Hi Gene,
That is exactly what I did. I weighed each parameter, but the results were
inconclusive. So I put up 8 towers and bought a lot of antennas and
weighed them against each other. I found out that Bill Orr had everything just
about right in his books. I put up 2 and 4 element quads from different
manufacturers, the T-8 log periodic, monoband yagis and trap yagis also from
different manufacturers. All things considered from my perspective, The Log is
cheap, light , easy, broadbanded, sufficient gain, automatic band
switching, unlimited power and duty rating, light wind loading, and directly
fed
without matching devices or a balun. PERSONALLY I like it.
There is a ton of information from hams on which antenna is best, problem
is most of the information is from hams either with only one antenna or
someone who has just replaced a worn out 40 year old antenna with a new one. I
wanted to find out for myself.
73,
Marty AB5GU
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