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Its strange that I don't recall seeing that Cebik article before, I'm pretty sure I read them all at one point or another...

I was never fond of the 5/8 over 1/4 or 1/2 collinear idea. I think part of it was I was worried about how the extra 1/8 wavelength of out of phase currents would mess with the collinear effect...

There is also an optimal length for said collinear sections to be apart, and in most cases, the 1/2 over 1/2 wavelength or 1/2 over 1/4 wavelength setups are naturally very close to said optimal distance between current nodes to begin with. Putting a 5/8 wavelength section on top instead would necessarily push said points even further apart countering any said benefit some people have set in their minds that they would get from using a 5/8 wavelength section, or so I think...

But then I have my own thoughts on what vertical is better for what, and with who I am responding to, I would just be preaching to the choir I think...

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<blockquote data-quote="The DB" data-source="post: 855211" data-attributes="member: 21346">Its strange that I don&#039;t recall seeing that Cebik article before, I&#039;m pretty sure I read them all at one point or another...I was never fond of the 5/8 over 1/4 or 1/2 collinear idea.&nbsp; I think part of it was I was worried about how the extra 1/8 wavelength of out of phase currents would mess with the collinear effect...There is also an optimal length for said collinear sections to be apart, and in most cases, the 1/2 over 1/2 wavelength or 1/2 over 1/4 wavelength setups are naturally very close to said optimal distance between current nodes to begin with. Putting a 5/8 wavelength section on top instead would necessarily push said points even further apart countering any said benefit some people have set in their minds that they would get from using a 5/8 wavelength section, or so I think...But then I have my own thoughts on what vertical is better for what, and with who I am responding to, I would just be preaching to the choir I think...The DB</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The DB, post: 855211, member: 21346"] Its strange that I don't recall seeing that Cebik article before, I'm pretty sure I read them all at one point or another... I was never fond of the 5/8 over 1/4 or 1/2 collinear idea. I think part of it was I was worried about how the extra 1/8 wavelength of out of phase currents would mess with the collinear effect... There is also an optimal length for said collinear sections to be apart, and in most cases, the 1/2 over 1/2 wavelength or 1/2 over 1/4 wavelength setups are naturally very close to said optimal distance between current nodes to begin with. Putting a 5/8 wavelength section on top instead would necessarily push said points even further apart countering any said benefit some people have set in their minds that they would get from using a 5/8 wavelength section, or so I think... But then I have my own thoughts on what vertical is better for what, and with who I am responding to, I would just be preaching to the choir I think... The DB [/QUOTE]

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