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Subject: | Re: [TowerTalk] Yagis |
From: | "Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com> |
Reply-to: | Tom Rauch <w8ji@contesting.com> |
Date: | Sat, 2 Jun 2007 18:39:44 -0400 |
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Thanks to everyone for their comments both off and on the reflector. After looking at everything I've decided to follow earlier Yagi references as a starting point and tune my antennas manually for maximum F/B. I did this with my 40M Yagi antenna and it works just fine. I've decided to make my 5 element HyGains into 4 element antennas. This will just be a search and pounce system for contests and a general use antenna for DX'ing that rotates and covers 40 through 2 meters. I've reviewed other systems carefully and reached the same conclusion as KK9A John. My conclusion is the same as his. The OWA looks like a great system for some applications but not for what I'm considering. I care significantly more about windload than SWR bandwidth. It's a personal choice. I am a real heritic when it comes to SWR or feed system losses. My plans have firmed up and I know exactly what I want to do now with the main Europe and SE Asia arrays. They will be large fixed arrays rather than Yagi antennas. 73 Tom _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk |
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