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Re: [TowerTalk] Omni Directional Antenna on Tower

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Omni Directional Antenna on Tower
From: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com>
Reply-to: Tom Rauch <w8ji@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 14:43:43 -0500
List-post: <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
> 1)  Putting the repeater's omni antenna on the side of the
tower with a
> cross-arm.  I would need to install a cross-arm and would
have a little shadowing
> from the tower.

The cross arm has to be about 30 feet long to only have a
"little shadowing" at UHF, unless you consider 5-10dB or
more null a "little shadow".

I'd put the antenna on top.

73 Tom

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