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Agree with this for the same reasons.

Have you checked your true location for true north? You may find out you're off a bit which may be a good thing. My location is really NE even though the house which my antenna mast is attached to appears to be true north. This is perfect for me because I want NE broadside for my antenna.

A dipole will provide a broad range of RF on each side. Even a Beam antenna isn't a laser so the RF range from center towards the ends of the antenna isn't as significantly lower in dB gain/loss as one may think.

I get plenty of Europe, Africa, and some middle east Asia along with contacts into the Pacific Islands, Japan and Asia along with many Oceania continents and Islands from just 1 antenna.

If you don't have a compass, there are many free cell phone apps that work just fine.

Good luck!

<blockquote data-quote="fourstringburn" data-source="post: 792716" data-attributes="member: 2920">Agree with this for the same reasons.Have you checked your true location for true north? You may find out you&#039;re off a bit which may be a good thing. My location is really NE even though the house which my antenna mast is attached to appears to be true north. This is perfect for me because I want NE broadside for my antenna.A dipole will provide a broad range of RF on each side. Even a Beam antenna isn&#039;t a laser so the RF range from center towards the ends of the antenna isn&#039;t as significantly lower in dB gain/loss as one may think.I get plenty of Europe, Africa, and some middle east Asia along with contacts into the Pacific Islands, Japan and Asia along with many Oceania continents and Islands from just 1 antenna.If you don&#039;t have a compass, there are many free cell phone apps that work just fine.Good luck!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fourstringburn, post: 792716, member: 2920"] Agree with this for the same reasons. Have you checked your true location for true north? You may find out you're off a bit which may be a good thing. My location is really NE even though the house which my antenna mast is attached to appears to be true north. This is perfect for me because I want NE broadside for my antenna. A dipole will provide a broad range of RF on each side. Even a Beam antenna isn't a laser so the RF range from center towards the ends of the antenna isn't as significantly lower in dB gain/loss as one may think. I get plenty of Europe, Africa, and some middle east Asia along with contacts into the Pacific Islands, Japan and Asia along with many Oceania continents and Islands from just 1 antenna. If you don't have a compass, there are many free cell phone apps that work just fine. Good luck! [/QUOTE]

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