Orienting the elements as you have indicated is fine - like North, East, South, West (except they don't have to actually point those compass directions).
I remain concerned about the resonance and VSWR. It will be interesting to see if flipping the upside-down element fixes this problem. I won't be surprised if it doesn't, but for your sake, I hope that's all it is. You didn't say what kind of feedline and how long the run is. I'm assuming that the VSWR reading was taken in the shack. However, if there's a lot of line loss, and the VSWR was taken on the ground, you could actually have a worse VSWR than you think. Chuck WB2EDV ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kruser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 5:50 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: DB-224 problem > Below is some information on the antenna setup. As I said earlier, I > have one element upside down. I do need to know one other thing! > Around the pole I have the elements at 90 degrees from each other as > this is a top mount and not on the side! Is this a problem?????? > > The antenna is top mounted on Rohn 45 tower and the elements spaced > at 90 degrees from each other around the pole. Spacing going up the > pole is according to the diagram from the files of this site. Factory > harness which measures out ok for the band and has markings of 11 and > I think maybe 83 which I suppose indicate 50 and 75 ohm cable. The > antenna is used but I have checked all connections and fittings. I > will change the element around on Monday but for some reason I am > second guessing myself on the 90 degree turn. Should it be 180 > degrees and is so which elements line up? My knowledge is limited > when it comes to antennas. > Randy > W4CPT >
