Re: [Repeater-Builder] Antenna Thoughts

2004-05-26 Thread wa8ili
About a year ago , a group did this. They had a rpt on the coast and wanted there signal to stay landside. I have a copy of there posting, I'll look for it. Bernie Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ To

[Repeater-Builder] Antenna Thoughts

2004-05-25 Thread w9mwq
I have a crazy thought, but I want to get some opinions. Here is what I am thinking, only becuase I can construct them very cheaply. As opposed to using a verticle, what would I expect if I used 4 10 element verticle beams, one point to NWSE, coupled with a power divider. My objective in

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Antenna Thoughts

2004-05-25 Thread Ken Arck
In Hawaii, we did something similar. Our UHF repeater was at the 10,023 foot level (Mt. Haleakala, on Maui). We wanted coverage on the north shore of the Big Island (Hawaii) and good coverage on the major parts of Maui. As such, we had one 5 element yagi facing south and one facing north, but

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Antenna Thoughts

2004-05-25 Thread Mathew Quaife
In Hawaii, we did something similar. Our UHF repeater was at the 10,023 foot level (Mt. Haleakala, on Maui). We wanted coverage on the north shore of the Big Island (Hawaii) and good coverage on the major parts of Maui. As such, we had one 5 element yagi facing south and one facing north, but

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Antenna Thoughts

2004-05-25 Thread Virden Clark Beckman
You still have to do the divide by how many arms to the power divider cabling, as someone mentioned it weakens the overall rx department, however I have tryed this with just 3 3 element beams using the tower as the reflector and it seems to work pretty good, when the weather is a sure thing we are

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Antenna Thoughts

2004-05-25 Thread Chuck Kelsey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 9:27 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Antenna Thoughts I have a crazy thought, but I want to get some opinions. Here is what I am thinking, only becuase I can construct them very cheaply. As opposed to using a verticle

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Antenna Thoughts

2004-05-25 Thread Kevin King
I have seen this done with 8 beams on a 300 ft tower at 450Mhz -Original Message- From: w9mwq [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 9:28 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Antenna Thoughts I have a crazy thought, but I want to get some

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Antenna Thoughts

2004-05-25 Thread Ken Arck
At 08:47 PM 5/24/2004 -0500, you wrote: But would not the gain of these antenna's compensate for that, from say a 3 DB to 6 DB gain verticle to a 13 DB foward gain, directed in each direction. ---It's not really that big a deal. I'm sure it will work fine as you describe. The only caveat I have

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Antenna Thoughts

2004-05-25 Thread Frank or Barb
Unless you can line up the radiating elements vertically, all your antennas will be out of phase with other to any other direction. Some RX signal will go by the first antenna and hit the 2nd 3rd and 4th antenna out of phase with the 1st antenna. The end result is that the out of phase signals

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Antenna Thoughts

2004-05-25 Thread Mathew Quaife
My thoughts on this idea was to eliminate the need for the voting system, save a few bucks, as this thing is coming out of my pocket, sad part is momma has sewn the pockets shut, hi hi. But I think most of what is being said is what I figured I would find, just thought maybe someone had a good