MY monoband Yagi's have grounded DE's, and are
matched with Gamma Matches (CC & HomeBrew)
or T-Mathces (Telrex) or Beta Matches (HyGain,
same for HG Tribanders).
Tom N4KG
On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 Chuck Counselman <ccc@space.mit.edu> writes:
> At 1:01 PM -0500 11/20/02, Mel Martin wrote:
> >Well the quads do reject static noise such as that created by high
> winds...
> >especially if there is dust or snow in the air. The latter is a
> problem for
> >me, often rendering my Yagis useless for receive... I had a quad at
> one
> >time, and it certainly seemed a lot less succeptable... I'm not
> really sure
> >why... Perhaps someone can explain this phenomenon...
>
>
> An obvious _possibility_ is that all parts of all elements of a quad
>
> are grounded for DC, whereas one-half of the driven element of a
> Yagi
> (the half connected to the center conductor of a coaxial feedline)
> might not be. An ungrounded antenna is noisy -- extremely so in my
> experience.
>
> What about _your_ Yagis?
>
> -Chuck, W1HIS
>
>
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