Hi Fred,
Long time no hear.
What can I say? It's a FANTASTIC design, worthy of much praise.
(I only wish I had thought of it first!!!-hi!)
Thanks much for the link. One of the best sites I've seen on an antenna
design.
CU in the pileups!
73- de Mike VE9AA
Michael, Coreen & Corey Smith
(VE9AA, VE9AAA & Little-VE9 to be)
271 Smith Rd
Waterville, NB
E2V 3V6
Canada
http://members.tripod.com/~ve9aa/index.html
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/2174/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Hopengarten" <k1vr@juno.com>
To: <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 3el electrically steerible yagi?
>
> On Tue, 29 Jan 2002 22:20:37 -0400 "Mike & Coreen Smith"
> <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca> writes:
> > IE: something resembling this (birds eye view) :
> >
> > . .
> > .
> > . .
> >
> >
> > The center dot being a 1/4WL element. Each outside element (I'm
> > thinking)
> > could be the length of a reflector
> > but with a small coil or linearly loaded piece of wire at the
> > bottom, which
> > could be shorted by a simple SPST relay,
> > ensuring it was then short enough to be a director.
>
> K1VR: A truly brilliant idea. You can find it at
> http://www.yccc.org/Features/Spitfire/spitfire.htm
>
>
> Fred Hopengarten K1VR hopengarten@post.harvard.edu
> Six Willarch Road * Lincoln, MA 01773-5105
> 781/259-0088 *eFax 419/858-2421
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