On 4/13/15 5:37 AM, Patrick Greenlee wrote:
I'm not a Yagi guru or an EZNEC modeler. Can someone tell me what 1/16
of an inch in element length means in performance parameters in the
example below? I have done mostly wire antennas and 1/16 or 1/8 didn't
seem to make much difference.
this is a 432 MHz antenna with a lot of elements where the elements are
about a foot long overall.
1/16" if it's on both sides, is shortening the element by about 1%
The element lengths are critical to getting low side/back lobe
performance, although it doesn't change forward gain very much.
As you note, on something like a dipole, a change of a few percent
doesn't change the performance all that much.
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