I do not know. You mite want to send them e-mail. [EMAIL PROTECTED] or toll free 877-992-2665 Like I said I do not work for them just passing the MSG. But I do know that we (Metro-Comm) bought two of them and got them inabout 3 weeksor so and they where shipped from Cook Towers in Delaware. They are marked with our repeater pairs on them and work well. When I tried to get the DB-420 from Tessco they told me on the phone that they did not sell enough to stock any in the Hams bands. I call DB and they gave me Cooks number. So that is all I know. I have been happy with all my repeater parts that we have gotten from Cook. We have bought Duplexers, Hard-line (Coax) RFS-455's and yes DB-420's for the Ham bands. It's owned by Hams so they are easy to talk to as well. Very Best of 73, Russ, W3CH Trustee, W3PS Metro-Comm Repeater Net Work, Echo-Link node number 119660 (w3ps-r) - Original Message - From: Mike Pugh To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 6:25 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Bad price from Cook! Hey Russ, how is she ordering them from DB? I thought that they quit making them for the ham bands. MikeRuss Stafford wrote: Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Re: [Repeater-Builder] Bad price from Cook!
DB will not sell direct. I think COOK Towers orders a pile of the Ham stuff as well as Business, Police and Fire stuff. We as Hams gain because we can still get a great Ant. 73 Russ - Original Message - From: Chuck Kelsey To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 6:51 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Bad price from Cook! If my memory is correct (and it may not be) I seem to recall that Decibel was going to discontinue selling antennas directly to hams, on ham frequencies, on a small volume basis. However, it seems that someone said that they would do a run of antennas on ham frequencies if someone wanted to order a large quantity. Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - From: Russ Stafford To: Mike Pugh Cc: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 5:04 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Bad price from Cook! I do not know. You mite want to send them e-mail. [EMAIL PROTECTED] or toll free 877-992-2665 Like I said I do not work for them just passing the MSG. But I do know that we (Metro-Comm) bought two of them and got them inabout 3 weeksor so and they where shipped from Cook Towers in Delaware. They are marked with our repeater pairs on them and work well. When I tried to get the DB-420 from Tessco they told me on the phone that they did not sell enough to stock any in the Hams bands. I call DB and they gave me Cooks number. So that is all I know. I have been happy with all my repeater parts that we have gotten from Cook. We have bought Duplexers, Hard-line (Coax) RFS-455's and yes DB-420's for the Ham bands. It's owned by Hams so they are easy to talk to as well. Very Best of 73, Russ, W3CH Trustee, W3PS Metro-Comm Repeater Net Work, Echo-Link node number 119660 (w3ps-r) - Original Message - From: Mike Pugh To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 6:25 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Bad price from Cook! Hey Russ, how is she ordering them from DB? I thought that they quit making them for the ham bands. MikeRuss Stafford wrote: Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
