Re: [Repeater-Builder] Stupid Question about Db antennas.

2008-01-25 Thread MCH
It should not matter what direction(s) they are pointed in. As you said, they can be changed from omni (all 4 directions) to all in one direction without changing anything else. It's all the same antenna. You can point two in one direction and the other two 90 degrees off those and leave a null

[Repeater-Builder] Stupid Question about Db antennas.

2008-01-25 Thread dallasreact112
I have a question about the DB base antennas such as the DB-224, DB- 420, etc. As most of you know they consist of folded dipole trombones mounted on the mast at 90 degree angles with a phasing harness to create a omnidirectional pattern. I have heard of pointing the trombones all in one