On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 01:55:29PM -0500, John Geiger (NE0P) wrote:
> I have a Cushcraft 10 element 2m Yagi (a148-10S) which I have tried to use on
> 70cm. It shows a good SWR-1.5:1 or so, and hears a little, as I did hear the
> beacon from Oscar 29 on it this morning. Does anyone have an idea as to how
> well it will actually radiate on 70cm, and what the pattern will be like?
> Currently don't have a 70cm yagi up, but this seems like it might work for
> limited terresterial and satellite use.
This is a new twist on using your 40 meter dipole on 15 meters.
A dipole doing this will have lobes off the ends - so you might find
the best direction is "off the side" of the beam. Maybe the elements
will distort it into some kind of clover leaf pattern. I would not
expect the normal forward direction to be the best.
Tree N6TR
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