[RFI] Subject: Re: Recommended Handheld VHF-UHF Yagi?

[CR]

On 6/20/2014 10:43 AM, qrv at kd4e.com wrote:
> Please define "long".
>
> Which number of elements on VHF is considered adequate?
>
> 3-el
> 4-el
> 5-el
> 6-el
> 7-el 

If an antnna is short enough to be easy to carry, it's probablly too 
short to nail down a source. That sounds flippant, but an 11 element 440 
yagi was up to locating a pole and where on the pole the arcing was 
taking place.

See http://www.astronwireless.com/antenna-patterns-aluminum-yagis.asp

http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?269353-Handheld-Homebrew-2m-70cm-Log-Periodic!/page2

Cortland
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