Telrex elements go THROUGH the boom. Not sure how you would change
element spacing without needing to change the boom entirely.
If they were mine, I'd put them up and let them play!
73
Don
N8DE
Quoting Dave Sublette <k4to@arrl.net>:
> Good morning,
>
> I have two six element, 46 foot boom, 20 meter Telrex yagis. One of them
> I bought in 1979 and the other in 1993. One is in the air and the other
> is in my barn. I have had excellent results with this antenna
> electrically and mechanically. When I put the one up several years ago,
> I "optimized" the element lengths(without changing element spacing) with
> a computer program.
>
> Now I am thinking that maybe I might redesign it and try to optimize the
> element spacing and, as has been suggested before, eliminate one element.
>
> Is there anyone on this list who has done this? Before I go
> "re-inventing the wheel" I thought it would be good to ask. Also, is
> there one antenna design program that you might think is better for the
> job than the others?
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
> 73,
>
> Dave, K4TO
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