In my experience with a 2 element 45' boom wire yagi at 150' it was
disappointing. It had poor f/b (it was reversible design), and gain rarely
was better than my 4-square. Now that the beam is down a single inverted V
at the same height compares just about the same against the 4-square.
David Robbins K1TTT
e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net
web: http://www.k1ttt.net
AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
> bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Pete Smith
> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 19:18
> To: Keith Dutson; 'TowerTalk'
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Height Question
>
> But unless that someone in in your geographic area, why should the results
> mean anything at all for your situation?
>
> FWIW, some very smart and well-heeled multi-ops in this area have opted to
> go with 4-square, 9-circle, or other non-yagi designs, rather than take on
> the maintenance headaches of an 80m yagi.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
>
>
> At 03:07 PM 9/13/2005, Keith Dutson wrote:
> >Actually, I have the latest Antenna Book with HFTA. I am looking for
> >someone to relate actual experience using a 2el 80 at or near this
> height.
> >
> >73, Keith NM5G
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Pete Smith [mailto:n4zr@contesting.com]
> >Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 12:40 PM
> >To: paul@w8aef.com; Keith Dutson; TowerTalk
> >Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Height Question
> >
> >Or buy a current Antenna Book and use HFTA, which comes bundled with it
> for
> >free. The advantage of HFTA is that it gives you a statistical
> distribution
> >of arrival angles at your QTH from various locations around the world, so
> >you can assess the performance against what you want to use it for.
> >
> >73, Pete N4ZR
> >
> >At 12:28 PM 9/13/2005, paul@w8aef.com wrote:
> >>You may want to invest in an antenna modeling program and observe the
> >>effect of different heights on your yagi.
> >>
> >>I did this last year and for a 2el 80m yagi I found that .6 wavelength
> >>yielded the pattern that I wanted for working DX, which puts the yagi
> >>at 160 feet.
> >>
> >>So I decided to stick with my 4 square phased array.
> >>
> >>de Paul, W8AEF
> >>
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Keith Dutson" <kdutson@sbcglobal.net>
> >>To: "TowerTalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
> >>Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 4:06 PM
> >>Subject: [TowerTalk] Tower Height Question
> >>
> >>
> >>>I am planning to put up a 2el 80 meter Yagi. The maximum tower height
> >>>at my QTH is 190 feet due to location near an airport and other
> >>>restrictions.
> >>> However, I would rather use a 120 footer for this antenna. The
> >>>terrain is typical Texas Gulf Coast (flat) and about 50 miles inland.
> >>>In your opinion, will this lower installation still be good for DX
> >>>contacts?
> >>>
> >>> 73, Keith NM5G
> >>
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