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The good old half-wave Center feed dipole.
It was interesting to see the gain vs other antennas.
Hard to beat a dipole.
I would expect similar results vs. the ever-popular 5/8th's vertical. I would guess the 5/8th's not to beat the vertical dipole by much more than a 1 dB increase if that much.
Many dollars spent for very little gain when erected at the same height above ground.
Thanks, Gent's
All the Best
Gary

<blockquote data-quote="BJ radionut" data-source="post: 706823" data-attributes="member: 7026">The good old half-wave Center feed dipole.&nbsp;It was interesting to see the gain vs other antennas.Hard to beat a dipole.I would expect similar results vs. the ever-popular 5/8th&#039;s vertical. I would guess the 5/8th&#039;s not to beat the vertical dipole by much more than a 1 dB increase if that much.Many dollars spent for very little gain when erected at the same height above ground.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f617.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":whistle:" title="Whistling&nbsp; &nbsp; :whistle:"&nbsp; data-smilie="29"data-shortname=":whistle:" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f923.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":ROFLMAO:" title="ROFL&nbsp; &nbsp; :ROFLMAO:"&nbsp; data-smilie="22"data-shortname=":ROFLMAO:" />Thanks, Gent&#039;sAll the BestGary</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BJ radionut, post: 706823, member: 7026"] The good old half-wave Center feed dipole. It was interesting to see the gain vs other antennas. Hard to beat a dipole. I would expect similar results vs. the ever-popular 5/8th's vertical. I would guess the 5/8th's not to beat the vertical dipole by much more than a 1 dB increase if that much. Many dollars spent for very little gain when erected at the same height above ground.:whistle::ROFLMAO: Thanks, Gent's All the Best Gary [/QUOTE]

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