Hello, I live in a condo and can't put an antenna outside for my CB radio so I have an inverted V dipole indoors. It works and I can get 1.0:1 SWR but it's indoors on the second floor of the bldg so it could do better. My radio seems to have a weak receiver so this may be a way to help it until I can fix that. I was wondering if anyone has heard of a way to use this kind of antenna with a reflector to boost performance? I've used vertical antennas before and got good results by enlarging the ground plane beneath them, but I haven't seen anything similar with any kind of dipole. I don't know if I should treat it more like a horizontal dipole or vertical since it has features of both. Either way, space will be limited. The best idea I've come up with (but can't easily fit) is to put some large sheets of aluminized mylar along one side of the antenna spaced at least 1/2 wavelength from the antenna as a vertical ground plane to boost the gain on the side opposite the mylar. My living room and kitchen would be inside the antenna!
Thanks
PS. I ruled out using a "corner reflector" because it's size would me much bigger than the dipole itself. That's why they're only used for higher frequency antennas.
Thanks
PS. I ruled out using a "corner reflector" because it's size would me much bigger than the dipole itself. That's why they're only used for higher frequency antennas.
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