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I can only speak to my experiences. I've just always found the Super Stationmasters to be better then the Sinclair or Telwave dipoles. Just me. (Shrug)
What kind of environment?
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I can only speak to my experiences. I've just always found the Super Stationmasters to be better then the Sinclair or Telwave dipoles. Just me. (Shrug)
Oh, no denying the service life of the Comprod, Sinclair, or Telwave dipoles are longer cause they're better through tough conditions. But again, my statement is just to my experiences. SSM's has always performed better for me at various sites in varying terrain.
Oh, no denying the service life of the Comprod, Sinclair, or Telwave dipoles are longer cause they're better through tough conditions. But again, my statement is just to my experiences. SSM's have always performed better for me at various sites in varying terrain.
Could be your Superstationmaster had downtilt and the dipoles did not? The last Superstationmaster I helped swap out was for the USCG, it was the second one trashed by lightning within just a few years. We replaced it with an exposed dipole array and I think it was a Sinclair. I don't expect any more lightning damage.
"MFJ-1740 Base antenna, 2m, 2ft, w/ground plane"
This is a joke, right? Somebody please tell me this post was a joke.....
I have a friend that has a 5/8 over 5/8 wave hammy antenna that a single 1/2 wave spaced 0dBd gain 210-C1 dipole out performs, mounted on the top of the same wooden pole in relatively flat prairie terrain.
This thread has been pretty informative. My "temporary" apartment railroad monitoring setup has turned into a permanent setup since other prospective sites fell through, and is currently using a Comtelco 5/8 wave on a Larsen NMO ground plane kit (along with an ARR preamp connected to a Kenwood NX-700). I went ahead and purchased a Sinclair SD210-SF2P2SNM to replace it - we'll see how much of a difference it makes.
Thank you, everyone! I should be signing on my new house next week. I'm going to look into all the recommended antennas.
Is the Sinclair on a metal mast? If so its basically a two element beam and will have a little gain over about 120deg azimuth. I agree on a preamp possibly overloading a handheld radio. I would add a 6dB attentuator after the preamp to reduce gain a bit and in the end I don't think the preamp will improve reception in this case.