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[VHFcontesting] 50mhz Antenna Design Question

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Subject: [VHFcontesting] 50mhz Antenna Design Question
From: k1dh1@hotmail.com (Donald Huntington)
Date: Thu Jun 19 16:44:02 2003
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&gt;From: "Bob Naumann - N5NJ" 


&gt;To: "Donald Huntington" 


&gt;Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] 50mhz Antenna Design Question 

To: <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
&gt;Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 17:12:34 -0600 

&gt; 

&gt;Who is MGEF ? 

&gt; 

&gt;That was from Field Day 1980 in Boonton, NJ. 

&gt; 

&gt;----- Original Message ----- 

&gt;From: "Donald Huntington" 


&gt;To: 


&gt;Cc: 
; 
; 


&gt;Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 5:08 PM 

&gt;Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] 50mhz Antenna Design Question 

&gt; 

&gt; 

&gt; &gt; Boy the guy in the picture looks familiar. He had a full head of 
hair! 

&gt;Also the station was in the white van and was the TR6, This probably dates 

&gt;to the late 70's or early 80's. Do you know.? MGEF could use this on 

&gt;their web site if you can date it. Thanks for the memory, 73, Don K1DH 

&gt; &gt; 

&gt; &gt; 

&gt; &gt; 

&gt; &gt; &gt;From: "Bob Naumann - N5NJ" 

&gt; &gt; &gt;To: "Donald Huntington" 

&gt; &gt; &gt;Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] 50mhz Antenna Design Question 

To: <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
&gt; &gt; &gt;Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 16:44:02 -0600 

&gt; &gt; &gt; 

&gt; &gt; &gt;Remember this? 

&gt; &gt; &gt; 

&gt; &gt; &gt;----- Original Message ----- 

&gt; &gt; &gt;From: "Donald Huntington" 

&gt; &gt; &gt;To: 

&gt; &gt; &gt;Cc: 

&gt; &gt; &gt;Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 9:03 PM 

&gt; &gt; &gt;Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] 50mhz Antenna Design Question 

&gt; &gt; &gt; 

&gt; &gt; &gt; 

&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; Hi Jim, Why don't you contact Steve, K1FO directly?You can 
get his 

&gt;address 

&gt; &gt; &gt;from arrl.org and hopefully his phone number from 
switchboard.com. I know 

&gt;he 

&gt; &gt; &gt;has done extensive testing with his antennas and could steer you 
in the 

&gt; &gt; &gt;right direction. Good luck, 73 Don K1DH 

&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; 

&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; 

&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; 

&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;From: James Hayes 

&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;Reply-To: hazy119@westelcom.com 

&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;To: vhf@w6yx.stanford.edu, 
vhfcontesting@contesting.com, 

&gt; &gt; &gt;50mhz@topica.com, 2m@mailman.qth.net 

&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;Subject: [VHFcontesting] 50mhz Antenna Design Question 

To: <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 17:48:47 -0500 

&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; 

&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;50mhz reflector 

&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; 

&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;Hello all on the list and please forgive the 
bandwidth... 

&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; 

&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;I'm trying to configure a couple of antenna arrays for 
2M and 432. 

&gt; &gt; &gt;Running 

&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;pairs of K1FO-12 for 2M and a pair of K1FO-15 for 432 
in the E-plane 

&gt;on a 

&gt; &gt; &gt;48 

&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;ft tower, and while using Yagi Max I noticed that the 
wider the W/L 

&gt; &gt; &gt;spacing 

&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;between the antennas the narrower the beam width of the 
main lobe. 

&gt;Most 

&gt; &gt; &gt;of 

&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;the reading I've been seeing on the subject varies 
widely regarding 

&gt;the 

&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;'optimum' spacing. 

&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;The original design parameters by Paul, K1FO states one 
thing and YM 

&gt;3.11 

&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;states another for optimum spacing for antennas of his 
design. Also, 

&gt; &gt; &gt;others 

&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;have written that .9 W/L is optimal for all 
arrays...(confusion sets 

&gt;in.) 

&gt; &gt; &gt;I 

&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;have noticed a tighter pattern on the main lobe 
provides a cleaner 

&gt;F/B 

&gt; &gt; &gt;ratio 

&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;as well but it lends itself to having the antennas 
spaced at 1.5 W/L 

&gt;or 

&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;larger!!! 

&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;My question is rather simple...is it more desirable for 
one to have a 

&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;narrower or wider bandwidth pattern on the main lobe, 
or is it rather 

&gt;a 

&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;matter of aesthetics over gain? As the gain itself does 
not increase 

&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;appreciably to offset the necessity of a narrower band 
width pattern. 

&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; 

&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;Jim, N2YEV 

&gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;n2yev@arrl.net 

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