Topband: How to tune a Parasitic array

[ve6wz at shaw.ca]

Hello fellow TB DXers,

Today I uploaded the companion video to the 3 element 12 direction video from a week ago.

This video is a practical guide to tuning a 2 or 3 element vertical parasitic (or a Yagi) by just observing the mutual coupling with your analyzer.
I demonstrate mutual coupling in the field and show how that guides us to adjusting the parasitic elements to achieve the gain, F/B and SWR performance we want.
Specifically I show how to tune the parasitic elements in a 2 or 3 element (K3LR style) vertical array to set the gain and FB peaks exactly where you want them.
I also show how the SWR bandwidth is drastically affected by where we tune the driver.
To my knowledge, this method has not been described anywhere else and is much easier than the "traditional" tuning methods.
https://youtu.be/J8S3iZ9-848


73, de Steve, ve6wz

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