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On 15 Oct 2006 09:26:05 -0700, "art" wrote:


If by tipping or feeding another element in an
array you can move or thicken the main lobe you can increase the gain
of a signal by more than 2 S units then it is certainly worthwhile.

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Not necessarily worthwhile. Remember, if your antenna is optimized for
low-angle weak DX signals, the high-angle signals are going to be much
closer in and therefore much stronger to begin with. If you lose a few
dB on a S-9 signal, it won't matter.

If this was really a good idea, everybody would already be doing it.
As I mentioned before, it might be desirable for someone running QRP
or micropower, but not for most of us at the 100 watt or greater
level. Spend your money on other things.

Bill, W6WRT