[Towertalk] OPTIMIZED ANTENNA SYSTEM

[n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith)]

At 12:33 PM 11/15/02 +0000, kk9a@arrl.net wrote:
>If you overlay models of a 4 and 6 element I think you will find that even
>at 30 degrees from center the 6 element has more gain.   Certainly your
>coverage of Europe must be less than that.
>

You need to look at both the horizontal and vertical spread of the main 
forward lobe, versus propagation.  I am working on some quantitative 
methods for doing that -- not quite ready for prime time yet.


73, Pete N4ZR
Sometimes a tower is just a tower