taco6513 Posted May 18, 2021 Report Posted May 18, 2021 I found this listing on Craig's list for this. He has DB-420 antenna's for sale for $300 each. He did tower work for a living and has retired from the business. He is selling off items around his shop. I have have purchased 6 of them last week. Please don't contact him unless you are serious about a purchase. He said he has many more. Name is Charlie. The Email is ct469911@gmail.com I am posting this because these antennas have been to hard to find. I hope this helps someone. WRCW870 Quote
SkylinesSuck Posted May 19, 2021 Report Posted May 19, 2021 Got a link to the CL add? What's his location? Quote
tweiss3 Posted May 19, 2021 Report Posted May 19, 2021 The comscope antennas are wonderful commercial antennas. Note, however, they are designed as repeater site antennas. They are designed to be mounted 100+ feet high and have a downward radiation pattern. The DB-420 has 11db of gain, but down. It is documented at 7 degrees of vertical bandwidth. I just wanted to warn people this is not an ideal antenna for a base station without considerable modification, and it should not be taken lightly. SkylinesSuck and wayoverthere 2 Quote
n4gix Posted May 22, 2021 Report Posted May 22, 2021 Now that's some serious stock of antennas! Quote
OlympiaFL Posted July 8 Report Posted July 8 any still available, we are in need of two for future repeaters in SE Florida Quote
SteveShannon Posted July 8 Report Posted July 8 On 5/18/2021 at 6:37 AM, taco6513 said: I found this listing on Craig's list for this. He has DB-420 antenna's for sale for $300 each. He did tower work for a living and has retired from the business. He is selling off items around his shop. I have have purchased 6 of them last week. Please don't contact him unless you are serious about a purchase. He said he has many more. Name is Charlie. The Email is ct469911@gmail.com I am posting this because these antennas have been to hard to find. I hope this helps someone. WRCW870 2 hours ago, OlympiaFL said: any still available, we are in need of two for future repeaters in SE Florida Given that it’s more than three years ago, you would probably have to check Craig’s List as mentioned in the original post. Quote
COBrien Posted July 8 Report Posted July 8 On 5/19/2021 at 8:45 AM, tweiss3 said: The comscope antennas are wonderful commercial antennas. Note, however, they are designed as repeater site antennas. They are designed to be mounted 100+ feet high and have a downward radiation pattern. The DB-420 has 11db of gain, but down. It is documented at 7 degrees of vertical bandwidth. I just wanted to warn people this is not an ideal antenna for a base station without considerable modification, and it should not be taken lightly. Reviewing CommScope's documentation, I read that as +/- 7° from horizontal, 14° total. Did I misunderstand? EDIT: I see this post is from 3+ years ago. That's what I get for not checking dates before posting... Quote
SteveShannon Posted July 8 Report Posted July 8 33 minutes ago, COBrien said: Reviewing CommScope's documentation, I read that as +/- 7° from horizontal, 14° total. Did I misunderstand? EDIT: I see this post is from 3+ years ago. That's what I get for not checking dates before posting... Yes, you misunderstood. The vertical width is a total of 7°. According to the documentation the default tilt is 0°, or horizontal. If you want it to have a down tilt you would have to contact the manufacturer and ask them to adjust the phasing harness (I assume they do). Quote
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