RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Best broadband VHF antenna

2006-02-23 Thread Jeff DePolo WN3A
I would agree the Sinclair Antennas are well built and very broadband, but I had a horible time with a number of 4 bay vhf broadband units installed (and removed) in 2005. We bought a large number of VHF SLR-235 units new. The part number has changed but the antenna is the same

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Best broadband VHF antenna

2006-02-23 Thread Chuck Kelsey
I've always heard and seen good performance from Sinclair, except for the SRL-222 and SRL-224. Those two were problematic. Chuck WB2EDV Jeff DePolo WN3A wrote: I would agree the Sinclair Antennas are well built and very broadband, but I had a horible time with a number of 4 bay vhf

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Best broadband VHF antenna

2006-02-23 Thread Chuck Kelsey
Nope, the 235 is in the same family as the 210. The 210 family is a good line. The 222/224 does not have a boom that holds the element away from the mast. Instead, the element is attached right at the mounting mast and has some sort of funky hairpin type matching configuration. Chuck WB2EDV

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Best broadband VHF antenna

2006-02-23 Thread Burt Lang
The SRL235 series with its double dipoles side by side on each side of the mast doesn't have any connection with the SRL210 series unless it is in the way that the feedline is terminated at the element (the picture I see in their catalogue looks like an internal termination like the 210

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Best broadband VHF antenna

2006-02-23 Thread Chuck Kelsey
Yes, Burt, that's what I guess I was getting at -- the same style element and enclosed harness attachment. Chuck WB2EDV Burt Lang wrote: The SRL235 series with its double dipoles side by side on each side of the mast doesn't have any connection with the SRL210 series unless it is in the