Hi Phil;

When you mention the shorter Diamond at $140, are you referring to the X500?

I have a V2000 and I am not exactly happy with its performance.

I bought because I had a VEX and I wanted to work 6 meter fm but, their is
virtually no activity.

TX

Anthony


----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 7:55 PM
Subject: Dual Band diamond X700


> For those interested, I got the x700 dual band Diamond antenna up the
other
> day.  I made some notes with different signals out of the Denver area so I
> could compare it to the short dual band diamond I had before.  You
wouldn't
> think there would be that much difference between 6 DB on two meters and
9.3
> but there is.  I am hearing repeaters much better that are out of town and
> some I could not even hear without turning the squelch off.  Now I can
hear
> them with the squelch turned up.  Also, a friend of mine, who could not
even
> copy me in the parking lot of where he works, can now hear me fine.  I am
> not loud but he can copy me fine.  I also found a national weather station
> far enough away that I could not copy at all.  Well, by that I mean, I
could
> only copy it when it faded in and out, or up and down.  Now I can copy
every
> single word it transmits.  It still is not full quieting but I can copy it
> easily.  The vertical is like 25 feet tall and has 13 DB gain on the 450
> band.  When I put my tower back up, I am going to put the dual band
antenna
> up about 50 feet but just on the roof at 18 feet, it seems to work very
> well.  It costs way too much money at 400 dollars though.  the shorter
> diamond dual band antenna at 8 and a half feet, 6 DB on two meters and 8
on
> the 450 MHz band is a pretty good buy at 140 dollars.
>
> Phil.
> k0nx
>
> http://www.RedWhiteAndBlue.org
>