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It is my understanding the 5/8 wave antenna produce some gain vs the 1/4 and 1/2 wave vertical due to a slightly lower angle of radiation...thus some gain at lower angles.
This gain is not my goal...it would produce only a slight increase in local radiation patterns. 1 db or so? My goal is purely dx, I want the lower angle for working dx. My location is at waters edge and reading the YF1AR website verticals at saltwater have a very low angle of radiation.
Has anyone ever looked at using a 5/8 radiator with a reflector to get more gain...a vertical beam? using one vertical radiator and another as a director or reflector? As I look at the sirio gain master it appears to mr to be a 1/2 wave vertical dipole? Is this correct? Looks to be center fed up in the Fiberglas pole...or it may be an OCF dipole....not sure if the feed point is exactly centered. From my reading it may be a better starting point for using as a vertical dipole than the 5/8 maco copy.

<blockquote data-quote="ghutch" data-source="post: 399269" data-attributes="member: 15022">It is my understanding the 5/8 wave antenna produce some gain vs the 1/4 and 1/2 wave vertical due to a slightly lower angle of radiation...thus some gain at lower angles.This gain is not my goal...it would produce only a slight increase in local radiation patterns. 1 db or so? My goal is purely dx, I want the lower angle for working dx. My location is at waters edge and reading the YF1AR website verticals at saltwater have a very low angle of radiation.Has anyone ever looked at using a 5/8 radiator with a reflector to get more gain...a vertical beam? using one vertical radiator and another as a director or reflector?&nbsp; As I look at the sirio gain master it appears to mr to be a 1/2 wave vertical dipole? Is this correct? Looks to be center fed up in the Fiberglas pole...or it may be an OCF dipole....not sure if the feed point is exactly centered. From my reading it may be a better starting point for using as a vertical dipole than the 5/8 maco copy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ghutch, post: 399269, member: 15022"] It is my understanding the 5/8 wave antenna produce some gain vs the 1/4 and 1/2 wave vertical due to a slightly lower angle of radiation...thus some gain at lower angles. This gain is not my goal...it would produce only a slight increase in local radiation patterns. 1 db or so? My goal is purely dx, I want the lower angle for working dx. My location is at waters edge and reading the YF1AR website verticals at saltwater have a very low angle of radiation. Has anyone ever looked at using a 5/8 radiator with a reflector to get more gain...a vertical beam? using one vertical radiator and another as a director or reflector? As I look at the sirio gain master it appears to mr to be a 1/2 wave vertical dipole? Is this correct? Looks to be center fed up in the Fiberglas pole...or it may be an OCF dipole....not sure if the feed point is exactly centered. From my reading it may be a better starting point for using as a vertical dipole than the 5/8 maco copy. [/QUOTE]

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