Responding to Terry's off list questions, since he had questions I need to answer I figured others might too.
The antenna is mounted vertically with the reflecters on the side away from the transmitters. A line drawn through the thin dimention of the board from it's middle should aim at the source. I agree the dimentions don't add up, I just measured up from the bottom end and estimated the free remainder at the top. I'll have to go home tonight and actually measure the free end more carefully. However the element spacings, 5-1/4 inches are probably the only dimentions that are even close to critical along with the element length and angles. My wife has seen even the width between the mounting points, thus the spacing of the feeder wires, vary up to an inch. There are also designs for Two bay" units for longer distances, if enough folks want those detailed, we'll check it out. Tom Fowle ----- Forwarded message from Terry Klarich <[email protected]> ----- To: Tom Fowle <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Build a T.V. antenna. Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:02:11 -0500 From: Terry Klarich <[email protected]> Hey Tom: Thanks for the discription of the antenna. I do have a question though about the antenna's placement. Are you saying that the antenna is to be mounted virtically with the reflecters facing the transmitting station and the opend ends of the V elements facing away? If so, I can see why you said the antenna looks like it sees the sky. Also, I am not clear on the measurements. The plans call for a 22" board. You will have 2" on one end and 1" left on the other. So, 2+5 1/4 + 5 1/4 + 5 1/4 + 1 is 18 3/4 not 22. Am I missing something? I have 3 1/2" unaccounted for. Many Thanks: Terry ----- End forwarded message -----
