Richard Clark wrote:

Hi Dale,

I couldn't resist.

If you make the rhombic with stretchable mounting points (and do not
load the end of the rhombic, so as to make it bi-directional) you can
change the major axis. This would alter EW to NS, and, I bet, if you
didn't stretch it strictly to the typical elongated axis (the major
axis) you would probably fill in the lobes in between.

However, this (admittedly rube Goldberg design) and the original
suggestion of a rhombic seems prohibitive in a neighborhood already
far too sensitive to even a quarterwave vertical.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

One thing the newcomers to the group should know, and this information
should be passed on on a regular basis, is that Richard is one of the
most intelligent people here. Unfortunately, he is about the least
helpful person here. He seldom answers questions directly, although he
will try to pretend he is trying to make you learn something. He is
not, he is simply showing you how much more knowledgeable he is than
everyone else.

In this case the poster could not put up a quarter wave, and asked about
putting up a long wire. Obviously if the poster couldn't put up a
long wire, a flexible rhombic, which is absurd on the face of it, would
be absolutely unacceptable.

tom
K0TAR


tom
K0TAR