[TenTec] Horizontal loop for 80m

[Billy Cox]

Allowing for ...
Isotropic ~ 2.1 dB ....
Ground reflection ... ~ 4 - 6 dB <depending on conductivity/etc.>

You and Sinisa are tracking pretty close really ...

73 Billy AA4NU

> Without looking it up again, I believe a dipole is supposed to be 
> something
> like 2.71 dB gain over an isotropic, therefore its 14.7 dBi minus 2.71 dB
> for the gain over a dipole. However my dipole reference number may be off?
>
> Tommy
>
> W4BQF
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
> On Behalf Of Sinisa Hristov
> Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 9:20 PM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Horizontal loop for 80m
>
> Tommy wrote:
>
>> One antenna I did find that worked great with the Plus is a 2-element EDZ
>> 20m yagi...very narrow bandwidth but a little over 14 dBi gain!
>
> 14 dBi as in 5-6 dB over dipole?
>
>
> 73,
>
> Sinisa  YT1NT, VE3EA
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