At 08:49 PM 9/2/99 -0600, Steve London wrote:
>
>I believe that a dipole-based 4-square, such as described by K3LR will work
>well. However, it is worth noting that K3LR has added a 2 element 80 meter
>rotatable yagi to his arsenal. Clearly, the 4-square wasn't quite the
>answer he was looking for.
Hey, no surprise. If you can get a horizontal yagi up 3/4 wavelength or
so, there's up to 6 dB of ground reflection gain free for the taking, and
the take-off angle comes right down to what the four-square offers. F/B
won't be nearly as good, but in a lot of cases that is an advantage if you
have to turn an antenna as opposed to turning a switch. I suppose the yagi
might not hear as well, though.
73, Pete Smith N4ZR
n4zr@contesting.com
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