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   Al Kaiser to All   
   MFJ-1775 Dipole   
   18 Oct 16 06:26:33   
   
   Anyone have any experience with this antenna.  It is a 2 meter to 40 meter   
   rotorable dipole that I am considering putting up on the top of the tower.   
      
   I have an unused coax up there now that I've removed the 435 MHz beam that   
   never worked out.  The dipole is about 14 feet long.   
      
   Any one have one and how does it perform?  It would be at about 65 feet so well   
   in open air.   
      
   Nother question for you antenna experts.  Lets say you take a 1/2 wave vertical   
   flip it horizontally and mount it like a dipole but still feed it like a   
   vertical from the bottom, how then would it radiate?  Would part of the signal   
   radiate into the ground?  Or would it radiate like a one element beam that   
   you could rotate and point in the directon you want to shoot the signal toward?   
      
   Just a thought, not planning on trying it but would be interesting to know how   
   it would perform.   
      
   Thanks...   
      
    -=>  Al Kaiser  n1api@cox.net  <=-   
      
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   Al Kaiser - Meriden, CT, 18-Oct-2016 at 6:26.   
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