At 12:15 PM 9/17/97 EDT, K6LL wrote:
>
>I remember a QST article that N6NB wrote many years ago. He
>ran around Southern California with a TH-2 on a mobile
>tower doing gain and f/b measurements on different stations
>with big beams. Although the TH-2 was just a reference antenna,
>he did measure its gain and f/b, and I remember him commenting
>on how well the numbers came out.
>
>That would be a fun article to re-read. If anybody comes up with
>a reference for it, pse post it. Thanks.
I believe the article you are thinking of is in the May 1979 issue
of Ham Radio magazine and is entitled "Quads vs Yagis Revisited." The author
is N6NB. He evaluates lots of different Yagis and Quads using a TH-2
on a portable tower as a reference antenna.
73 Pete - N8TR (ex N8ATR)
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