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The short answer is no. Remember the light analogy is not perfect. In the real world with RF there are many more factors to consider. Such as the beamwidth of the second local antenna you're testing against. If it has a wide beamwidth also, then it's more likely to show favorable results to a local 1/4 wave. The easiest way to sum it up is that the closer two antennas are together, the more they will respond to signals at elevation angles other then 0 degrees. Not the angles that will increase signal in distant line of sight communications.

[QUOTE="Shockwave, post: 289373, member: 10882"] The short answer is no. Remember the light analogy is not perfect. In the real world with RF there are many more factors to consider. Such as the beamwidth of the second local antenna you're testing against. If it has a wide beamwidth also, then it's more likely to show favorable results to a local 1/4 wave. The easiest way to sum it up is that the closer two antennas are together, the more they will respond to signals at elevation angles other then 0 degrees. Not the angles that will increase signal in distant line of sight communications. [/QUOTE]

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