[Towertalk] 4-square vs 40-2CD

[btippett@alum.mit.edu (Bill Tippett)]

WC1M wrote:
>There was no contest at all: even at 50ft, the 40-2CD is 
1-2 S-units louder than the 4-square.

        This should be no surprise.  Even a dipole up 1/2 wavelength
will beat a 4-square.  I recall a dipole's gain is in the order of 2-3 
dB over a vertical for equivalent grounds.  Add another 4-5 dBd for a 
2 element Yagi and you are around 6-8 dB over a 4-square.  The only 
place a 4-square can realistically compete with a Yagi is if you are
over salt water.

http://www.k2kw.com/verticals/whyvert.html
http://pages.prodigy.net/k2kw/dxcomp.htm

                                                73,  Bill  W4ZV