I agree with Joe, but I believe if mounted as designed, the performance, while not earth shaking, will be much better than a mobile antenna with radials. de Lee K4LJP
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 9:24 AM, wd8chl <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 6/9/2010 7:08 AM, Joe wrote: > > Mounting the Squalo vertically will probably give you some sort of wierd > > directional pattern, not good for a repeater. I would opt for a ground > > plane or base loaded mobile whip mounted over a set of 3 or 4 1/4 wave > > ground radials. > > > > What is your height restriction? How for are you from metal above and > > below the place you want to mount the antenna? For example, if your > > going to be very close to an antenna just above your 6 meter antenna > > there may be a lot of interaction. > > > > 73, Joe, K1ike > > > > > > On 6/9/2010 6:50 AM, cruizzer77 wrote: > >> Can anybody tell me something about squalos for repeater usage? > > Like Joe said, you'll get a funny pattern. A 'Squalo' (just a squared > off halo) will have a sort of donut pattern, with notches above and > below when mounted normally. Mounting it vertically will result in > notches in the direction of the loops. In fact, you wind up with a > direction finding loop! They're virtually identical! > > Jim > > > -- "Always drink upstream from the herd."
