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Re: [TowerTalk] Omnidirectional antenna for domestic contests

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Omnidirectional antenna for domestic contests
From: Herbert Schoenbohm <herbert.schoenbohm@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 08:51:03 -0400
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* but any good dipole has a null off the end, so you really need two at right angles to work both S and W. With dipoles, the only thing that really matters is the nulls off the ends.**
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**73, Jim K9YC *

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Can't the end null of dipoles be mitigated by putting up the dipole in a slight 120 degree V configuration. Although I have never seen this modeled for HF, I understand this is how broadcast FM antennas are designed to get an omni directional pattern. The same concept should work at HF as well. Right?


Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
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