In article , Ian Jackson ianREMOVET
scribeth thus
In message , UnsteadyKen
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tony sayer wrote...

Think how much better it would be with a decent Vertical dipole;-)..

Who knows why they use these halos?,

1. Halos are compact and very easy to mount on (around) a vertical mast.
They don't clutter up the space required for other aerials too much.

2. Halos have a well-defined, pretty well omnidirectional gain of around
minus 3dBd. The fact that that there a minus sign there doesn't
necessarily indicate that it doesn't perform adequately.








Confucius he say....

.. "All bits of metal work as aerial!.

But some bits of metal shaped differently work better"!...


--
Tony Sayer