Re: [Repeater-Builder] Celwave/Sinclair, etc. antenna conversion to 2-Meters?

2010-01-16 Thread Chuck Kelsey
Probably this: http://www.ka4bni.com/DB-224_Ham_Band.htm Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - From: "larryjspamme...@teleport.com" To: Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 10:40 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Celwave/Sinclair, etc. antenna conversion to 2-Meters? > Several

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Celwave/Sinclair, etc. antenna conversion to 2-Meters?

2010-01-16 Thread allan crites
.   Allan Crites  WA9ZZU   --- On Sat, 1/16/10, Jim Brown wrote: From: Jim Brown Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Celwave/Sinclair, etc. antenna conversion to 2-Meters? To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, January 16, 2010, 6:38 AM   I have converted quite a few DB-224

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Celwave/Sinclair, etc. antenna conversion to 2-Meters?

2010-01-16 Thread Jim Brown
an improvement in the SWR can be had with this simple mod. This mod has been discussed on this forum several times. 73 - Jim  W5ZIT --- On Fri, 1/15/10, larryjspamme...@teleport.com wrote: From: larryjspamme...@teleport.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Celwave/Sinclair, etc. antenna conversion

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Celwave/Sinclair, etc. antenna conversion to 2-Meters?

2010-01-15 Thread allan crites
ector.   I need this information as the pigtail length may be different on your antenna than on mine.    Allan Crites  WA9ZZU   --- On Fri, 1/15/10, larryjspamme...@teleport.com wrote: From: larryjspamme...@teleport.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Celwave/Sinclair, etc. antenna conversion to 2-

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Celwave/Sinclair, etc. antenna conversion to 2-Meters?

2010-01-15 Thread Mike Reed
I think it was an article on a DB-224e or something like that... 73 Mike - N7ZEF - Original Message - From: "larryjspamme...@teleport.com" To: Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 20:40 Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Celwave/Sinclair, etc. antenna conversion to 2-Meters? Several

[Repeater-Builder] Celwave/Sinclair, etc. antenna conversion to 2-Meters?

2010-01-15 Thread larryjspamme...@teleport.com
Several years ago, I found an article on the internet about converting the typical 150-174 MHz folded-dipole VHF antennas to 2-Meters. The article had each folded dipole element electrically "lengthened" by drilling a hole at the bottom and the top of each aluminum tubing element, and mounting a

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Celwave/Sinclair, etc. antenna conversion to 2-Meters?

2010-01-15 Thread gervais
gervais ve2ckn -- From: "larryjspamme...@teleport.com" Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 10:40 PM To: Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Celwave/Sinclair, etc. antenna conversion to 2-Meters? > Several years ago, I found an article on the i