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I was considering another antenna, but I'm slowly leaning toward the Stacked Dipole Antennal. My question is..is it omnidirectional? If not, which way do I position it for max transmission? Thanks!
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It is omnidirectional.
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What wavelength or fraction of a wavelength will give the best results for stacked dipoles?
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The answer is: It depends.


Here is the optimum gain graph for dipoles in freespace:

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More here:
http://www.w8ji.com/stacking_broadside_collinear.htm

Useful links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipole_antenna

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collinear_antenna_array
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