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just thinking .........

could a 5/8 center fed dipole (similar to the gainmaster) be used as the driven element on a beam ? im guessing the reflector and director(s) would have to be longer because of the physical length of the driven element . since the gainmaster is supposed to have 1 or 2 db of gain over other 5/8's and a typical 5/8 had 1.5 db of gain over a typical 1/2 wl dipole would there be 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 db of gain over a typical beam with the same number of elements ? would the broad bandness of the gainmaster also benefit a beam based on it ?

im guessing the extra 4 ft of length over typical 18ish ft elements is a fair trade off for a extra 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 db of gain . heck some cbers might like that its a bigger more imposing looking antenna , LOL . i wonder if sirio has any plans to release a beam like this ... ? it would probally cost $200 more than a typical beam with the same number of elements though ........ coax and fiberglass is expensive :bdh:

am i onto something ???? or just showing my stupidity again ?

<blockquote data-quote="BOOTY MONSTER" data-source="post: 327768">just thinking .........<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:"&nbsp; data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" />could a 5/8 center fed dipole (similar to the gainmaster) be used as the driven element on a beam ? im guessing the reflector and director(s) would have to be longer because of the physical length of the driven element . since the gainmaster is supposed to have 1 or 2 db of gain over other 5/8&#039;s and a typical 5/8 had 1.5 db of gain over a typical 1/2 wl dipole would there be 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 db of gain over a typical beam with the same number of elements ? would the broad bandness of the gainmaster also benefit a beam based on it ?im guessing the extra 4 ft of length over typical 18ish ft elements is a fair trade off for a extra 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 db of gain . heck some cbers might like that its a bigger more imposing looking antenna , LOL . i wonder if sirio has any plans to release a beam like this ... ? it would probally cost $200 more than a typical beam with the same number of elements though ........ coax and fiberglass is expensive <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f606.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":lol:" title="Laugh&nbsp; &nbsp; :lol:"&nbsp; data-smilie="19"data-shortname=":lol:" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f606.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":lol:" title="Laugh&nbsp; &nbsp; :lol:"&nbsp; data-smilie="19"data-shortname=":lol:" />:bdh:am i onto something ???? or just showing my stupidity again ? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f606.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":lol:" title="Laugh&nbsp; &nbsp; :lol:"&nbsp; data-smilie="19"data-shortname=":lol:" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f606.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":lol:" title="Laugh&nbsp; &nbsp; :lol:"&nbsp; data-smilie="19"data-shortname=":lol:" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f606.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":lol:" title="Laugh&nbsp; &nbsp; :lol:"&nbsp; data-smilie="19"data-shortname=":lol:" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="BOOTY MONSTER, post: 327768"] just thinking .........:eek: could a 5/8 center fed dipole (similar to the gainmaster) be used as the driven element on a beam ? im guessing the reflector and director(s) would have to be longer because of the physical length of the driven element . since the gainmaster is supposed to have 1 or 2 db of gain over other 5/8's and a typical 5/8 had 1.5 db of gain over a typical 1/2 wl dipole would there be 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 db of gain over a typical beam with the same number of elements ? would the broad bandness of the gainmaster also benefit a beam based on it ? im guessing the extra 4 ft of length over typical 18ish ft elements is a fair trade off for a extra 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 db of gain . heck some cbers might like that its a bigger more imposing looking antenna , LOL . i wonder if sirio has any plans to release a beam like this ... ? it would probally cost $200 more than a typical beam with the same number of elements though ........ coax and fiberglass is expensive :lol::lol::bdh: am i onto something ???? or just showing my stupidity again ? :lol::lol::lol::D [/QUOTE]

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