--- In [email protected], Cort Buffington <c...@...> wrote: > > I'm preparing myself for getting flamed for this... > > The DB antennas are significantly different than many other folded > dipole designs. The dipoles on the DB are considerably closer to the > mast than Sinclair or Telewave (for example). This is enough > difference to considerably change the radiation pattern of the > antenna. Note many (like Sinclair and Telewave) change the pattern by > changing the distance of the dipoles to the mast, and DB changes the > pattern by arranging the dipoles around the mast differently.
Thanks for pointing that out. That's true for the SD214 series of Sinclair and the Telewave antennas. The SD224 series is much more similar to the DB224. My question is referring to the SD224 series vs. DB224 patterns as printed in their respective catalogs. Laryn K8TVZ
