I've installed a new "Diamond" X-300 dual-band antenna on the roof of my house and am now using that with my dial-band Yaesu (FT-7800) rig to open the local repeaters.
The antenna has approx 6.5dB gain on 2 meters and 9dB gain on 70cm. My installation has given a SWR of <1.1:1 on 2 meters and <1.4:1 on 70cm so I'm pretty happy with that. I used a cut-down Sky TV 'hockey stick' satellite dish mount to mount the antenna on the roof. It is the center antenna (with the ground plane spikes at the bottom) in the picture below.
I've already used it to open the Mt Egmont 2 meter repeater on only 20W from here in Nelson. The station I worked (zl1tba) was transmitting from Taupo!
