RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: feeding two 120 degree sector antennas

2009-10-10 Thread men...@pa.net
-Builder] Re: feeding two 120 degree sector antennas How about some indication of what you hope to achieve I use a skelol slot I made on .70cm with great success and have used a refletor with good gain on a vertical in the past for a null B fyi http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/5477224

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: feeding two 120 degree sector antennas

2009-10-10 Thread Eric Lemmon
:20 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: feeding two 120 degree sector antennas If i read your post correctly, you are trying to achieve omni coverage and downtilt while maintaining a high level of antenna gain. I think that you will only achieve what you

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: feeding two 120 degree sector antennas

2009-10-10 Thread no6b
At 10/10/2009 07:13, you wrote: Milt, You gave an excellent description of the problem, and I agree that a lower gain antenna is called for. However, there is a dirty little secret regarding fiberglass vertical antennas with electrical downtilt: Their vertical patterns are quite spoky, meaning

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: feeding two 120 degree sector antennas

2009-10-09 Thread Chuck Kelsey
Actually Jeff Depolo is much better versed to explain this than I am. Hopefully he can enter into this thread. I don't have an engineering background, and don't play an engineer on TV. I haven't even stayed at a Holiday Inn Express :-) Chuck WB2EDV - Original Message - From: Matt

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: feeding two 120 degree sector antennas

2009-10-09 Thread Barry
Have you considered a passive reflector ? it might offer the direction and tilt your looking for ( plus a couple of db) To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com From: kc7...@hotmail.com Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 22:55:18 + Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: feeding two 120 degree sector antennas

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: feeding two 120 degree sector antennas

2009-10-09 Thread Barry
How about some indication of what you hope to achieve I use a skelol slot I made on .70cm with great success and have used a refletor with good gain on a vertical in the past for a null B fyi http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/5477224/claims.html To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com From: