Dana Roode wrote:
>
> Towertalkans --
>
> I recently built a 40m 4 square from telescoping aluminum - 4 >ground mounted
> verticals, phased with a Comtek box.
> Question - what sort of difference should I expect to hear on >receive with
> the 4 square vs a single vertical (not in the >array)? Im not seeing much
> apparent gain on most signals -
Hi Dana
I'm not too familiar with the 4 square, but I have 3 phased
verticals on 40 and when I switch them, it's just like rotating a
beam. It is switchable in 6 different directions. BC stations
to the N.E. can be 20db over S-9 and when I rotate it to the S.W.
the signal off the back of the array drops to S-6/7. Same when I
transmit. 73
Tom W7WHY
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