Hi Howard,
The DB Products DB-215 antenna would fit That
situation. Two folded dipoles and two 3 element Yagi's
on one phasing harness. The pattern is called a
keyhole pattern with the main lobe having a horizontal
beamwidth of 56degrees. I have a 2 meter version that
I used to use and they work fantastic.
Mike
--- hl31943 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My GMRS repeater will be at the point of a 30 - 40
> degree V formed by
> two mountain ranges about 500' higher than my
> location. Fortunately,
> the town that I want to cover is in the open part of
> the V and about
> 12 miles away. Unfortunately, there is a mountaintop
> about the same
> elevation as my repeater about halfway between the
> town and me, but
> that's life in the mountains.
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> The question is: since I'm trying to cover a 30 - 40
> degree area, a
> five or six element beam fits the bill and I already
> have the beam.
> But, would a four element folded dipole with the
> elements set up for a
> cardioid pattern (let's pretend same gain, roughly
> the same horizontal
> coverage area) work better because of more iron up
> on the tower? I
> don't have a 4 el. antenna, so I'm leaning toward
> the beam. Thoughts?
>
> Howard
> WB4GUD
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