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Re: Topband: making a bev seem longer

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Subject: Re: Topband: making a bev seem longer
From: "Gary Smith" <Gary@ka1j.com>
Reply-to: Gary@ka1j.com
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2018 00:18:01 -0400
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In my location the HI-Z 3 element worked 
so well on 160 (and up) that I later 
bought a HI-Z 8 element to use alongside 
the triangular.

Both are invaluable and I'm keeping both.

73,

Gary
KA1J

> I put a 3 ele hi z array up last fall, and it's not worth a tinkers
> dam....at least to me.....may be some local noise....it certainly has
> directivity, at least on the bcb, so so on 80, but on 160, which was
> my primary interest, never worked well, never better than my
> reversible ewe, which is probably going back up this fall....
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> > On Aug 6, 2018, at 6:20 PM, Tim Childers K9CQ <k9cq@k9cq.com> wrote:
> > 
> > I have been using the Hi-Z 3 element at 50 foot spacing that Lee
> > designed. I can tell you that the results for me were amazing and it
> > gives you 6 directions.  It works quite well on 40, 80 and 160.  You
> > can also find them at DX Engineering.
> > 
> > Tim, K9CQ
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message----- From: lee@k7tjr.com
> > Sent: Monday, August 6, 2018 4:32 PM
> > To: topband@contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: Topband: making a bev seem longer
> > 
> > First let me apologize if you get this e-mail twice as I have been
> > having problems with MSN.com.
> > 
> > Hi JC,
> >  Not all vertical arrays are mono band. A well built 4-square on a
> >  60 foot
> > per side can do a stellar job on 160, 80, and 40 meters while
> > extending well down into the broadcast band. The 3 element as well
> > as the 4-square based 8 element on an 85 foot diameter circle will
> > do the same thing.
> > 
> > Lee   K7TJR
> > 
> > 
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