There are others on this list who could site engineering theory to prove your suggestion to be not efficient.
My approach is more basic -- effectiveness and cost. If your idea would work, the commercial two way world would implement it. Why? Because tower real estate is expensive. If placing 4 beams at the same height around the tower would work well, think of the number of users that could share a tower. Yet it's not being done. My hunch is that you would do as well with a unity gain antenna mounted well away from the tower. Chuck WB2EDV ----- Original Message ----- From: "w9mwq" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 9:27 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Antenna Thoughts > I have a crazy thought, but I want to get some opinions. Here is > what I am thinking, only becuase I can construct them very cheaply. > As opposed to using a verticle, what would I expect if I used 4 10 > element verticle beams, one point to NWSE, coupled with a power > divider. My objective in this thought is to foward the gain to the > areas that are of most interest. I am sure that I will see a few > dead areas, but should be minimal. Has anyone had any expierience > with this. This is for a 2 meter repeater, antennas will be up > about 100 feet. Fed with 7'8" hardline. Thanks. > > Mathew > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
