"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
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Dave VanHorn wrote:
?? More gain is worse?

Depends on the TOA. Around Phoenix, we had a mountaintop repeater
that we could hit better with a 1/4 wave than with a 5/8 wave when
we were close to the base of the mountain upon which it resided.
That's where we camped out a lot.

I'm aware that there are off cases where the normal rules don't apply, but
in general, higher gain and a flatter pattern, is always better than lower
gain and heating the clouds..

I've not seen many hairpins out there, and they are just a small bit more to
build than the GP.
Why is that? Are they just not well known?