On Monday 01 November 2004 01:07 pm, Bob Dengler wrote:
> Cushcraft 4-pole is far from a dummy load. It may be
> mechanically fragile, but it has about the same gain as
> any other comparable dipole array.
I probably shouldn't have made the dummy load comment. Mine
acted like one, but I don't dispute that most of them work
well. I just didn't have any luck with it for unknown
reasons. Thinking it might have a problem in the phasing
harness, I built a new one. That made no significant
difference. Maybe the 4-pole didn't like its surroundings.
> Perhaps you had it adjusted for an omni pattern (each
> dipole rotated 90� from the one beneath it). This will
> NOT work on the UHF 4-pole & will result in a very
> degraded pattern. It ONLY works when the dipoles are all
> lined up.
No, they were all in line. I was (am) more interested in
coverage to the west than anywhere else so I do what I can
to favor that direction.
Paul N1BUG
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