[SixClub] [AR52MHZ] RE: Best 6m Mobile Antenna?

[donroden at hiwaay.net]

I would think a simpler solution would be a six meter dipole in the  
horizomtal plane. It already has 3db gain over a single halo, but then  
you loose the advantage of omni directional ( although lower gain ) of  
the halo.

Taling this futher, if you could mount a six meter beam facing forward  
along the front-to-rear axis of the car, ( much like grid square  
rovers do ) then as long as you were facing the other station, things  
would be great.

Unfortunatly, roads seldom cooperate.

Don WA4NPL






Quoting kd4e <doc at kd4e.com>:

> Properly oriented would you say the advantage over a
> single vertical would be 10%, 20%, 30%, or greater?
>
> I am trying to estimate the value-added of the added
> complexity.
>
>> You would see a figure eight pattern much like a dipole.
>> Great if the other station is in the main lobe, but bad
>> if in the null.   You could always find a parking lot and
>> drive in circles until you found the peak.
>>
>> DOn WA4NPL
>>
>> Quoting kd4e <doc at kd4e.com>:
>>
>>> What might one see from co-phasing a pair of 6m mobile
>>> verticals (side by side vs the problematic vertical
>>> stacking)?
>
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> .Thanks! & 73, doc, KD4E
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