Bob Denton wrote: >The better antennas improve the effective power by flattening out the >radiation pattern concentrating more of the 5 watts at the horizon and less >at the sky. There are inexpensive portable 3 and 4 element VHF yagi antennas >(TV antenna style) which are portable and could be useful for campsites if >hitting the weather transmitter is a problem. > >Hope this is useful! How about carrying a half wave dipole? That shouldn't take up much space... much less than a yagi. Any benefit of a full wave vs. half wave? *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jan 12 1999 - 06:48:11 PST
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