I have a few with all the dipoles pointed into the tower and one wavelength off the tower at the transmit frequency and it works just fine and is fairly omni. some DB-224's on 220 and some on two meters. 73 Russ, W3CH
> There will ALWAYS be some null in the direction of the tower at any > practical distance away from it at 2M. I think the idea of facing the > dipoles toward the tower is a way of putting maximum signal toward a > known weaker area. The pattern will never be omni with a side mount, > but we can try....... > > Someone on the list had their 224 configured that way....can't > remember who. > > Laryn K8TVZ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/