>4 elements works as well as a well designed 5, 6 ... element yagi, then
why would anyone want to purchase, buy, or build the larger antenna?
Depends what you mean by "better". For example, I use a hy-gain 205.
I've often heard it argued that the boom is too short for 5 elements,
and some have even rebuilt it as a 4 element. However, my own
investigation has concluded that, while the 4 elements can give
essentially the same gain and F/B... 5 elements can provide that gain
and F/B over a much wider bandwith.
However, with the SteppIR, the bandwidth tradeoff isnt't necessary.
BTW, I have the 10M and 15M HyGain antennas using YO optimized
dimentions, and they work very well as far as I can tell! And nothing
has fallen off yet...
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