In message , Tom Rutherford
writes

"Irv Finkleman" wrote in message
...
Consider the fact that as it is on a balcony, I assume there is a building
with
a balcony on the side, then you would do with a simple dipole as any
signal sent into the building is only wasted. I am not sure but it would
probably have a good off balcony signal pattern too -- better than most
other antenna arrangements I can think of/

It's cheap and quick and wouldn't take much effort to try.

Irv VE6BP

Quite. There's not much point in striving to achieve omnidirectional
coverage if half the RF will be coming back into the building, and
getting lost.

However, in the interests of minimising interference (to and from the
electrical devices in the building), it might be advantageous to
minimise radiation/reception in that direction by using something at
least 'somewhat' directional - maybe a 2-element yagi, or an HB9CV?
http://www.mydarc.de/dk7zb/HB9CV/Details-HB9CV.htm
http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...wa5UtoJ:www.wr
aith.sf.ca.us/electronics/radio/+hb9cv+antenna+144&cd=8&hl=en&ct=clnk&sou
rce=www.google.com
and hundreds more.

I might just go that direction, Irv, depending on how things look with other
designs. Thanks!

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Ian