Topband: New 160M high performance receiving antenna at W3LPL

[john battin]

There would be little advantage with the loops because once the side/rear response is 20 or so db down,  the RDF is determined by the width of the forward lobe. 
John K9DX 

> Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:00:13 -0800
> From: r_bakalov at yahoo.com
> To: topband at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: Topband: New 160M high performance receiving antenna at W3LPL
> 
> I have been wondering if the antenna element in phased arrays could be a loop rather than a vertical. My thinking is that the loop has some level of directivity so phasing two of them should result in better side lobe suppression compared to a vertical. Is there any merit to this thought? Specifically, will I see better RDF numbers if I were to use loop elements in any of the active 8 and 4 circle systems (e.g., DX Engineering, Hi-Z Antennas, etc.)?
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> Rudy N2WQ
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