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Old 11-Jul-2014, 1:50 AM   #2
tomfoolery
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Looks like your question got lost in the barrage, so I'll take a poke at it (and give it a bump ). Your major stations are all within a 90 degree arc, with the strongest two on the corners. You also have a single high-VHF station (ABC on real 11) at 87 degrees magnetic. Ideally, I would think a half-size DB8e, made of a pair of DB2e units set to 90 degrees apart, with AD's VHF dipole add-on for channel 11, would be just right. Unfortunately they don't make such a thing as a half-size DB8e with separately aimable panels.

Next best would probably be a DB4e or similar bow tie style aimed half-way between the two, at magnetic 120 deg., with the VHF dipole add-on mounted to the mast and aimed at 87 degrees magnetic.

I think other styles of antennas have a narrower beam width, or less gain at such wide angles off straight ahead.
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