In planning a tower for my site, The idea came up to mount my 2m verticals on side mounts. The question I have is when I do mount a vertical on the tower, can I mount the antenna upside down so that
Sure. The only thing to be REALLY aware of is water migration. Since the antenna isn't designed to be mounted inverted, you'll have to seal everything REALLY well and provide water runoff paths. Vapo
....first time I saw an upside down vertical for two meters was when I went off to college, a ham had his mag mount upside down in his closet...from then on it seems I have spotted them often! Why no
I especially like the VHF verticals on a mast coming out of a rotator - "I'm turning my vertical in your direction...". Just saw an example last week. Cheers, Steve K7LXC -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.co
Author: Bill Jackson" <k9rz@probe.net (Bill Jackson)
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 19:32:41 -0600
Jonathan, If memory serves me correctly, some of the higher end commercial antenna manufacturers state that the vertical radiation pattern is designed for a specific orientation of the antenna. Inver
I've seen 2 M J-pole antennas mounted "upside down" on a offset mount near the top of a tower. Since the J-pole is essentially a 1/2 wave vertical, end fed, the radiation would be the same in either
The only time I ever saw a ground plane in an inverted position,that was installed thaty way on purpose, was at the top of Haleakala on Maui(KH6). Elevation 10,000 ft.The reason it was installed that