[TowerTalk] Log Periodics

[K7GCO@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/6/00 11:53:09 AM Pacific Standard Time, K7LXC@aol.com 
writes:
<< 
     FYI the mult station (or second station) at W6GO is an LP. He says that 
 the reason he likes it is because it's got a bigger forward pattern than a 
 monobander or even a tribander which is useful in contesting where a real 
 sharp antenna can be a disadvantage.
 
 Cheers,    Steve    K7LXC >>  This is very true but there is another 
variable.  If the horizontal pattern is wider, so is the vertical pattern and 
this fills the higher angles with far more RF than the loss of gain and at 
certain times of the day do a bang up job on DX also.  This is comparible to 
a 2 element quad at say 1/2 wave or slightly higher do so well.  It's the 
lack of gain that makes it work closer to the ground.  High gain beams don't 
work well close to the ground.  k7gco 

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