Antennas Direct DB8 — Community

#1 Dec 1, 2005 at 1:19 am

Hey Ken,

Any comments about this antenna versus a CM4228?

http://www.antennasdirect.com/DB8_HD_Antenna.html

Thanks

#2 Dec 1, 2005 at 5:29 pm

I have the DB2, which has 1/4 the surface area of the DB8, and am very happy with it's performance-if the antenna is pointed at the transmitter. I get a 90+ signal from towers that are 35mi. away, and almost no signal from a tower that is 4 mi. away but in the opposite direction. That's fine with me because I have all the HD towers in the same direction(3), and that one channel I don't get is not HD anyway. I am sure the DB8 would work great at long distances-but it probably isn't "bi-directional" without a rotor.

Now if they could have just made it so you could flip half the elements to look in the opposite direction, then........

#3 Dec 1, 2005 at 7:31 pm

#4 Dec 1, 2005 at 9:07 pm

Cool!

But how do you think it compares to a CM4228?

Thanks

#5 Dec 1, 2005 at 9:14 pm

#6 Dec 1, 2005 at 9:30 pm

I will throw out that the DB8 appears to have more gain in the upper channels but below about 40 UHF they appear to be roughly the same.

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#7 Dec 1, 2005 at 9:32 pm

Richard- As the net gain graph shows, the DB-8 performs better on the high channels, but the CM4228 performs better on the low channels. The DB-8 costs more, while the 4228 is heavier but has some VHF reception that might be useful. Apart from these things, I consider them interchangeable. -Ken