At 5/10/2008 04:36, you wrote: >Paul, > >This length always leads me to telling Hams that the 17 ft Comet does not >have the 8+ dbd gain the package says.
I don't recall the package saying dBd, but their website clearly indicates 8.5 dBi @ 146 MHz. BTW, I measured the gain of the GP9 @ 440 MHz (compared against a known Yagi antenna using multiple far-field signal sources). It is in fact as they claim, around 11.5 dBi. Bob NO6B