Topband: My Turn For a Brain Pick - Sanity Check

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> On 6/12/2013 3:34 PM, Tom W8JI wrote:
>> I can't think of a reason to pick 90 degrees as a target value, unless it 
>> is a system designed to protect something on groundwave that happens to 
>> be straight in line with the elements.
>
> I agree. For me, the primary design objectives are maximizing forward 
> gain, beamwidth, and gain bandwidth.  I don't care about F/B.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC


Ditto as Ive already mentioned as F/R isnt useful to me since I have several 
receiving antennas. Gain variation with reasonable lengths of coax are 
miniscule and its not being wasted in a hybrid either.

Carl
KM1H