You will gain 3 dB that most likely will never be noticed by your users. You will add the need to place additional supports. You'll narrow the beamwidth which may cause close-in coverage problems. It will add to your cost. I'd personally stick with the 4-element version.
Chuck WB2EDV ----- Original Message ----- From: "james boyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 9:44 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] repelacing antenna. > greetings.. > i want to replace a g7-144 antenna. have lost 4 of them over the years > from lighting.. > looking at the celwave catalog. > the PD654 is 2 PD340's on the same feedline giveing you a 8 bay dipole. > question is... what matching/coupling has to be in order to do this > trick... > how much will i gain using 2 instead of 1 of these antennas.. > Many thanks.. i enjoy the info i get from this reflector.. > > Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
