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Birddog01
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Posted on Tuesday, December 29, 2009 - 8:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

What is the proper way to co phase wilson fiberglass wipes 4 footers on a f-350 behind cab 5.6 feet apart
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Tech808
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Posted on Tuesday, December 29, 2009 - 11:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

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Tech237
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Posted on Wednesday, December 30, 2009 - 12:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

At 5.6ft you'll not see much advantage. To be properly co-phased they need to be 1/4 wave apart or around 9ft.

At best, they'll look good.
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Slugo4449
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Posted on Friday, January 01, 2010 - 12:23 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I agree with Tech 237, it should be at least 1/4 wavelength apart, but even at 5.6 ft you will notice one thing. The lobes of your signal will be to the front and the rear of the vehicle. You WILL BE directional.
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Tech833
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Posted on Friday, January 01, 2010 - 10:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

SLIGHTLY directional. At only 5.6 feet spacing, that is about 56 degrees electrical.

Ideal separation for nulls to the sides of the vehicle is 180 degrees (about 18 feet), but 9 feet is a good compromise with minimas to the sides and about 70% of the major lobe going fore, aft, and to a lesser degree, up.

With 56 degrees of separation, you would have about 62% of your signal favoring the fore and aft with about 46% of your signal favoring the sides. However, as the antennas get closer than 90 degrees apart, you begin to incur some losses in the system. So factor in (estimate) 18% losses (vector difference between ideal and actual, squared plus cable and inverse phase losses) and you end up with about 44% of your signal going fore and aft and 28% of your signal going to the sides. 28% of your signal is lost in heat and dielectric and traveling wave cancellation in the cables.

In short, you would actually be better off using just a single antenna than co-phasing at such close spacing, unless you really want to minimize signal to the sides of the vehicle for some reason.

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Sitm
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Posted on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 10:46 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Question for the techs on this issue. Not on a vehicle, but what would the optimal distance be if two antenna, (say two 102 inch whips) were seperated in a base situation. Of course with a ground plane on both.
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Tech237
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Posted on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 3:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

depends on where you want the signal to go. At some distances it will be at 90 degrees to the plane of the two antennas, and at others inline with the antennas.
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Tech833
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Posted on Friday, January 29, 2010 - 9:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

If you want maximum nulls when co-phased, 180 degrees (18 feet) is what you want. If phasing inline (antennas phased 180 degrees electrically), you want them 90 degrees (9 feet) apart.

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