Topband: 4SQ vs. 8 circle rcv

[donovanf at starpower.net]

Hi Mike, 


Beverages, four squares and 8-circle arrays are all excellent receiving 
antennas. Based on much on the air experience, my W8JI passive 
8-circle BSEF arrays have much narrower beam width than my 
580 foot Beverages and especially compared to the broad beam width 
my full size transmitting 4-square. M y 8-circle arrays also have very 
low side lobe levels. The 8-circle has a high RDF value because of 
its narrow beam width and low side lobe levels. 


Every year we make many QSOs using the 8-circle array that could 
not have been made with any of my other receiving antennas; 
however probably 99% of my QSOs could have been easily made 
with either a Beverage or the 4-square. It just depends on how 
important that one percent is to you. 


You can never have too many antennas... 


73 
Frank 
W3LPL 












----- Original Message -----

From: "Mike Waters" <mikewate at gmail.com> 
To: "Bill Hider" <n3rr at erols.com> 
Cc: "topband" <topband at contesting.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 2:56:07 PM 
Subject: Re: Topband: 4SQ vs. 8 circle rcv 

According to what I read there, there is little difference between the two. 
That seems odd. Was some information left out, or did I read the wrong 
.pptx file? 

73, Mike 
www.w0btu.com 

On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 1:23 AM, Bill Hider <n3rr at erols.com> wrote: 

> This presentation is titled: "Receiving Antennas" ... : 
> 
> http://www.contestuniversity.com/main/page_files.html 
> 
> This presentation answers all of your stated questions and more. 
> 
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