Help identify this UHF dipole

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sailor
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Help identify this UHF dipole

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Howdy,

I picked up this 4 bay UHF dipole a few years back, and had it in the box until a couple days ago. Now I have no idea what model it is. The only thing I recall is that it was made by Antenna Specialists. Anyone have any idea??

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Re: Help identify this UHF dipole

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Looks like a DB-404 or a variant thereof....
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Re: Help identify this UHF dipole

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Hello again,

I didn't have much luck finding what model this is, and now I have no idea what the element spacing should be. Any ideas?
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The harness pretty much says it all.
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I can't determine the brand of that, but it isn't a DB-404.
Yours is a standard 4 bay, not double bays like the DB-404 & 408.
Yours uses stainless steel hose clamps, to attach the bays.
I have used that brand before, but I can't recall who made them.
Light weight, but worked OK.
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Thanks guys.

I did sort of guess based on the harness, but it could have easily worked from about 20" to 25" center to center. To test, I mounted them about 21" but the problem is there's no easy way to gauge the pattern. Ran it on the analyzer and it's flat across the 10Mhz I checked.

How great of an affect will there be based on incorrect spacing?
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Re: Help identify this UHF dipole

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Hard to say without having a firing range to test it on. Set it up as an omni, and you probably won't notice any issues.
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I believe that Bill meant to say an antenna range and not a firing range.

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Re: Help identify this UHF dipole

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Measuring a couple other 440 antennas, that 21 to 25 sounds about right.
I would think it will work fine if you are off the designed spacing.
Might not have exactly the same gain, and maybe the pattern will skew a little, but you probably won't be off enough to notice. Might be hard to measure the difference.
If you have good return loss, I would use it.
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Re: Help identify this UHF dipole

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Jim202 wrote:I believe that Bill meant to say an antenna range and not a firing range.

Jim
Yep. We had a chamber at GM Proving Grounds we called the firing range to blast cars and trucks with RF. It was also used by other groups to test their antennas.
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