***Thank you Ron. Since my initial message and responses here on the
newsgroup, coupled with "homework" we find that Celwave no longer
makes the 4 el vert dipole for the 2 meter spectrum. Nor do they make
replacement harnesses. Suspect drop in sales is the primary reason,
but not certain.

That's disgusting! I didn't believe you so went looking myself, and
found you were right. Phelps Dodge used to cater nicely to hams. When
they became Celwave, they still gave us a discount. Now that they've gone
international as RFS Celwave, they don't seem to give a hoot. Oh well,
DB Products is just as good.


Looking seriously at Decibel's compatible antenna. We are however,
going to open up the Celwave, remove and inspect the harness and
if possible determine what went wrong. Possibility that there could
be damage from lightning which would be covered by our insurance
policy.

We had a nice Celwave PD 340-3 that never did work right. Antenna swr
measured OK, but when we swapped the antenna out with just about any other
antenna, it appeared that the Celwave was about unity gain. Could not
measure any opens or shorts in the harness, but obviously something was
wrong. Our club let the antenna sit around and warranty expire so we
never did find the probem. A cheapie 3dB omni by Antenna Specialists
seemed to do well enough for us. ... sigh ....



Ed WB6SAT

Ed G. wrote:
***Thank you Ron. Since my initial message and responses here on the
newsgroup, coupled with "homework" we find that Celwave no longer
makes the 4 el vert dipole for the 2 meter spectrum. Nor do they make
replacement harnesses. Suspect drop in sales is the primary reason,
but not certain.


That's disgusting! I didn't believe you so went looking myself, and
found you were right. Phelps Dodge used to cater nicely to hams. When
they became Celwave, they still gave us a discount. Now that they've gone
international as RFS Celwave, they don't seem to give a hoot. Oh well,
DB Products is just as good.


Looking seriously at Decibel's compatible antenna. We are however,
going to open up the Celwave, remove and inspect the harness and
if possible determine what went wrong. Possibility that there could
be damage from lightning which would be covered by our insurance
policy.


We had a nice Celwave PD 340-3 that never did work right. Antenna swr
measured OK, but when we swapped the antenna out with just about any other
antenna, it appeared that the Celwave was about unity gain. Could not
measure any opens or shorts in the harness, but obviously something was
wrong. Our club let the antenna sit around and warranty expire so we
never did find the probem. A cheapie 3dB omni by Antenna Specialists
seemed to do well enough for us. ... sigh ....



Ed WB6SAT
I used to have a Celwave, and I liked how you could set the pattern
to suit your location..... I have also made super J-poles out of
1" copper pipe that worked just as good, and were MUCH cheaper, and
lasted a lot longer....

Bob N9LVU

Ed:

I have seen more than one of those antennas sabotaged with one or two
elements inverted. IIRC, the PD-340 had potted feed points, and it took a
careful examination to see the correct up/down orientation.
--
Crazy George
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***Thank you Ron. Since my initial message and responses here on the
newsgroup, coupled with "homework" we find that Celwave no longer
makes the 4 el vert dipole for the 2 meter spectrum. Nor do they make
replacement harnesses. Suspect drop in sales is the primary reason,
but not certain.

That's disgusting! I didn't believe you so went looking myself, and
found you were right. Phelps Dodge used to cater nicely to hams. When
they became Celwave, they still gave us a discount. Now that they've gone
international as RFS Celwave, they don't seem to give a hoot. Oh well,
DB Products is just as good.


Looking seriously at Decibel's compatible antenna. We are however,
going to open up the Celwave, remove and inspect the harness and
if possible determine what went wrong. Possibility that there could
be damage from lightning which would be covered by our insurance
policy.

We had a nice Celwave PD 340-3 that never did work right. Antenna swr
measured OK, but when we swapped the antenna out with just about any other
antenna, it appeared that the Celwave was about unity gain. Could not
measure any opens or shorts in the harness, but obviously something was
wrong. Our club let the antenna sit around and warranty expire so we
never did find the probem. A cheapie 3dB omni by Antenna Specialists
seemed to do well enough for us. ... sigh ....



Ed WB6SAT