On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:04:55 GMT, "Dave" wrote:


"John Ferrell" wrote in message
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Why do we always mount our HF Yagi's in the horizontal plane?
Antenna maintenance would be much easier for those of us with tilt
over towers if the antenna were in the horizontal plane when down for
maintenance!

John Ferrell W8CCW

vertical yagi's work fine... if you can get them far enough away from the
conductive tower and mast either vertically or horizontally... though i do
believe you get better ground reflection from the horizontal polarization.
There is a new product that allows yagis mounted horizontally to
automatically pivot as you tilt over a tower so they stay level with the
ground.


As soon as I get an opportunity I will rotate mine to vertical at
least until I can investigate the possibilities. If you can recall
more details of the new product I am interested.
The scheme offered by Art sounds like my best bet so far.

In the past I have worked from a step ladder with the tower lowered
and tilted as far as possible. I did not forsee that two knee joint
replacements would take away my use of stepladders for a while!

John Ferrell W8CCW