At 2/19/2007 17:27, you wrote: >--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Holm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Reading the replies that mentioned gain specs, I can't help but >think of our > > last ham club meeting. An older member persuaded the club to >replace the > > VHF repeater antenna with a Diamond X500HNA rather than a DB-224 >because the > > Diamond "has 8.3 dB gain". > > > >Yup, Paul, you've caught on. > >Diamond must be good; very good. They've bent the laws of physics >again. Diamond's 18 ft. long antenna has more <gain> than a DB >Products, Sinclair, etc., which are actually slightly longer. 8.3db >gain over what? I'm here to tell you, in my humble opinion, that the >Diamond's actual gain over a dipole is closer to 6dbd.
Correct, which is 8.1 dBi. Diamond & Comet use dBi. Bob NO6B
