... 70cm ... firestations ... EOC stations ...
You should be demanding nothing LESS than a commercial ComTelCo Yagi ...
http://www.comtelcoantennas.com/yagi_uhf.htm
Anything less and you are being irresponsible with the public you are protecting. I mean, does your local police department and city works comms centers have home-made Yagis on their installations? Of course not. Why should your department think "amateur radio installations" deserve anything less?
Clint Bradford, K6LCS 909-241-7666
Only because they have nobody on their staff who knows what an antenna is. They don't pay high bucks for the fun of it.
I mean, does your local police department and city works comms centers have home-made Yagis on their installations? Of course not.
...but I bet they know what liability and lost of life mean. However, not to undermind the quality and performance of ham homebrew equipment. Some can even be better than commercial! just my 2 cents ;)
73, Peter VE7NGP
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 12:47 PM To: Clint Bradford Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: 70cm yagi
Only because they have nobody on their staff who knows what an antenna is. They don't pay high bucks for the fun of it.
I mean, does your local police department and city works comms centers have home-made Yagis on their installations? Of course not. _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 12:26 -0700, Clint Bradford wrote:
Anything less and you are being irresponsible with the public you are protecting. I mean, does your local police department and city works comms centers have home-made Yagis on their installations? Of course not. Why should your department think "amateur radio installations" deserve anything less?
If they are wanting "mission-critical" emergency comms, then they should be staying off the amateur bands and using the frequencies assigned to them and equipment approved for the task.
Gordon MM0YEQ
True but we're talking the US equivalent of RAYNET providing emergency backup communications.
On 06-May-10 20:50, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
If they are wanting "mission-critical" emergency comms, then they should be staying off the amateur bands and using the frequencies assigned to them and equipment approved for the task.
Gordon MM0YEQ
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