I am looking at a 1080. It is being used in the computer room. All of the
elements are in two, parallel planes that are each normal to earth. In
other words, flat. On high-VHF (channel 12, here) there is little F/B
ratio, but that has not been a problem. The chances of needing to reject a
high-VHF station (at 180 degrees) on the same frequency is slim. The
antenna is a stout, little, two-bay broadside array with reflector mostly
effective on UHF.

I provided a detailed set of measurements in another message. 73, Mac
N8TT

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"JB" wrote:

While the 1080 UHF is fairly sharp with some potential gain, the VHF
elements seem to be little more than "rabbit ears" - In fact it is a swept
dipole, so will be bi-directional and easily pick up reflections from
behind
and around you..

I'm a bit confused on your remark above.

Looks to me like the 1080 is perfectly flat antenna.
Where do you see any bending or sweeping of elements?