Hi Joe
> As I remember it, Lindsey in his famous Quad article, made all the
> measurements and scaling of his Quads at 440 MHz. While at a VHF
> conference I attended in California in either 1968 or 1969, Mike
> Staal, K6MYC, brought a series of these Lindsey quads to test on our
> antenna range. They were all QUITE A BIT LOWER IN GAIN THAN EXPECTED!
> End of story.
> 73,
> Joe, W1JR
Amazing how the same antenna can produce two different results,
depending on who makes the test.
It's my understanding a large part of Lindsey's error in giving the
quad 2 dB gain over a similar boom-length yagi were caused by a
combination feed system, measurement, and scaling errors.
Yet that article was the start of this entire mess.
73, Tom W8JI
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