On 9/17/2013 7:00 PM, John Geiger wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: <BEAMAR@aol.com>
This is a response to several posts. First off Yagis. There are some
newer
people that seem to lean towards loops.
Why? What is the attraction of a loop over a yagi? Simple common
sense should tell one that a larger antenna will perform better.
. On two occasions I tried to give one
of these guys a real 6M antenna. He turned me down, >because he knew
his
160M loop was a much better antenna.
Yeah, we have on of those types here as well. He instructed me one
morning at the club breakfast as to how a G5RV will outperform a
SteppIR yagi. You just give up with those types.
John AF5CC
The thing I have always been curious about is why folks *don't* stack
four loops on 2-meters to get decent gain *and* an omni pattern. Total
gain will be about 7-7.5dbd and can be nicely fed by a 4-port power
divider. This would, of course, be for fixed operation only because of
the physical size. This would compare with a modest yagi and you don't
have the hassle of constantly rotating the antenna for fear of missing
something.
If you get *really* ambitious you could stack 8 loops for 9+dbd gain. :>)
I know that ND2X used to run four stacked 432MHz KB6KQ loops in his
mobile system.
--
Jack, W6NF/VE4
Shelley, K7MKL/VE4
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