Thanks for the info... dipoles are not my area of expertise... I can certainly see where the spacing could be an issue. I guess I wasn't thinking. Would probably make a pattern like a fur-ball now that I think about it. I do phased verticals in meduim wave, AM broadcast = long wavelengths. So I am kind of out of my element here. Do you maybe have any suggestions for Warren? Certainly someone with more knowledge will speak up now that he has better quantified the question....
mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laryn Lohman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 11:54 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Antenna > --- In [email protected], "Mike Perryman K5JMP" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I would suggest that you get four dipole array, and space them > evenly around >> the tower... >> > > Mike, don't you think that this might produce a strange pattern? DB > Products does not recommend taking their DB411 and 413 models, for > example, and moving the dipoles around the support pole for this > reason. The horizontal displacement of the dipoles in terms of > wavelength becomes significant at 70cm. At 2m this displacement is > not significant so moving the dipoles around the pole for omni > coverage is OK. > > At 6m and below, it might work pretty well to space the dipoles around > the tower, depending on the cross-section of the tower. DB offers > this method as an option for it's low band dipoles. > > Laryn K8TVZ > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > 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/
