On Jul 26, 7:37 am, bpnjensen wrote:
On Jul 26, 12:59 am, RHF wrote:

The Question is still out there . . .
Anyone care to venture and Answer ?

I will try, but the answer is simplistic (probably overly so) and
could well be wrong-o.

Given a small urban-suburban Lot with Limited Space.

Mounting one of these two Dipoles with the Center at
the Corner of the Lot with each of the Arms extended
alone adjacent sides {Right Angle} and Sloping down.

Would this Antenna now function more or less like :

1 - A single Inverted "V" Dipole Antenna ?

2 - Two Sloper Antennas set at Right-Angles to each other ?

What would your choice be # 1 or # 2 ?

pondering the imponderable - iane ~ RHF

My guess, and this is because the antenna remains connected at the
center (as opposed to two slopers which would presumably have no
inherent electrical connection) is that it would function more as No.
1. However, because the configuration would force the antenna to be
mounted at an angle, I suspect that the reception pattern would be
askew, not only horizontally but vertically as well. The side lobes
would likely aim upward on the side facing into the yard, and downward
on the side aiming outward from the corner. If you want to get
skywave from the direction of the yard, that could be a very good
thing, although I'm not sure that practically it would make a big
difference.

This is not all that different from what I have, although the legs on
my antenna are only off 180 degrees by a fraction (maybe 10 degrees)
rather than at right angles.

Bruce Jensen

BpnJ - Good Answer - I honestly don't know "if"
It is Right or Wrong -but- It is a Good Answer. )

tyvm ~ RHF