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There are many hundreds of commercially fitted units and if they didn't work companies wouldn't fit them
Can anyone provide the manufacturers technical specifications of such a compromise ?
Here's a PDF of the Fracarro version http://www.fracarro.com/international/download/prodottitvsat/PDFcatalogo/13.pdf
You're missing the point 2cv, if the aerial does the job (provides good solid reception for the location), is well installed, is good quality and stands the test of time, then the product is suitable and the installer has done a good job for the customer.
As they're such a compromise they'll have a gain significantly less than 1. They could surely only work where there are multiple transmitters in various directions at high signal level.
Sounds legit. Many FM radio transmissions in mainland Europe still only have horizontal polarisation, whereas in the UK and also Ireland they are mostly mixed polarisation or otherwise vertical. In a few cases however the transmitter aerial might be configured where by in certain directions the horizontal signal component may be a good bit stronger than the vertical component.These folded omni dipoles for mixed polarity reception are common on the continent. A lot of companies sell them but few of the companies sell in GB due to local companies like Antiference and Blake having most of the market.
Gain is often given as minus 1dB but they are used in strong signal areas and the loss in the cable is so low it doesn't matter.
No, the point I'm making is they've installed a piece of rubbish, and they won't be getting the best reception they could be with something that looks like someone came up with when they accidentally sat on a folded dipole, that thing won't pick up a decent amount of FM to reduce hiss to an acceptable point (never mind attaining a stereo signal), as it'll be pulling in signal from all over, causing crossover and interference, and if it's used for DAB, then it won't be any good as it'll keep cutting out and garbling the way it does...
Yeah, it's fitted properly, looks different, and may be up there for years, but providing a good signal, I highly doubt it, if I hired a professional to install an FM or DAB aerial (not needed here given the proximity to Pontop Pike and Burnhope transmitters) and they tried to fob me off with one of those claiming it's a great product, I'd tell them to get stuffed,...