Well since were tossing cents here, no 3DB will not
give you twice the range, and I will tell you why. I have two antenna's
here at the shack, one is a 3 DB gain and the other a 6 DB gain, in preperation
of changing the tower for the repeater, I set the repeater on the 3db gain
antenna, and no difference, maybe a mile or two. What is even harder for
guys to understand, the 6 DB was at 65 feet and the 3db is only at 45
feet. SO even the 20 feet in height did not make a difference. To
see a difference, I would have to double the height of the antenna, and that
would not double the gain in distance because now I have additonal cable and a
different ground pattern. If you want distance, I have to agree with most
other Hams, use remote receiver sites. Just my two cents worth, I'd give
more, but I am in the poorest county in the state of Indiana.
Mathew
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- Re: [Repeater-Builder] db comparisons mch
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- Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: db comparison... Charles Miller
- Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: db comparison... Ralph Mowery
- [Repeater-Builder] Re: db comparisons Laryn Lohman
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- Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: db comparison... mch
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