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Old 30-Sep-2013, 10:07 PM   #2
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Given the age of the antenna, it's possible that it's engineered for the older UHF band (CH-14 to CH-83). Still, it looks like it's in great condition. I don't know the make or model number, but a 14 director Yagi should give you the gain you've estimated.

Here is the output from "VK5DJ's YAGI CALCULATOR"

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VK5DJ's YAGI CALCULATOR

Yagi design frequency =600.00 MHz
Wavelength =500 mm
Parasitic elements contacting a square section metal boom 25.00 mm across.
Folded dipole mounted same as directors and reflector
Director/reflector diam =6 mm
Radiator diam =6 mm

ELEMENT LENGTHS AND SPACING
The abbreviation "IT" means "Insert To", it is the construction distance from the element tip to the edge of the boom for through boom mounting

Reflector
262 mm long at boom position = 30 mm  (IT = 118.5 mm)

Radiator
Single dipole 232 mm tip to tip at boom posn =130 mm 	(IT = 103.5 mm)
Folded dipole 257 mm tip to tip at boom posn =130 mm 	(IT = 116.0 mm)

Dir	Length	Spaced	Boom position	IT	Gain	Gain
(no.)	(mm)	(mm)	(mm)		(mm)	(dBd)	(dBi)
1	230	37	167		102.5	5.4	7.6
2	227	90	257		101.0	6.9	9.1
3	225	107	365		100.0	8.1	10.2
4	222	125	490		98.5	9.1	11.2
5	220	140	630		97.5	9.9	12.1
6	218	150	779		96.5	10.7	12.8
7	216	157	937		95.5	11.3	13.4
8	214	165	1102		94.5	11.8	14.0
9	213	172	1274		94.0	12.3	14.5
10	211	180	1454		93.0	12.8	14.9
11	210	187	1641		92.5	13.2	15.3
12	209	192	1834		92.0	13.6	15.7
13	207	195	2029		91.0	13.9	16.1
14	206	197	2226		90.5	14.2	16.4

Spacings measured centre to centre from previous element
Tolerance for element lengths is +/- 1 mm

Boom position is the mounting point for each element as measured
from the rear of the boom and includes the 30 mm overhang.The total boom length is 2256 mm including two overhangs

The beam's estimated 3dB beamwidth is 31 deg

A half wave 4:1 balun uses 0.75 velocity factor RG-6 (foam PE)  and is 187 mm long plus leads

Here are some construction details for a folded dipole

Measurements are taken from the inside of bends
Folded dipole length measured tip to tip = 257mm
Total rod length =543mm
Centre of rod=272mm
Distance HI=GF=106mm
Distance HA=GE=133mm
Distance HB=GD=161mm
Distance HC=GC=272mm
Gap at HG=10mm
Bend diameter BI=DF=35mm

If the dipole is considered as a flat plane (see ARRL Antenna Handbook) then its resonant frequency is less than the flat plane algorithm's range of 10:1
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