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Hmm. The cynic in me sees that as Market-twaddle.

Lowering the angle of radiation doesn't increase overall gain, just the angle of take off of the biggest lobe.

The cynic in me thinks that its one of two things:

1) He's comparing it to a vertical dipole so you lose the advantage of gain over ground and

2) what he is actually meaning is that at X degrees it has 3dB gain over a dipole. However as you raise a horizontal dipole its gain increases at lower take off angles.

[QUOTE="M0GVZ, post: 461102, member: 22312"] Hmm. The cynic in me sees that as Market-twaddle. Lowering the angle of radiation doesn't increase overall gain, just the angle of take off of the biggest lobe. The cynic in me thinks that its one of two things: 1) He's comparing it to a vertical dipole so you lose the advantage of gain over ground and 2) what he is actually meaning is that at X degrees it has 3dB gain over a dipole. However as you raise a horizontal dipole its gain increases at lower take off angles. [/QUOTE]

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