--- In [email protected], "Kevin Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does anyone have or no where I can get the paper-work/manual for a DB- > 304DL antenna. I called and talked to the tech guy's at DB Products. > They said that they no longer have any info on this antenna. > > It is a 16 pole array for VHF high band and looks like a DB-420 except > bigger, a lot bigger. > > W5KGT >
Hmmm.... I have the DB304 info in my old DB catalog. What it shows is the L version, which places all dipoles in line with each other. And the D version, which basically splits the DB304 into two, with separate feedlines, and 3.2dbd gain each. The DB304 is rated at 6.1 or 6.7dbd gain, depending on whether the dipoles are in line or at 90deg with each other. So, I'm not sure why you have a DB304DL with 16 dipoles, 8 levels I assume. The gain figures and the picture in the catalog I have both indicate an antenna with 4 levels, each level having two dipoles side by side, like a DB408. Could you have two 304DLs on one long mast? Check the model number again, and check for more than one feedline on there somewhere. Laryn K8TVZ
