On 11/29/2011 1:06 PM, Rick Karlquist wrote:
> You ask "is it worth it to make a 4 square array of 5/8 wave
> verticals?"
>
> First we need to determine if it is POSSIBLE to do that.
> I've never seen a published example of that, and my gut
> feel tells me it isn't practical. 4 square
> arrays use 1/4 wave verticals. You can extend the analogy
> to 1/2 wave vertical dipoles fed in their centers with baluns.
> But I don't see how 5/8 wave verticals fed at the bottom
> would work that way, and it isn't clear what the optimum
> spacing should be.
I don't know what "optimum" spacing would be, or even if it is necessary
to adjust the spacing but as all elements are active I would think it
would
work for any lengths between short, loaded verticals all the way up to
5/8 wave length verticals. Not just for a 4 square either. A series of
verticals in a line, two parallel lines, or a matrix of even 9 elements
theoretically would work just fine.
I'd bet that such arrays actually exist ... some where.
73
Roger (K8RI)
>
> Rick N6RK
>
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