Correct. Don't do that with UHF. Can't imagine that the TV splitters held up too long under any real power ;-)
Chuck WB2EDV ----- Original Message ----- From: "larynl2" <lar...@hotmail.com> To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 10:12 PM Subject: Fw: Re: [Repeater-Builder] 2 meter folded dipoles for multi bay design information needed > One comment if I may, I noticed the UHF version shown had the dipoles > spaced around the mast instead of directly one above the other. Spacing > around the mast like that at this frequency gives very bad vertical and > horizontal patterns and much reduced gain. That's because the horizontal > displacement between dipoles is a large fraction of a wavelength. > > Laryn K8TVZ > >
