That's incorrect.
The height above ground will determine the angle of maximum radiation,
which will be different than for the dipole alone.
He said the dipole was oriented E-W ... so South/North would be
maximum radiation for the dipole.
Side rejection is irrelevant to his question.
73
Don
N8DE
Quoting Michael Goins <wmgoins@gmail.com>:
> Shouldn't be as strong as the pattern will bend toward the opposite
> direction. Has little to do with height above ground, etc.
>
> But it won't make a lot of difference either, as it's in the side rejection
> area and one director won't tighten the pattern a lot.
>
> Mike, k5wmg
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> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 7:40 PM, <n8de@thepoint.net> wrote:
>
>> Depends ... on height above ground ... spacing between elements ...
>> feed impedance matching ... etc.
>>
>> 73
>> Don
>> N8DE
>>
>>
>>
>> Quoting Tom Osborne <w7why@frontier.com>:
>>
>> > OK, this may be a dumb question, but I've been wondering.
>> >
>>
>>
>> > Say I put up a dipole going E and W, and there's an S-9 signal on the
>> dipole
>> > coming from the South.
>> >
>> > If I put a director in front of the dipole, will the signal still be S-9
>> on
>> > the dipole?
>> >
>> > Just wonderin'. 73
>> > Tom W7WHY
>> >
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