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Well Homer, you're right to a degree. That is all I can come up with unless y'all were using Needle Bender's idea...using the florescent light bulb and mapping the results. :thumbdown:

Right now I'm covered up in models, just trying to get the A/P - Merlin models equal in their settings and trying to make the comparison as fair as I can.

I wasn't expecting all this when the Merlin idea popped up, so I was not preparied. It turns out now that I had to consider using a mast in the project, because the A/P requires a mast as part of the antenna matching.

When I added the mast to the Merlin @ 36' feet, where I made the previous models, the Merlin pattern went to heck in a hand basket and I think that has something to do with that particular height at 27.205, but I can't prove that. That said, and I hadn't even started on trying to get the two models on an even par with the settings.

But I took a break and checked out your request for the dipole vs. Merlin at 43' feet to the tips. Notice I isolated (ISO) the mast from the antenna to help duplicate your Merlin setup.

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<blockquote data-quote="Marconi" data-source="post: 402343" data-attributes="member: 903">Well Homer, you&#039;re right to a degree. That is all I can come up with unless y&#039;all were using Needle Bender&#039;s idea...using the florescent light bulb and mapping the results. :thumbdown:&nbsp;Right now I&#039;m covered up in models, just trying to get the A/P - Merlin models equal in their settings and trying to make the comparison as fair as I can.&nbsp;I wasn&#039;t expecting all this when the Merlin idea popped up, so I was not preparied. It turns out now that I had to consider using a mast in the project, because the A/P requires a mast as part of the antenna matching. &nbsp;When I added the mast to the Merlin @ 36&#039; feet, where I made the previous models, the Merlin pattern went to heck in a hand basket and I think that has something to do with that particular height at 27.205, but I can&#039;t prove that. That said, and I hadn&#039;t even started on trying to get the two models on an even par with the settings.&nbsp;But I took a break and checked out your request for the dipole vs. Merlin at 43&#039; feet to the tips. Notice I isolated (ISO) the mast from the antenna to help duplicate your Merlin setup.&nbsp;[ATTACH]8743[/ATTACH]&nbsp;How say you?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Marconi, post: 402343, member: 903"] Well Homer, you're right to a degree. That is all I can come up with unless y'all were using Needle Bender's idea...using the florescent light bulb and mapping the results. :thumbdown: Right now I'm covered up in models, just trying to get the A/P - Merlin models equal in their settings and trying to make the comparison as fair as I can. I wasn't expecting all this when the Merlin idea popped up, so I was not preparied. It turns out now that I had to consider using a mast in the project, because the A/P requires a mast as part of the antenna matching. When I added the mast to the Merlin @ 36' feet, where I made the previous models, the Merlin pattern went to heck in a hand basket and I think that has something to do with that particular height at 27.205, but I can't prove that. That said, and I hadn't even started on trying to get the two models on an even par with the settings. But I took a break and checked out your request for the dipole vs. Merlin at 43' feet to the tips. Notice I isolated (ISO) the mast from the antenna to help duplicate your Merlin setup. [ATTACH]8743.vB[/ATTACH] How say you? [/QUOTE]

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