In a message dated 96-09-13 23:56:41 EDT, you write:
>Hey Guys, I gotta tell you that my 5 EWEs perform Fantastically well! I
>have a pair phased to Europe and three others East, West and South. I
>plan to add another in phase with the South EWE. I used the 15 ft/38 ft/
>15 ft design which, BTW, has the best pattern/gain of any in the Feb 95
>QT article. I use them all on 80 and 160.
The point remains, the EWE is a pair of short phased verticals carrying
uniform current with the single wire line a short phasing section. Even two
small verticals can improve S/N ratio many, many dB if conditions are right.
I've used pairs and combinations of pairs of short verticals with great
success in Ohio where a simple driven six foot pipe worked for a ground, with
four phased verticals (300 ft broadside and 70 ft endfire) totally wiping out
long Beverages and combos of long Beverages. The same system at this location
is unworkable without a ground screen.
In the survey I did last year, a few people swore by EWE's, a few more swore
at them.
In general most people with small Beverages felt even a short Beverage was
better than a single EWE.
This illustrates how subjective antennas really are without scientific
comparison.
73 Tom
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