Mike - I often wondered the same thing. I can only assume that it created the "best" pattern for each model.
Chuck WB2EDV ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Dietrich To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 10:16 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Decibel Products Antenna website While on the subject, a DB queston for y'all. I've asked a lot of techs this over the years and have gotten as many different answers. On a DB 410/420 uhf 16 loop antenna, some were sold with the top 4 sets of elements together in a row and the bottom 4 sets were in a row but were 90 deg to the top 4. On some other antennas they were sold where each set was 90 deg from each other, ie: element sets 1,3,5,&7 were pointed together and 2,4,6,&8 were pointed together. Does anybody know the real resaon? Is one way better than the other? Do they have different patterns? Thanks and HAPPY NEW YEAR to everybody. Mike ------------------------
