On Fri, 8 May 1998, Mike McCarthy, W1NR wrote:
> I agree with Bill with the exception of the 150'+ height.
> At W1BK, we run a remote tuned (Heathkit remote tuner)
> inverted V at 110' and have heard more than once from
> "big guns" running 4 squares that we were "beating them
> into the pile-ups" into Europe, Africa and Pacific.
I believe the real advantage to a 4-square is not when you are
transmitting. It's when you are listening. This is why I believe it is
worth the trouble. I can't put up phased beverages in 4 directions.
Single beverages definately do not out perform the 4-square.
73
Bill, W4AN
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