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From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Tom Haavisto
Sent: Donnerstag, 1. Januar 2009 13:06
To: RLVZ@aol.com
Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 40-m. 4-Square vs. 40-m. Yagi
Hi Dick
I have a shorty fourty at 80 feet. The biggest thing I find with it is that
it does not cover the whole band, and performance is so-so. I set up a
single vertical, and like you, found it worked better than the beam. I have
since upgraded to a four square, and I am very happy with the performance of
the four square - it kills the beam in terms of performance and bandwidth.
I will probably take the beam down and do something else with it this
summer.
Tom - VE3CX
On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 11:13 PM, <RLVZ@aol.com> wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> HNY!
>
> I'm not impressed with the performance of a 2-el. Forty-Shorty at 90'
> on DX qso's. While it's great for 1,000 mi. or less... my single 1/4
> wave vertical is just as good on the average DX contact. (since the
Shorty-Forty at 90'
> doesn't have any gain at low radiation angles... I guessed I should
> have expected as much)
>
> Question: Considering flat terrain, average ground conductivity, and a
> reasonable radial system: do you predict that a 40-m. 4-Square would
> outperform the 90' Shorty-Forty by 3-5dB on the average DX qso?
>
> 73.
> Dick- K9OM
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My 2-element HyGain Dicoverer at 125 ft. is about 10db stronger into DX and
listens much better then my 1/2 wave vertical above 3km of radial wires.
73
Peter
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