Hi Eric, Hmmm, don't think I said above the station, but if I implied it, no, it's horizontal. I can look out the window & see it!
Nate - I only tried the 'ham quality' antenna because I knew it would be a better match than the DB224. It was easy to change, standing on a 6' ladder! Just wanted to see if a poor swr would induce the desense. There are no other communications systems within miles of my location, so who knows. Perhaps the metal building is the problem. A side question, dealing with separation. Obviously, when you are using a split site, vertical separation makes you a lot more $ than horizontal does. But, in this type of situation, where you are a single antenna with a duplexer, what real difference does vertical or horizontal separation from the station make? If I'm horizontal, & could turn the whole system on it's side (including the antenna system), then it would be vertical. The straws that I'm grasping are getting smaller!! Thanks to all! Tim W5FN
