In a message dated 99-05-03 09:36:20 EDT, n4zr@contesting.com writes:
> Does this necessarily follow? Trap losses surely aren't the only mechanism
> at work here. I suspect I could all too easily build a monoband yagi that
> would work just as well (or badly) as a TA-33. Why couldn't element
> spacing compromises, real-world traps, etc., all lead to a net
> deterioration in both pattern and F/B?
Sure. Years ago I built what I thought was a crackerjack 15M monobander
and it turned out to be a pretty good dummy load. I think the problem could
be either poor design or poor execution or both.
The Mosley designs seem to have compromised performance for good SWR for
example.
Cheers, Steve K7LXC
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