Hi Don,
You forgot to include the gaps between each boom segment in your calculation:
Six 9 meter boom segments -- plus five 9 meter gaps -- equals 99 meters
73!
Frank
W3LPL
---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:43:14 -0400
>From: n8de@thepoint.net
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] worlds biggest yagi
>To: Gene Smar <ersmar@verizon.net>
>Cc: TowerTalk@contesting.com, donovanf@starpower.net
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> From that article:
>
>"Each of the six,
>75mm-diameter boom segments measures 9M long."
>
>How does 6 x 9 = 100 meters?
>
>Don
>N8DE
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>
>
>Quoting Gene Smar <ersmar@verizon.net>:
>
>> TT:
>>
>> Or there's this design from W6TSW back in the day for a 20M
>> Yagi with a boom 100 meters long:
>> http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/Towertalk/2003-01/msg00215.html
>> .
>>
>>
>> 73 de
>> Gene Smar AD3F
>>
>>
>>
>> From: donovanf@starpower.net
>> Date: 2008/03/28 Fri PM 02:37:10 CDT
>> To: TowerTalk@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] worlds biggest yagi
>>
>> W6KPC 36 element 20 meter stacked Yagis:
>>
>> http://db0spc.myvnc.com/df7pw/images/W6KPC-2.jpg
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