[SixClub] db 212

[Chris Boone]

Were these LARGE dipoles or the size of the DB224 dipoles?
(sounds like the large dipoles if they mounted to the tower itself)

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[mailto:sixclub-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Roger (K8RI)
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 12:02 AM
To: World Wide Six Meter Club
Subject: Re: [SixClub] db 212

Chris Boone wrote:
> A DB212 is a single dipole on lowband...the DB224 is a 4 dipole VHF
Highband
> version...the DB212 uses a -x to denote the number of dipoles...so a
> DB212-2,-3,-4, etc means how many dipoles in the array......on 2mtrs a 224
> is 20ft tall on its mast no matter how they are mounted (they are spaced
> 1/2wl tip to tip); a DB212-4 on lowband is 60-80ft tall depending on
> frequency and must be side mounted on a tower because of their size, etc.
>   

What I saw were 4 folded dipoles, but only two high. Each pair consisted 
of two folded dipoles mounted on opposite sides of the tower at the same 
height.  The spacing appeared to be about the equivalent of one folded 
dipole.