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Old 18-Jun-2010, 8:04 AM   #16
kb2fzq
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Originally Posted by Dave Loudin View Post
Via the Braund identification, I found a picture of your antenna. Looks like a dipole, but I can't tell how long it is. I'll assume it will provide 3 dB gain no matter what - a very generous assumption.
Clearly, the dipole was installed by the camper manufacturer as an added option and was intended to receive stations very close and strong. Moving into a clearing may improve signal strength, but the answer, IMO, would be to nix the dipole and install a higher gain, multi-band, multi-element yagi, that can go up and come down easily in his camping scenario...with alittle thought and imagination, it could be an easy fix.
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