We strongly encouraged the gent to NOT use the TV splitters lol... The dipole spacing from the mast and the configuration of the dipoles around the mast was also in question...
I guess the biggest upside to this "project" antenna is that all of the parts are readily available at Home Depot or Lowes, with the exception of the type F female Tee adapters which run a few bucks each online from L-com or Pasternack... The ones on eBay are just too short to fit a rubber weather bushing on to and expect it not to crush under the thread clearance - just a bit too short of threads for my liking. On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Chuck Kelsey <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Correct. Don't do that with UHF. > > Can't imagine that the TV splitters held up too long under any real power > ;-) > > Chuck > WB2EDV > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "larynl2" <[email protected] <larynl%40hotmail.com>> > To: <[email protected] <Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com> > > > Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 10:12 PM > Subject: Fw: Re: [Repeater-Builder] 2 meter folded dipoles for multi bay > design information needed > > > One comment if I may, I noticed the UHF version shown had the dipoles > > spaced around the mast instead of directly one above the other. Spacing > > around the mast like that at this frequency gives very bad vertical and > > horizontal patterns and much reduced gain. That's because the horizontal > > displacement between dipoles is a large fraction of a wavelength. > > > > Laryn K8TVZ > > > > > > >
