[ICOM] rotatable dippole antenna question

Peter Markavage manualman at juno.com
Tue Oct 23 17:52:44 EDT 2007


It's a dipole so you only have to turn it from 0 to 90 degrees.
Pete, wa2cwa

On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:31:56 -0500 "Dan Cotsirilos K9DTC"
<k9dtc at comcast.net> writes:
> Hi Don
> 
>     I just put up a pair of hamsticks on a rotor. What I am noticing 
> is 
> there is only a need to turn the ant a few degrees to get max?
> 
> 
> Dan K9DTC
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Don Berger" <k1vsk at cox.net>
> To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 4:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] rotatable dippole antenna question
> 
> 
> > many years ago, i built the handbook version of one for 15M and it 
> worked 
> > well at 30m high but then anything works depending on height above 
> ground. 
> > I used it as a reference antenna with which I compared various 
> other 
> > antennas.
> > Don
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Dan Cotsirilos K9DTC" <k9dtc at comcast.net>
> > To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 5:23 PM
> > Subject: [ICOM] rotatable dippole antenna question
> >
> >
> >> Does anyone had experience with using a rotatable dipole?
> >>
> >>
> >> Dan K9DTC
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