Jeff, Do I understand you to then also reject the idea that an omnidirectional colinear antenna, top-mounted on a basic metal pole, is bogus to claim 6 dBd gain in all directions at the same time?
The convention is to measure gain at the horizon. The extra power focused by a colinear at the horizon comes from high radiation angles considered useless, not some compass bearings at the expense of others. 73, Paul, AE4KR ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff DePolo To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 6:11 PM Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] DB-224 patterns on side of tower. I'm not trying to pick a fight here, but this seems to defy the laws of physics. There would have to be nulls that were quite deep elsewhere in the pattern aside from the four azimuths you cited if those values were indeed valid. .
